Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
I wanted to have a look at Test debuts for 1998 and 1999 as these are players coming up to 10 years as Test cricketers and should be in their prime.
Now I dont know if it is too different to other periods (as I havent looked) but what struck me was that there was a lot of ordinary cricketers with a few very good ones standing out.
There appears to be little depth in the quality after the initial 'star players'.
Is this potential 'lost generation' of decent-good Test roles players that should be in their prime right now a reason for the supposed current lack of Test quality?
Now I dont know if it is too different to other periods (as I havent looked) but what struck me was that there was a lot of ordinary cricketers with a few very good ones standing out.
There appears to be little depth in the quality after the initial 'star players'.
Is this potential 'lost generation' of decent-good Test roles players that should be in their prime right now a reason for the supposed current lack of Test quality?
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[B]Pakistan [/B]
151 Fazl-e-Akbar South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, 1997/98
152 Mohammad Yousuf South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, 1997/98
153 Shahid Afridi Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 1998/99
154 Shakeel Ahmed snr Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 1998/99
155 Naved Ashraf Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, 1998/99
156 Wajahatullah Wasti India v Pakistan at Kolkata, 1998/99
[B]NZ[/B]
205 PJ Wiseman Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), 1998
206 MD Bell New Zealand v India at Wellington, 1998/99
[B]WI[/B]
222 RD Jacobs South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 1998/99
223 D Ganga South Africa v West Indies at Durban, 1998/99
224 RD King South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 1998/99
225 PT Collins West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, 1998/99
226 DRE Joseph West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, 1998/99
227 S Ragoonath West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, 1998/99
228 NO Perry West Indies v Australia at Kingston, 1998/99
229 LA Roberts West Indies v Australia at Kingston, 1998/99
230 CD Collymore West Indies v Australia at St John's, 1998/99
231 RL Powell New Zealand v West Indies at Hamilton, 1999/00
[B]Aus[/B]
374 SCG MacGill Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, 1997/98
375 GR Robertson India v Australia at Chennai, 1997/98
376 P Wilson India v Australia at Kolkata, 1997/98
377 AC Dale India v Australia at Bangalore, 1997/98
378 DS Lehmann India v Australia at Bangalore, 1997/98
379 CR Miller Pakistan v Australia at Rawalpindi, 1998/99
380 MJ Nicholson Australia v England at Melbourne, 1998/99
381 AC Gilchrist Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, 1999/00
382 SA Muller Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, 1999/00
383 B Lee Australia v India at Melbourne, 1999/00
[B]SA[/B]
268 HD Ackerman South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, 1997/98
269 M Ntini South Africa v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, 1997/98
270 GFJ Liebenberg South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1997/98
271 S Elworthy England v South Africa at Nottingham, 1998
272 DJ Terbrugge South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 1998/99
273 HH Dippenaar South Africa v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, 1999/00
274 M Hayward South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 1999/00
[B]India[/B]
214 Harvinder Singh India v Australia at Chennai, 1997/98
215 Harbhajan Singh India v Australia at Bangalore, 1997/98
216 AB Agarkar Zimbabwe v India at Harare, 1998/99
217 RR Singh Zimbabwe v India at Harare, 1998/99
218 R Singh New Zealand v India at Hamilton, 1998/99
219 S Ramesh India v Pakistan at Chennai, 1998/99
220 A Nehra Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 1998/99
221 DJ Gandhi India v New Zealand at Mohali, 1999/00
222 MSK Prasad India v New Zealand at Mohali, 1999/00
223 R Vijay Bharadwaj India v New Zealand at Mohali, 1999/00
224 HH Kanitkar Australia v India at Melbourne, 1999/00
[B]Eng[/B]
589 SP James England v South Africa at Lord's, 1998
590 AF Giles England v South Africa at Manchester, 1998
591 A Flintoff England v South Africa at Nottingham, 1998
592 AJ Tudor Australia v England at Perth, 1998/99
593 WK Hegg Australia v England at Melbourne, 1998/99
594 A Habib England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1999
595 CMW Read England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1999
596 ESH Giddins England v New Zealand at The Oval, 1999
597 DL Maddy England v New Zealand at The Oval, 1999
598 CJ Adams South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1999/00
599 GM Hamilton South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1999/00
600 MP Vaughan South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1999/00
[B]Sri Lanka[/B]
71 CM Bandara Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), 1998
72 MRCN Bandaratilleke Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), 1998
73 ASA Perera England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, 1998
74 PDRL Perera Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 1998/99
75 KEA Upashantha Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 1998/99
76 DA Gunawardene Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, 1998/99
77 UDU Chandana Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, 1998/99
78 HMRKB Herath Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 1999
79 SI de Saram Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, 1999/00
80 TM Dilshan Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, 1999/00
81 IS Gallage Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, 1999/00
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