So when a young upstart decides to crash the gates, people notice.

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In what looms as a crucial period for the Windies, selectors have opted for experience when they could have turned to a young upstart like Ramnaresh Sarwan.

BBC: Windies go for devil they know

"When you start dealing with a senior bunch of scientists trained in conventional physics and they see a young upstart with a miracle material, most say 'no, ' and they say it rather vehemently, " says James Collis , who evaluates technology for the logistics division of the Naval Air Systems Command and who has closely followed Branagan's work.

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Upstart teams like Chicago and Oklahoma City with young stars and a go-for-broke mentality.

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