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Your favorite batsman to watch bat!!!
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Lara
Laxman, as an Aussie i didn't care if he made mountains of runs against us, i just loved watching him.
A few dour left-handed openers I loved watching, don't know why, I just did?
Gary Kirsten
Mark Richardson
Andrew Strauss
And growing up, ALLAN BORDER, my hero, never missed an innings of his.
A few dour left-handed openers I loved watching, don't know why, I just did?
Gary Kirsten
Mark Richardson
Andrew Strauss
And growing up, ALLAN BORDER, my hero, never missed an innings of his.
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Think I should categorize various styles which I've all enjoyed watching at various points:
All-out aggression, #intent - Gilchrist, McCullum
Wristy, but classical strokeplay - Laxman, Lara
Pure innovative genius - AB de Villiers
Technical perfection - Tendulkar, Williamson, Babar Azam
Power and audacity - Pietersen, Kohli, Gayle, Ponting
Effortless elegance - Damien Martyn
All-out aggression, #intent - Gilchrist, McCullum
Wristy, but classical strokeplay - Laxman, Lara
Pure innovative genius - AB de Villiers
Technical perfection - Tendulkar, Williamson, Babar Azam
Power and audacity - Pietersen, Kohli, Gayle, Ponting
Effortless elegance - Damien Martyn
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Steve Smith, Shiv Chanderpaul, Simon Katich
love that open, back and across the crease style
Ashwell Prince too
love that open, back and across the crease style
Ashwell Prince too
OverratedSanity
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Relatively attacking batsmen : Martyn, Lara, Azharuddin, Anwar, Pietersen, Sangakkara, Yousuf, Aravinda
Slow scoring but good to watch : Dravid, Hashan tillakaratne, Graham Thorpe
****e but elegant : Darren Ganga, Carl Hooper, Imran nazir
Slow scoring but good to watch : Dravid, Hashan tillakaratne, Graham Thorpe
****e but elegant : Darren Ganga, Carl Hooper, Imran nazir
Line and Length
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David Gower
Starfighter
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Lara
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
For comic ineptitude, it has to be Chris Martin. Courtney Walsh and Jasprit Bumrah would be somewhere close as well.
Laxmipati Balaji had a fascinating smile every time he batted.
Laxmipati Balaji had a fascinating smile every time he batted.
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Is Virat in all caps because he’s changed his name to All Caps Kohli or is it just you bumped the caps lock button?
Lillian Thomson
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Always enjoy watching the best of the best, so Viv Richards, Barry Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, and currently Steve Smith.
A bit of a wild card from my youth would be Tony Greig. At that time England didn't produce great batsman. Geoff Boycott was really the only one and he was missing for over half of Greig's tenure. Greig is also overlooked in most allrounder discussions, but while he was no Sobers, Kallis or Botham, he was a class batsman and a good fourth seamer - plus he bowled off cutters on occasions, most noticeable winning a Test in the West Indies.
A bit of a wild card from my youth would be Tony Greig. At that time England didn't produce great batsman. Geoff Boycott was really the only one and he was missing for over half of Greig's tenure. Greig is also overlooked in most allrounder discussions, but while he was no Sobers, Kallis or Botham, he was a class batsman and a good fourth seamer - plus he bowled off cutters on occasions, most noticeable winning a Test in the West Indies.
Pup Clarke
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Mohammed Yousuf had such lazy elegance. Great player of quick bowling
