one shot, one player

[Teja.]

Roy Fredericks was an incredible puller.

Sanga plays the best cover drive and straight drive I've seen.

Ponting's pulling and driving too is a a thing of beauty.

Tendulkar's improvised shots against the short ball are awesome.

 

[Burgey]

Burgey : Good point about the Waugh cut/drive. He used to generate a lot of power with that little shuffle to the offstump really allowing him to lean into it.

Nasser Hussain also used to play a mean square cut, IIRC.

Verily though, all square cutters doth bow down to Gordon Greenidge.

 

[Mike5181]

I remember Martin Crowe creaming himself over Yousuf's cover drive a while back. Thing of perfection at times. I always liked watching Martyn as well.

 

[benchmark00]

Anyone else think of Eminem when they see the thread title?

 

[archie mac]

Cover drive= the one knee CD by Kim Hughes

Cut = John Dyson, can still see it a thing of beauty although Gordon G hit it harder then any man I can remember.

Late cut= Stan McCabe not that I watched in live but Tiger said it was the best ever and I will go with him

Straight drive = Viv Richards, I can still see Dickie Bird holding out his white handkerchief in surrender. Merv Hughes said when Viv was in top gear he felt scared running into bowl

Text book for every shot = Greg Chappell

Too many Aussies on my list

 

[flibbertyjibber]

My favourite 2 shots of all time are the Vaughan coverdrive and the Robin Smith squarecut. Complete contrast in style as one was stylish and elegant the other was just awesome brute force.

 

[bagapath]

let me try a wagonwheel starting from deep thirdman

sehwag - uppercut
andy flower - reverse sweep
mark waugh - square drive
jayasuriya - square cut
vvs laxman - cover drive
david gower - off drive
gavaskar - straight drive
viv richards - on drive
ponting - pull
lara - sweep
greenidge - hook
tendulkar - paddle sweep

 

[Daemon]

From the time I started watching cricket ('04),

Laxman - Leg glance
Ponting - Pull
Sehwag - Uppercut & Square drive off the backfoot
Jayasuriya - Lofted flick to midwicket



Special mentions:

Straight drive - I think I play a beautiful straight drive, best I've ever seen
Windmill shot - Dhoni
Scoop - Dilshan
Switch hit - KP

 

[Jono]

Anyone else think of Eminem when they see the thread title?

Hahahahahahahhaha Yes

 

[Ikki]

If I could have any shot it would be the Ponting Pull shot. Exquisite, exaggerated and effective. Will never get tired of it. Ironically don't think much about his other shots, although he has a nice cover drive from time to time.

 

[Shri]

forward defense - Rahul Dravid
backfoot defense - Rahul Dravid
cut - Mark Waugh
latecut - Mark Waugh
squarecut - Mark Waugh
uppercut - Sehwag
squaredrive - Mark Waugh
coverdrive (front foot) - Mark Waugh
coverdrive (back foot) - Mark Waugh
paddle sweep - Sachin Tendulkar

 

[honestbharani]

Square cut by Lara was an awesome sight... EVERYTIME...

 

[sledger]

Square cut by Lara was an awesome sight... EVERYTIME...

Slog - Dhoni

 

[Jono]

**** you're becoming tiring Sledger.

I'm going to come into the WWE thread and bag Triple H

 

[Maximus0723]

Started watching cricket '96 and on...

Uppercut - Uppercut (duh) ...no Sehwag
Square cuts - Lara
Late cuts - Martyn
Front foot cover drive - Langer (little surprised he is not mentioned)
Back foot cover drive - Tendulkar
Off drive -
On drive - Tendulkar
Flick of the pads vs pace - Tendulkar
Flick of the pads vs spinners - VVS
Lofted flick - Jayasuriya
Sweep - Haydos
Reverse sweep - KP
Pull - Ponting, Honourable mention De Silva
Hook - Ponting, Honourable mention De Silva
Paddle sweep - Tendulkar

Front foot D - Tendulkar
Back foot D - Dravid

 

[PhoenixFire]

YouTube - michael vaughan what a shot

 

[vcs]

let me try a wagonwheel starting from deep thirdman

sehwag - uppercut
andy flower - reverse sweep
mark waugh - square drive
jayasuriya - square cut
vvs laxman - cover drive
david gower - off drive
gavaskar - straight drive
viv richards - on drive
ponting - pull
lara - sweep
greenidge - hook
tendulkar - paddle sweep

I'm not sure why people think Laxman has a great coverdrive.. he's awesome to watch but a textbook coverdrive is the last thing that comes to mind when I think of him. Plays it well against spinners, but he doesn't get his front foot forward quick enough to the pace bowlers.

 

[Himannv]

Backfoot Defense: Sachin Tendulkar
Forward Defense: Rahul Dravid
Leave: Rahul Dravid
Sweep: Andy Flower
Reverse Sweep: Andy Flower
Dilscoop: Dilshan
Switch Hit: Kevin Pietersen
Cover Drive: Mark Waugh/Saeed Anwar
On Drive: Viv Richards
Off Drive: David Gower
Leg Glance: Rahul Dravid
Square Cut: Brian Lara
Late Cut: Mahela Jayawardena
Uppercut: Virender Sehwag
Pull: Ricky Ponting
Hook: Aravinda de Silva
Slog: MS Dhoni
Slog Sweep: Stuart Carlisle
Paddle Sweep: Sachin Tendulkar

Unorthrodox shots in general: Mahela and Lara

 

[kingkallis]

off the top of my head, the great cover drivers (front foot) i have seen are:

richards
kallis
gavaskar
martyn
laxman
tendulkar
vaughan
abbas
hussey
jayawardene
sangakkara

Name is Atapattu, Marvan Atapattu!

 

[Ikki]

YouTube - michael vaughan what a shot

Glorious shot.