Rangana Herath vs Bishan Singh Bedi

[S.Kennedy]

Should have to be a genuine leftie to make the team IMO. Gilchrist & Lara at least are righties who cheat by batting lefty. Probably a couple of the others too.

Most of Durham do that for some odd reason, including Ben Stokes. They bowl right-handed and bat lefty.

 

[Burgey]

The late Peter Roebuck was of the view that right handlers should be coached from a young age to bat left handed as it means their top hand is dominant.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Most of Durham do that for some odd reason, including Ben Stokes. They bowl right-handed and bat lefty.

Yeah it's not nothing new. Most left-handed batsmen at the top level are actually right-handers. First noticed it following Australia when I was growing up, but by then it was too late for me to change. The only one that was an actual leftie was Darren Lehmann. Oh and Bevan.

Langer, Hayden, Hussey, Gilchrist are all right-handers. Mark Taylor was too, though before my time. Michael Clarke was the opposite, a lefty who batted righty.

There's been a few articles written about the advantages it might offer to have your dominant hand as the top hand as a batsman. If I have kids getting into cricket that's how I'm teaching them for sure.

 

[cnerd123]

Yea it goes both ways - a lot of right handed batsmen are actually lefties too. Tendulkar, for instance, writes and plays table tennis with his left hand

 

[Burgey]

Because his right hand is always otherwise occupied.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't know about Tendulkar, he always threw and bowled right-handed. If he did those other things left-handed it was probably more of a quirk, but pretty sure he's predominantly right-handed.

Or maybe he's just ambidextrous.

 

[cnerd123]

I think the story is that he's predominantly a lefty who just learned to play cricket right-handed growing up.

Imagine how good he would have been if he had played with his actual dominant hand. What a legend.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Because his right hand is always otherwise occupied.

And you complain that the Indians here are not funny

 

[TheJediBrah]

I think the story is that he's predominantly a lefty who just learned to play cricket right-handed growing up.

Imagine how good he would have been if he had played with his actual dominant hand. What a legend.

eh maybe, I'm sceptical though. If he was predominantly left-handed you'd think he would have thrown left handed once in a while.

 

[cnerd123]

eh maybe, I'm sceptical though. If he was predominantly left-handed you'd think he would have thrown left handed once in a while.

He brought himself down to the level of mere mortals and spared everyone of witnessing his full gifts.

Can you imagine how crazy the fans would have gotten if he actually showed off his prowess as a lefty too? He'd be a literal diety. A literal God with his own religious book. But Sachin is a wise man, and a humble man, and he made sure it never got that bad.

Lesser individuals show off their ambidexterity at every chance they get. Its why Sachin is so great.

 

[TheJediBrah]

He brought himself down to the level of mere mortals and spared everyone of witnessing his full gifts.

Can you imagine how crazy the fans would have gotten if he actually showed off his prowess as a lefty too? He'd be a literal diety. A literal God with his own religious book. But Sachin is a wise man, and a humble man, and he made sure it never got that bad.

Lesser individuals show off their ambidexterity at every chance they get. Its why Sachin is so great.

That and the pressure

 

[Burgey]

Yep. Imagine the pressure of being Tendulkar and left handed. Wise move on his part.

 

[Starfighter]

Yea it goes both ways - a lot of right handed batsmen are actually lefties too. Tendulkar, for instance, writes and plays table tennis with his left hand

I think Wasim Akram's a bowls left, bats left, writes right as well.

 

[trundler]

There's a video on Robelinda's channel of Akram bowling right-handed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpsgYOzEdCY

 

[TheJediBrah]

There's a video on Robelinda's channel of Akram bowling right-handed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpsgYOzEdCY

Looked left handed to me. And a throw

 

[Starfighter]

There's a video on Robelinda's channel of Akram bowling right-handed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpsgYOzEdCY

Aamer Malik bowling I believe. And Wasim throwing - left handed.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not all Pakistanis look the same trundler. Good god man it's 2018 have some decency.

 

[trundler]

I didn't pay close attention. Mislead by the title. I should know they don't because I am one

 

[Kirkut]

Rotundnath Herath.