cricket and intelligence

often i wonder, are intelligent players better cricketers or are better cricketers intelligent? if u are a cricket follower in kerala, let me give u some case studies: me sanuth the state u 19 captain is very good in studies, scoring a+ at will, but he plays often daft shots and gets out: case2; shiju vs the most outstanding oneday player in the domestic circuit can hardly spell his p and Q`s. or P. prashanth u can harldy call him an einstein but give him acricketing problem on feild and he comes up with surprising solutions. but the big daddy of them all was aplayer called govind, intellectual, studious, now actively pursuing a n it career in the us of america, intelligent in all ways of the world , but his on feild antics and on road driving skills plus management skills shown in the alteration of his bike earned him the title of MANDAN govindan. ps; the tiltle is being actively pursued by sanuth