Graeme Cremer has chosen the hardest form of the game to master but his leg-spin has shown enough promise to get him into the Zimbabwe side at 18 years old, after just six first-class matches. But that probably has more to do with the exit of Paul Strang, Andy Whittall and Ray Price from the international scene than any thought that Cremer is the next wrist-spin genius.
However, it still takes some guts for a youngster to stand-up at Test level and his debut series against Bangladesh provided a glimpse that he may have some talent. He claimed six wickets in the two tests but his next experience, against South Africa, was a much sterner challenge and was viciously dealt with by Graeme Smith, AB de Villers and Jacques Kallis. He was on a hiding to nothing but such was the ferocity of the assault you felt for his state of mind. To his credit he claimed three wickets but he could suffer more painful figures in the future.
One of new breed of players being allowed into the Zimbabwean test side after the upheavals of the players strike. With only a handful of matches under his belt it is difficult to quantify Graeme?s contribution to Zimbabwean cricket. However, armed with a handy leg break he has already managed to take 6 wickets @ 29.83 and looks set to have at least a short term future.