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Date Posted: 10:16:50 05/29/04 Sat
Author: fizz
Subject: fao Jaf Nasser the legend

I must admit I am sad to see Hussain leave first class cricket, mainly because with him leaves a difference of opinion which was often voiced in the past between yourself and I over his overall worth in international cricket.

For me Hussian was an example of one of many 'talented' young batsmen who throughout the 80's and early 90's was capped by England and for whatever reason found/persumed to come up short at that level. Hussain however returned after several seasons in the wilderness, not only to regain his place in the test side but also to leave his undeniable presence stamped on English cricket, probably for many years to come.

Perhaps it is because I am only really old enough to remember the captaincy of Atherton and Stewart before him, but for me he was the first English captain I saw who regualarly seemed to be able to grasp tests by the neck and out think and intimidate opposition captains. In many ways a convincing series victory over the kiwis would be as sound a marker to his influence in the past five years as any other. The England side he inherited after the farcical 1999 world cup campaign was poor at best and had it not been for Tudor's freakish 99* in the first test England may well have been crushed rather than simply beaten in the series. Now the current England team has Vaughan, Trescothick, S. Jones, Harmison and Hoggard all capped under Hussain's captaincy, Butcher, reformed under his leadership and Thorpe who personally subscribes Hussain as a significant influence in his return to international cricket. It would be wrong to suggest that Hussain is solely responsible for England's consistant improvement in recent years but he has had a large part to play. Not like countless others before him has he chosen to drag out his career, or even follow up his stated goal of 100 caps. He has gone when he felt the time was right and for that alone his performance and the reception it recieved at Lords was the least he deserved.

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