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Who IYO has the best looking cover drive, pace action, pull shot etc etc

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Cover drive -
Pull shot -
Cut shot -
Straight drive -
Sweep shot -
On drive -
Square drive -
Leg glance -
Forward defense -
Dance down the pitch -



Leg spinning action -
Off spinning action -
Pace action -


This is not the most correct or orthodox, thought if that happens to be your method of measuring good looking shots so be it. It's just whatever looks coolest to you.
 
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Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Then I won't comment. I am largely interested in the technical correctness of the shot and find flamboyance that isn't grounded on the fundamentals to be unappealing.
 

kiwiviktor81

International Debutant
Can't really comment on the batsmen, but for the bowlers

Legspin - Afridi or Tahir
Offspin - Vettori
Pace - Steyn
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Then I won't comment. I am largely interested in the technical correctness of the shot and find flamboyance that isn't grounded on the fundamentals to be unappealing.
Then use that as your criteria! I didn't want to put limits on this, that's all
 

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
No. For example I would probably post some examples of who had the best forward defence and then someone in the next post might name Brian Lara's because it was flamboyant and looked cool. That would wind me up to have sachin's and his named on the same footing. So I will just read the thread cheers.
 

kingkallis

International Coach
I will cover only the players I looked on TV or in real.

Cover drive - Brian Lara, Micheal Vaughan
Pull shot - Ricky Ponting, Aravinda de Silva ( Gilchrist's pulls somehow looked ugly )
Cut shot - Robin Smith, Daryll Cullinan
Straight drive - Sachin Tendulkar, Stephen Fleming
Sweep shot - Andy Flower, Carl Hooper
On drive - Matthew Hayden, VVS Laxman
Square drive - AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs
Leg glance - Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar
Forward defense - Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid
Dance down the pitch - Brian Lara, AB de Villiers

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Leg spinning action - Shane Warne, Paul Strang
Off spinning action - Graeme Swann, Saqlain Mushtaq
Pace action - Allan Donald, Shane Bond
 

The Battlers Prince

International Vice-Captain
Cover drive - Matt Hayden/Kumar Sangakkara
Pull shot - Ricky Ponting
Cut shot - Brian Lara
Straight drive - Rahul Dravid
Sweep shot - Mark Taylor in his 334*
On drive - Ricky Ponting/Inzamam Ul Haq
Square drive - Sachin Tendulkar
Leg glance - VVS Laxman
Forward defense - Allan Border
Dance down the pitch - Steve Smith/Michael Clarke
Lofted Drive - Chris Cairns/Shane Lee
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
Cover drive - K Sangakkara, M Hussey
Pull shot - R Ponting, D Warner
Cut shot - P Hughes
Straight drive - M Hayden, M Marsh
Sweep shot - I Bell, M Richardson
On drive - Everyone who can play the shot (when does an on drive not look ***y?)
Square drive - Mine (**** you all)
Leg glance - S Smith
Forward defense - J How, D Warner
Dance down the pitch - S Smith, M Clarke


Leg spinning action - S Smith, S Warne, P Adams
Off spinning action - G Swann, N Lyon, G Maxwell (n.b. only when around the wicket)
Pace action - R Harris, M Starc, S Bond, H Larwood, R Lindwall

Fielding - AB de Villiers, R Ponting
Wicketkeeping - P Nevill
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
Cover drive - Matt Hayden/Kumar Sangakkara
Pull shot - Ricky Ponting
Cut shot - Brian Lara
Straight drive - Rahul Dravid
Sweep shot - Mark Taylor in his 334*
On drive - Ricky Ponting/Inzamam Ul Haq
Square drive - Sachin Tendulkar
Leg glance - VVS Laxman
Forward defense - Allan Border
Dance down the pitch - Steve Smith/Michael Clarke
Lofted Drive - Chris Cairns/Shane Lee
One of these things is not like the others.
 

Zinzan

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Cover drive - Martin Crowe, Michael Vaughan
Pull shot - Ricky Ponting, Martin Crowe, Michael Vaughan
Cut shot - Gordon Greenidge, Robin Smith
Straight drive - Stephen Fleming, Martin Crowe
Sweep shot - Andy Flower, Matthew Hayden, Brian Lara
On drive - Sachin Tendulkar, Stephen Fleming, Mark Waugh
Square drive - Brian Lara, Mark Waugh, Damien Martyn
 

Red

The normal awards that everyone else has
Cover drive - M.Hussey, Trescothick, Border
Pull shot - Ponting,
Cut shot - Greenidge
Straight drive - Watson, Tendulkar
Sweep shot -
On drive - M.Waugh
Square drive - S.Waugh
Leg glance - M. Waugh
Forward defense -
Dance down the pitch -



Leg spinning action - Warne
Off spinning action - Laker, Iverson
Pace action - Lillee, Hadlee, Holding
 

Gob

International Coach
Cover drive - Kallis (Should have a highway in Cape town named Kallis Drive)
Pull shot - Ponting,Richards,Shaun Marsh
Cut shot - Border,Waugh,Cook,Sanath
Sweep shot -**** this shot (Lara was good)
On drive - Ponting
Leg glance - M. Waugh,Sachin
Forward defense - Dravid
Dance down the pitch -Smitteh



Leg spinning action - Warne
Off spinning action - Murali Karthik
Pace action - McGrath
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
This is not the most correct or orthodox, thought if that happens to be your method of measuring good looking shots so be it. It's just whatever looks coolest to you.
Then I won't comment. I am largely interested in the technical correctness of the shot and find flamboyance that isn't grounded on the fundamentals to be unappealing.
Then use that as your criteria!
:laugh: so good
 

BeeGee

International Captain
For aesthetically pleasing all round stroke play it would be hard to go past Martin Crowe.
 

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