Langeveldt
Soutie
Yeah, whatever Wayne Scholesey...Neil Pickup said:
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Ugly yet Effective Batsmen...
- Thread starter Zinzan
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ReallyCrazy
Banned
how about matt hayden
Black Thunder
School Boy/Girl Captain
Ponting's quite attractive once he gets settled but he does have that ordinary lunge he does the beginning of his innings. Never understood why opposition teams don't straight away put in a bat pad on the off side or a silly-mid-off to him (regardless of whether there is a quickie or a spinner bowling).
Gilchrist chops down on the ball quite a bit but when you hit the ball that hard, have such a good eye and can pick gaps in the field that well you can bat anyway you want too......
At the end of the day a technique is a technique, and all batsmen should be encouraged to bat the way they feel most comfortable. Obviousbly this does have limits, but in general if they hit through the ball, hit straight as often as possible, time the ball well and get their head still and in line with the ball then those are the basics right there and the rest just happens. But all the great batsmen (with nearly no exceptions) do the above four.
Gilchrist chops down on the ball quite a bit but when you hit the ball that hard, have such a good eye and can pick gaps in the field that well you can bat anyway you want too......
At the end of the day a technique is a technique, and all batsmen should be encouraged to bat the way they feel most comfortable. Obviousbly this does have limits, but in general if they hit through the ball, hit straight as often as possible, time the ball well and get their head still and in line with the ball then those are the basics right there and the rest just happens. But all the great batsmen (with nearly no exceptions) do the above four.
