Determination
and
temperament
are
two
pillar
to
success
without
which
talent
cannot
succeed.
The
game
of
cricket
is
the
best
example
where
we
have
seen
some
of
the
most
extraordinary
talents
failing
to
live
up
to
the
expectations
.On
the
other
hand
some
of
the
lesser
talented
cricketers
went
on
to
achieve
much
more
glorious
heights
with
their
sheer
determination
and
strong
temperament.
In
the
two part
series we
will
discuss
about these
two
breed
of
cricketers.
In
the
first
part
we
will
analyze
four
of
the
most
talented
cricketers
who
failed
to
live
up
to
the
expectations
they
generated:-
1.
Greame
Hick
:
Probably
the
biggest
disappointment
of
the
generation
.
By
the
time
Hick
played
his
first
test
he
was
a
star.
He
was
all
over
in
the
British
tabloids
rating
him
future
of
England.
However
he
failed
miserably
in
first
two
summers
and
it
was
only
against
India
at
Bombay
in
1993
it
looked
the
Hick
everyone
saw
in
county
has
arrived
.
The
Inning
was
played
against
Indian
Spin
Trio
on
a
turning
Wankhede
pitch
w
when
his
teammates
were
falling
in
heap
.For
next
three
years
Hick
became
integral
part
of
England
middle
order
scoring
2284
runs
at
46.61
.
He
flourished
almost
against
all
the
position
be
it
South
Africa
against
whom
he
scored
304
and
255
at
home
and
away
series
in
1994
and
1995-96
at
average
of
61
and
64
respectively
or
West
Indies
against
whom
he
plundered
403
runs
in
home
summer
of
1995
at
50.
However
things
started
to
fall
after
World
Cup
.
After
failures
in
4
tests
against
India
and
Pakistan
in
1996
,
Hick
was
dropped
again
by
selectors
sending
him
in
darkness.
He
returned
again
in
1998
but
it
was
clear
that
he
was
passed
his
best
,
he
averaged
only
21
for
next
19
tests
till
his
retirement
,
low
performances
again
West
indies
in
2000
and
Pakistan
and
Srilanka
marked
the
end
of
much
talked
career
which
promised
more
than
it
delivered.
He
played
65
tests
with just
an
average
of
31.
2.
Vinod
Kambli
:
If
Hick
was
the
case
of
a
talent
which
never
delivered
consistency
Vinod
Kambli
was
an
example
of
a
talent
which
failed
due
to
indiscipline
and
mismanagement
.
With
tremendous
success
in
his
first
year
of
test
cricket
Kambli
was
touted
a
prodigious
talent
even
better
than
Tendulkar
.
After
remarkable
seasons
in
1992
-93
and
1993-94
where
he
hammered
two
double
hundreds
against
Zimbabwe
and
England
his
ballooned
to
80
,Kambli
was
the
next
poster
boy.
However
Courtney
Walsh
led
West
indies
exposed
chink
in
his
armour.
Kambli
was
found
out
against
short
pitched
high
quality
fast
bowling
and
after
that
life
never
remained
same
within
a
year
he
had
played
his
last
test
,
he
was
only
24
then.
In
1996
World
cup
apart
from
106
against
Zimbabweans
in
Kanpur
he
failed
to
live
up
to
expectations
and
with
growing
news
of
indiscipline
he
was
out
of
the
team
.
He
did
made
a
come
back
in
1998
which
was
cut
short
by
injury
.
His
final
comeback
was
later
that
year
,
he
though
failed
to
find
the
consistency
and
was
never
the
player
everyone
expected
him
to
be
.There
were
many
reasons
for
his
career
ending
abruptly
but
the
prime
one
was
his
indiscipline
lifestyle
while
Tendulkar
despite
being
of
same
age
was
highly
disciplined
dedicated
and
had
simple
lifestyle
,
Kambli
on
other
hand
lived
extravagant
life
,
with
many
instances
of
indiscipline
and
late
night
partying
.
Marriage
and
Divorce
at
an
early
age
also
didn’t
helped
much
to his cause
.
3.
Mark
Ramprakash
:
Mark
Ramprakash
case
was
so
curious
that
a
bollywood
movie
could
be
made
out
of
it
.
Neither
the
cricket
fans
nor
the
critics
were
able
to
understand
why
a
man
who
plundered
thousand
of
runs
in
county
cricket
failed
miserably
at
the
international
level
.
Ramprakash
made
his
Test
debut
alongside
Greame
Hick against
West
Indies
in
1991. In
first
three
years
of
international
cricket
he
struggled
against
quality
short
pitch
bowling
and
was
in
and
out
consistently
but
his
performance
in
county
cricket
made
it
sure
that
he
was
on
radar
of
the
selectors. It
was
in
1998
that
he
made
his
mark
on
international
arena
against
West
Indies
in
Bridgetown
with
a
brilliant
154.
After
that
he
enjoyed
success
against
South
Africa
in
1998
,
Australia
in
1998
and
2001
and
India
in
2001
.
Especially
his
innings
of
133
against
Australians
at
The
Oval
is
still
considered
to
as
one
of
his
best
test
innings.
The
Inning
against
one
of
the
best
attacks
of
all
time
.However
after
a
horror
tour
of
Newzealand
at
the
end
of
2001-02
he
was
again
out
of
the
taste
of
the
selectors
.
He
continued
to
amass
thousand
and
thousand
runs at
county
level
but
by
that
time
selectors
have
decided
to
move
on
.
He
was
never
given
another
opportunity. His
average
of
27
at
test
level
couldn’t
justify
his
talent
and
his
record
at
county
level
where
he
scored
more
than
35000
runs
with
an
average
of
54
.
He
was
great
example
of
promise
which
never fulfilled.
4. Basit
Ali
:
Basit
Ali
was
another
example
where
talent
was
never
cared
and
couldn’t
able
to
achieve
dizzy
heights
which
he
could
have
achieved
.In
his first three
years
of
international
cricket
1990-93
Basit
showed
great
temperament
and
maturity .
He
had
similar
style
as
Javed
Miandad
and
was
touted
to
replace
the
talismanic
batsman
after
his
retirement.
His
attitude
to
respond
to
pressure
situation
made
him
most
dependable
batsman
in
short
time
.
He
bravely
faced
the
fearsome
West
Indian
bowlers
in
the
series
played
in
Caribbean
in
1993
With
these
performance
he
proved
he
belonged
here
.
Especially
his
innings
of
127
against
like
of
Ambrose
,
Walsh
at
Sharjah
was
special
and
is
still
remembered
as
one
of
the
finest
innings
to
have
played
at
desert
venue
But
then
a
lean
season
next
year
where
he
struggled
against
Australians
and
Tour
of
South
Africa
and
Zimbabwe
and
to
stand
up
against
his
own
captain
Saleem
Malik
which
abruptly
resulted
in
his
retirement
after
Zimbabwe
tour
in
February
1995
singled
the
end
of
a
career
which
had
all
the
recipes
of
being
a
great
one
.
He
made
a
comeback
but it was
clearly
evident
that he was
no
more the same
Basit.
Lack
of
support
from
his
own
team
mates,
lack
of
trust
and
shifted
focus
on
Match
Fixing
ended
his
career
soon.
Pakistan
lost
the
talent
which it should
never
had
let
go.
These
cricketers
force
us
to
think
what
they
could
have
achieved had
they
been
cared
properly
,
they
have
been
disciplined
and
have
been
able
to
cope
with
pressure
.
But then
these
are
the
qualities
which
differentiates
the
great
like
Tendulkar
,Warne,
Lara,
Ponting
,
Murlitharan
and
Kallis
from
others.
In
the
next
part
of
the
series
we
will
discuss
about
some
of
the
gutsiest
cricketers who
came
triumph
despite of
the limited ability
they
had.
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