Battle of the Elegance

[smash84]

David Gower the best I've seen for batsman.

Hadlee and Steyn appeal to me for bowlers.

I know Smiley likes Khan a lot - but wouldn't regard his action as Elegant. Regal perhaps. But not elegant.

agree, his action was very awe inspiring I would say but yeah probably not something that you would call elegant

 

[Daemon]

Love warne's action. Minimal fuss and very fluid.

Also enjoy watching offspinners bowling around the wicket more than over, they somehow just look better doing so to me

 

[nightprowler10]

Saeed Anwar
Asif

 

[Furball]

Love warne's action. Minimal fuss and very fluid.

Also enjoy watching offspinners bowling around the wicket more than over, they somehow just look better doing so to me

On this, Swann has some sort of technical flaw when he goes over the wicket doesn't he?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I also liked Warne's action. Wouldn't call it elegant but it was smooth.

 

[Burgey]

Zaheer Abbas and Majid Khan were a couple of Pakistani players from the 70s and 80s I remember being pretty elegant players.

 

[Pothas]

Think Duminy is lovely to watch,

Actually quite like his bowling as well.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Speaking of off-spin: Ramesh Powar's bowling is just gorgeous. Classic, side-on, high-armed offie's action resulting in nice flight and just a hint of drift from the right hander.

His test cap tally is probably forever stuck at two now, but, given Chawla's recall for the 4th, never say never.

 

[nightprowler10]

Does Wasim qualify for this? I'm asking because I'm ridiculously biased here.

 

[Tangles]

I only saw him once when he was older (charity game) but Barry Richards looked a very elegant left hander. Made me wonder how good he looked in his prime.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I also liked Warne's action. Wouldn't call it elegant but it was smooth.

MacGill had a much nicer action imo. Just seemed to let it effortlessly float out yet turned it square.

 

[morgieb]

Right now I have:

AB de Villiers
Abdul Qadir
Alan Kippax
Allan Donald
Alvin Kallicharran
Aravinda da Silva
Archie Jackson
Barry Richards
Bert Sutcliffe
Bishan Bedi
Brett Lee
Brian Lara
Brian Statham
Chaminda Vaas
Chris Cairns
Chris Gayle
Colin Blythe
Courtney Walsh
Curtley Ambrose
Dale Steyn
Damien Fleming
Damien Martyn
David Gower
Dennis Lillee
Dilip Vengsarkar
Frank Worrell
Garth Le Roux
Gary Sobers
Glen McGrath
Godfrey Evans
Greg Chappell
Gundappa Vishwanath
Harold Larwood
Hashim Amla
Herschelle Gibbs
Ian Bell
Imran Khan
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Jacques Kallis
James Anderson
Jim Laker
John Snow
JP Duminy
Ken Barrington
Kevin Pietersen
Kumar Sangakkara
Lawrence Rowe
Mahela Jayawardene
Majid Khan
Mark Butcher
Mark Waugh
Marlon Samuels
Martin Crowe
Michael Holding
Michael Vaughan
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Asif
Mohammad Azharruddin
Mohammad Yousuf
Nicky Boje
Norm O'Neill
Phil Hughes
Phil Mustard
Rahul Dravid
Ramesh Powar
Ranjitsinhji
Ray Lindwall
Richard Hadlee
Ricky Ponting
Rohit Sharma
Rusi Surti
Sachin Tendulkar
Saeed Anwar
Salim Durrani
Shane Bond
Shane Warne
Shoaib Akhtar
Stephen Fleming
Ted Dexter
Victor Trumper
Virat Kohli
Virender Sehwag
Viv Richards
Vusi Sibanda
VVS Laxman
Walter Hammond
Waqar Younis
Wasim Akram
Wes Hall
Zaheer Abbas

Would like five more to begin.

 

[ankitj]

Graeme Pollock would be my nomination. No fuss, simple technique. Very good to watch in those old clips

 

[benchmark00]

Richard Chee-Quee.

 

[TumTum]

Can't believe Clarke hasn't been mentioned here.

 

[DingDong]

this guy? seriously?

 

[ankitj]

this guy? seriously?

Who is the bowler?

 

[Contra]

Who is the bowler?

Kallis

 

[archie mac]

I love Gower but think MW just in front. Same with Holding but would put Lillee in front

 

[Satyanash89]

Would like to throw in Darren Gough's name in here...loved his action