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> Who would get the Rookie of the Year (if there were such an award) for
> 1996?

> At this point of time :

> Rahul Dravid seems to be the front runner. For his class. He has become
one of the
> most consistent performers in Indian side both in Test Matches and in
ODIs.

> For test matches alone it would definitely be Ganguly.

>    (Prasad did play his first Test Match this year so he might
>    qualify, but since he has been playing ODIs for a while I
>    am not considering him as a rookie).

> For ODIs Shahid Afridi is a very strong Candidate but he has played only
> two good (both great actually) innings, so I will perhaps watch him for
> a few more matches before I rank him the first in ODIs.

> Sunil Joshi is good, but not good enough to be qualfied as rookie of the
year.
> Hasan Raja has't shown a lot till now. There have been a bunch of New
comers in
> Pakistan but no one else seems to be consistent enough.

> I cannot think of too many others who might qualify!

> Almost all good players for SA, SL and Aus. have been around for some
time now.
> Can't think of any strong performances by a rookie from WI, NZ or ZIM
either.
> (Oops what looked like a promising thread to start seems to be fizzling
out
> already!! :-) ).

> I hope I am not missing any good one out.

> Pankaj

> Who would get the Rookie of the Year (if there were such an award) for
> 1996?

> At this point of time :

> Rahul Dravid seems to be the front runner. For his class. He has become one of the
> most consistent performers in Indian side both in Test Matches and in ODIs.

> For test matches alone it would definitely be Ganguly.

>    (Prasad did play his first Test Match this year so he might
>    qualify, but since he has been playing ODIs for a while I
>    am not considering him as a rookie).

> For ODIs Shahid Afridi is a very strong Candidate but he has played only
> two good (both great actually) innings, so I will perhaps watch him for
> a few more matches before I rank him the first in ODIs.

> Sunil Joshi is good, but not good enough to be qualfied as rookie of the year.
> Hasan Raja has't shown a lot till now. There have been a bunch of New comers in
> Pakistan but no one else seems to be consistent enough.

> I cannot think of too many others who might qualify!

> Almost all good players for SA, SL and Aus. have been around for some time now.
> Can't think of any strong performances by a rookie from WI, NZ or ZIM either.
> (Oops what looked like a promising thread to start seems to be fizzling out
> already!! :-) ).

> I hope I am not missing any good one out.

> Pankaj

>Who would get the Rookie of the Year (if there were such an award) for
>1996?

>At this point of time :

>Rahul Dravid seems to be the front runner. For his class. He has become one of the
>most consistent performers in Indian side both in Test Matches and in ODIs.

>For test matches alone it would definitely be Ganguly.

>    (Prasad did play his first Test Match this year so he might
>    qualify, but since he has been playing ODIs for a while I
>    am not considering him as a rookie).

>For ODIs Shahid Afridi is a very strong Candidate but he has played only
>two good (both great actually) innings, so I will perhaps watch him for
>a few more matches before I rank him the first in ODIs.

>Sunil Joshi is good, but not good enough to be qualfied as rookie of the year.
>Hasan Raja has't shown a lot till now. There have been a bunch of New comers in
>Pakistan but no one else seems to be consistent enough.

>I cannot think of too many others who might qualify!

>Almost all good players for SA, SL and Aus. have been around for some time now.
>Can't think of any strong performances by a rookie from WI, NZ or ZIM either.
>(Oops what looked like a promising thread to start seems to be fizzling out
>already!! :-) ).

>I hope I am not missing any good one out.

>Pankaj