Another Huge 6 At Taunton
Since this is the first time that I’ve posted on here I thought I’d keep it close to home. Being born and bred in the west-country it seems only natural that my first post is about the magnificence that is Somerset County Cricket Club, more specifically the sensation of Craig Kieswetter.
In the past few years they have had a meteoric return to their rightful place at the top of the county championship, largely thanks to the opening partnership that is Marcus Trescothick and Craig Kieswetter. These two propel Somerset at an incredible rate in the one day game and have taken this aggression out on the county scene as well.
Like a number of players before him Craig Kieswetter, a hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman, chose England ahead of South Africa. He joined Somerset when he was 18 and made his international debut four years later, little more than a week after completing qualification. Playing against Bangladesh in his first 2 ODIs Kieswetter made scores of 19 and 4, and he looked rather out of his depth. In the third however, he repaid the decision of the selectors with and extremely mature innings of 107 (from 123 balls). He is the first wicket keeper since Alec Stewart to score a hundred in limited overs internationals, and this surely must be worrying the current holder of the gloves, Matt Prior.
This wonderful start to an international career must be the signs of things to come from such a promising young talent. It is my belief that Craig Kieswetter will be the full England keeper, in all forms of the game within the next year and a half, which will bring a much needed sense of youthful exuberance to the team. Anyone care to bet against me???
Paul
Follow Craig Kieswetter here at cricinfo.com:
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/230855.html
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