I was really amazed as the emerging player award was given to Steven Finn, the tall English seamer.
Ya...the english seamer..is talented enough but has he proved enough.He has still to play against the best of the teams and to perform against them(lets say at INDIA or against the AUssies).But it is an emerging award so may be that is an excuse{for the player have just a season,,and the schedulde..may not include tough oppositins}.But looking at the other contenders Finn seems to be the least likely one.
His teammate Graeme Swann seemed to be the most deserving one.Maybe the jury thought he was not young enough(it is not the youngest cricketer award or is it!!!!).Then why was he drawn into the nominees.He has cemented his spot in all three forms of the game.Finn, really needs to prove more of himself to be a regular in the English side(since he has played only against Bangladesh and a weakend Pakistani Batting line up....).But look at Swann he has won them test matches...literally the T20 championship and several ODIS.Finn, on the other hand has played just test mathches,but still he emerged ahead of Swann.
Similarly Umar Akmal seemed to be an exciting prospect as well.He along with SL allrounder Angelo Mathews have cemented their spot in all three forms of the game.But still the award went to FInn.Maybe the jury wanted to revive the charisma of test cricket...can it be done this way???
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