Name the best exponent of these shots you have seen?

Hook
Pull
Square cut
Late cut(spinner)
Upper cut
Frontfoot Square drive
Backfoot Square drive
Cover Drive
Straight drive
Straight slog in the V
On drive
Flick
Leg glance
Scoop shot
Switch hit
Reverse sweep
Paddle sweep
Square sweep
Slog sweep
Helicopter shot
Forward defensive
Backfoot defensive

Austerlitz said:

Hook - Aravinda De Silva
Pull - Ponting
Square cut - Steve Waugh/Gilchrist
Late cut(spinner) - Jayawardene
Upper cut - Sachin
Frontfoot Square drive - Lara
Backfoot Square drive - Lara
Cover Drive - Sangakkara
Straight drive - Sachin
Straight slog in the V - Rohit Sharma
On drive - Mark Waugh
Flick - Damien Martyn/Hashim Amla
Leg glance - Saeed Anwar
Scoop shot - De Villiers
Switch hit - Pietersen
Reverse sweep - Morgan
Paddle sweep - Sachin
Square sweep - Younis Khan
Slog sweep - Hayden
Helicopter shot - Dhoni
Forward defensive - Kallis
Backfoot defensive - Dravid

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Nice thread idea....

Needs Dilscoop - Dilshan somewhere in there.

Best square cut was Robin Smith, especially when he played it to Merv Hughes

Viv Richards for all the shots that were in vogue when he played. KP for the sweeps and switches. David Gower for the helicopter.

Square cut- David Boon
Tuck off the hips - Graeme Smith
Leave - Marcus Trescothick
Inside out lofted drive off spinners- Dravid
Reverse sweep- Andy Flower
Back foot punch- Sachin, obv

sixes

front foot pull - yuvraj
flick - yuvraj/jayasuriya
straight down the ground - sachin
cut - sehwag
using feet to deposit spinners into the stand where they belong - lara
hooks/pulls - ponting/de silva

Hitting quick bowlers back over their heads for six - Hayden, Gayle
Flicked cover drive off spinners - Kohli
Wristy shovel over midwicket - Kohli
Random slog - Misbah
Dab through slip cordon with soft hands - Bell, Dravid

Cant get past Jayasuria's cut. Pure power if you give him space.

Hook Brian Lara/Chris Gayle
Pull Sachin Tendulkar/Viv Richards/Virender Sehwag/Ricky Ponting/Javed Miandad
Square cut Brian Lara/Sanath Jayasuriya
Late cut(spinner) Michael Bevan
Upper cut Sachin Tendulkar
Frontfoot Square drive Steve Waugh/Viv Richards
Backfoot Square drive Inzamam-ul-haq/David Gower
Cover Drive Jaques Kallis/Brian Lara
Straight drive Sachin Tendulkar
Straight slog in the V Carl Hooper/Ricky Ponting/Lance Klusener/Ravi Shastri
On drive Damien Martyn
Flick Virat Kohli/Mohammad Azharuddin
Leg glance Mark Waugh
Scoop shot Tillakaratne Dilshan
Switch hit Kevin Pietersen
Reverse sweep AB de Villiers
Paddle sweep Sachin Tendulkar
Square sweep Sachin Tendulkar/Brian Lara
Slog sweep NS Sidhu/Shahid Afridi
Helicopter shot MS Dhoni
Forward defensive Sachin Tendulkar
Backfoot defensive Steve Waugh

Plus one more:

Cow corner slog Adam Gilchrist/Shahid Afridi/Ian Botham

Late cut- Carl Hooper
Cover drive- Sangakkara

Cover drive on bended knee - Michael Vaughan

vcs said:

Cover drive on bended knee - Michael Vaughan

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Has to be Lara, surely.

Lara's was more of a square drive to me. Also, he had his own technique of throwing his hands at the ball and smashing it through the point region. Vaughan's was more of a "classical textbook" type of shot that you'd use as an example while teaching someone.

On/Off drives against spinners without leaving the crease - VVS Laxman

nobody played the cover drive better than Mark Waugh, nobody

Hook -Richards/Kallicharan
Pull - Ponting/Langer
Square cut - Dravid/Jayasuriya
Late cut(spinner) - Jayawardene/Lara
Upper cut -Tendulkar
Square drive - S.Waugh /Lara
Cover Drive - Tendulkar/Sangakkara/Ganguly/Waugh
Straight drive - Tendulkar/Hayden
Straight slog in the V -Viv richards/Hayden
On drive - Kohli/Laxman/Graeme smith
Flick -Richards/Lara
Leg glance -Jayasuriya/Anwar
Scoop shot -ABD
Switch hit -Pieterson
Reverse sweep -ABD/Andy flower
Paddle sweep -Tendulkar/Lara
Square sweep - Younis khan/Andy flower
Slog sweep - Tendulkar/Hayden
Helicopter shot -Dhoni
Forward defensive - Tendulkar/Kallis
Backfoot defensive -Tendulkar/Ponting

smalishah84 said:

nobody played the cover drive better than Mark Waugh, nobody

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Nor the leg glance or the flick off the pads thru backward square.

Red Hill said:

Nor the leg glance or the flick off the pads thru backward square.

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I wanted to mention the flick off the pads but Anwar was sublime with the leg glance.