Stylish batsmen you liked
Printed From: Cricket World
Category: Letter To The Editor
Forum Name: Player Discussion
Forum Discription: Player discussion, comparisons and memories
URL: http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4406
Printed Date: 21 May 2013 at 1:48pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 9.71 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Stylish batsmen you liked
Posted By: kirankri
Subject: Stylish batsmen you liked
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 8:53am
|
Cricket wouldn't have been so interesting without stylish batsmen. Though runs matter irrepective of how you get them, cricket wouldn't have been so popular if there were no stylish cover drives, pulls, straight drives. It would be nice to dicuss the batsman you liked and disliked for their style. Here is my list... Batsmen whom I liked :
Dean Jones, Martin Crowe, Brian Lara, David Gower, Azharuddin, Dravid, Andrew Hudson
Batsmen whom I don't like or didn't like:
Chandrapaul, Jayawardane, Kaif, Jaques
|
Replies:
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 9:50am
|
Hvent see much of Jones or Crow but my favourites are : Gower, Azhar, Laxman, Ganguly, Dravid, Sangakkara, Ponting and Afridi when in full flow. ------------- |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:19am
|
Mark waugh, Martyn, fleming, Wishart, Lara, Salim Malik, Kambli ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: joelza1990
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 12:00pm
|
Batsmen i like: Yousuf, Sangakarra, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Hussey, Jayawardene, Ponting and Lara Batsmen i don't like: Dravid, Martyn, Kallis, Gayle and Smith |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 12:22pm
|
Gayle, Afridi, Younus, Langer, Dravid, F.Wallace, Atherton...dont like them ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:59pm
|
Ones I like: Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Lara, Aravinda De Silva ------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 11:00pm
|
Stylish eh.
Sarwan, M. Waugh, Yousuf, Laxman. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: bondy
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:47am
|
add Fleming to that list, he's a treat to watch when he gets going!
------------- Good one Graham! |
Posted By: cricketluva
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 3:39am
|
I think a batting elegance thread was done a while back. I think. ------------- See you later Gilly! Thanks for the memories! |
Posted By: green plane
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 8:19am
| Zaheer, Mark waugh, Yusuf, Laxman and lara. |
Posted By: canadiancricket
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 8:56am
yup Zaheer fits right in there.
|
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 9:07am
| he does when his second name is Abbas |
Posted By: canadiancricket
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 9:11am
oh right. That's who he is talking about. hehe.
|
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 9:13am
|
and so do Majid Khan And Bari....not outstanding as batters but a treet to watch. Probabaly the most stylish batsmen atleast from pak ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 12:15pm
|
Ramdin is another stylish one that comes to mind. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: kirankri
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 12:41pm
| And G R Vishy was one of the most stylish. |
Posted By: cobra
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 3:48pm
|
stylish batsmen i like
lara,kallis,tendulkar,sarwan,chanderpaul,s fleming,k sangakara,ganguly batsmen i don't like k petterson,d ganga,laxman,yousuf |
Posted By: hanif
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 6:13pm
|
stylish got to be the big 3 ponting tendulkar and lara in no particular order, vaughan has one of the most beutiful cover drives in the game, he will play a couple before is off stump gets skittled.
one of the ugliest players must be scott styris, shocking shots gets him the runs though, as you cant set a field to those dirt shots even he doesnt know were the ball is going half the time. ------------- love cricket hate racism |
Posted By: bondy
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 7:40pm
|
You really have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
------------- Good one Graham! |
Posted By: The Tyke
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 1:33am
|
My favourite stylish batsmen and the reasons I think they were/are stylish:
Chanderpaul- His sweet timing of the ball, his relaxed temperament and his unique stance that very few people will ever understand have made him a treat to watch bat, at least in my eyes.
Lara- I coudn't type enough about this man's style if you gave me a year to do it. Such a magical player when on form, he pretty much became the hero of every West Indian fan and also to left handers and cricket lovers the world over.
Gilchrist- Not the greatest batsman in the world but he brings his own style to the crease in the way he grips the bat and some of the shots he plays are just superb.
Sangakarra- The amazing Sri Lankan who's batting style can change between defensive and aggressive in a flash depending on the situation. He's played some majestic innings in his career, especially recently in tests where he's made international bowlers look very ordinary.
Jayasuriya- A player who changed the way many teams thought about ODI's. Watching him bat you just knew that something was going to happen. When people talk of aggressive batting they should think of him, rather than the sloggers like Afridi and Gayle who rarely play a real cricket shot. ------------- Minn hugur er minn sverš (My mind is my sword) |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 6:06am
|
My favourites are the usual suspects - Barry Richards , Mark
Waugh , David Gower , Ted Dexter , Viv Richards and Gary Sobers. Richards just played every shot beautifully , wonderful balance and the straightest of bats. He read the length of a delivery so quickly that he seemed to have an age to get into position to play a shot , even against the quickest of bowlers. Waugh was the finest player through midwicket that I ever saw . When settled, good balls went through that region and the bowlers looked mystified as to how he did it. A lovely timer of the ball , he rarely used more effort than was absolutely necessary. Gower infuriated me and thrilled me in roughly equal measure. Blessed with wonderful timing , his boundaries were languid in execution and delightful on the eye . Simply put , he oozed class. The frustration came in some of his dismissals , sometimes I just thought he wasn't at the races and it drove me to distraction. His career stats just don't do justice for an extraordinary talent that wasn't completely realised in my opinion. Lord Ted was the golden boy of English cricket in the 1960's. There was no finer sight than Dexter in full flow. No Gowerlike finesse when Ted was firing , he bludgeoned the ball to the fence and often over it! He liked nothing better than advancing to fast bowlers - I can still see him slaughtering Wes Hall in 1963 , the ball disappearing to all corners in an assault as brutal as I've ever seen. A great , great player who emptied bars all over the world. Viv Richards was a one off and the most arrogant of batsman. He didn't walk to the wicket , he seemed to take to the field as an actor takes to the stage. The atmosphere seemed charged and the anticipation of the upcoming contest between bowler and the man seemed almost matadorial. Richards intimidated bowlers the world over and he did it from ball one. No matter what the score , what the conditions or who the bowler was , he intended to dictate the proceedings - in the main he did too! His pulling of short pitched ball outside of offstump that clattered into the stands obver midwicket were outrageous - the faster it was delivered , the further it went. He never wore a helmet and never batted without his trademark chewing gum - truly one of the alltime greats. Sobers had everything , the complete cricketer. A terrific bowler capable of great pace , legspin and orthodox off breaks ,but it was his batting that dazzled the paying public. In a double hundred against Australia , in Oz , Ritchie Benaud is quoted as saying he'd never seen the ball hit harder. Sobers creamed the ball , the bat speed was a sight to behold - nothing was held back when he attacked. His cover drive was murderous and many a fielder regretted stopping one of his ful-l blooded drives. As hard as he attacked the ball , he still executed the shot with perfect technique - his balance , like all great players was wonderful. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 6:17am
|
Luckily enough i have seen a few Sobers vidoe and found him ages ahead of others. But i have never seen BArry Richards, i have heard my elders saying that he used to have the most beautiful batting stance. How true is tha Sledge? I am assuming you must have seen him ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 6:24am
|
Barry Richards batted straight out of the MCC coaching manual.
Everything he did was orthodox and he had every shot in the book.
He's by far the best opening batsman I've seen. What was
remarkable too was his scoring rate. In his day 2.5 runs per over was
looked on as more than enough - Richards was an order of magnitude over
that! On a special day at the WACA he took the Western Australian attack apart.A certain D.K.Lillee was in the lineup, and received the same treatment as the rest. Richards scored 325 in a day's play - you'll never see the likes of that again! He was simply brilliant and sadly he played just 4 tests before isolation - he averaged over 70 in that solitary series and that against Australia! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 6:34am
|
Wow.325 in a day!!!!! Sounds amazing!!!!! Whom do you rate higher in your list? Sobers or Barry? Considering only the batting ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 7:28am
|
I have to go with Richards. He opened throughout his career , so always
faced the new ball. He was really fantastic and he'd walk into any test
side if he was 25 today.
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 9:22am
| there is a tale of Richards batting in some match one day where he said to his partner "I'm going to have a little fun" then batted for half an hour using only the edge of his bat without struggling in the slightest |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 9:49am
|
Sounds so romantic!! Wish i could ever see him batting ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 1:10pm
I can believe it mate , he was that good. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: kirankri
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 2:10pm
| I am not fortunate enough to see Barry batting. Have only heard about him. What about Graeme Pollock? He is considered to be the greatest left handed batsman ever by most I guess. How stylish was he? |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 3:02pm
|
I've seen highlights of that double ton against Aussie by Sobers and really, from watching those shots, they were all class. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 3:29pm
I have only seen very little of him but I don't think he was anything like as elegant as Barry Richards. He hit it extremely hard though. |
Posted By: bondy
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 8:30pm
|
I've only seen modern day players that are considered elegant, such as Waugh, Lara, Inzy, Tendulkar and Ponting, which would be considered the elite for the 90's, and I'm wondering where they would fit around the likes of Pollock, Richards (both) and Sober's? Baring in mind that from what I've seen of Lara, he's the only one that comes close. ------------- Good one Graham! |
Posted By: kirankri
Date Posted: 19 January 2008 at 11:38am
I don't think the batsman of 90's are anywhere near those. Specially when you consider the quality of bowlers they had to face and the pitches.
|
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 19 January 2008 at 11:45am
| I wouldn't say King Viv was especially elegant, more ruthless and intimidating |
Posted By: DuckEgg
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 6:19am
|
I never saw Barry Richards which is my loss from what I hear when anybody describes him. Didn't see much of Sobers either apart from the 6 sixes he took off one over. I remember Greg Chappell for pure elegance when I was younger, although I don't much care for him - sorry to kiwi fans, I know he's your idol .Gower and M.Waugh were style kings that I remember but went out too often trying to play too pretty. It seemed to me they would rather make a graceful 30 than a gritty 70. As an all round package it's hard to go past Viv. Lara at his peak was something else but didn't have the alround game of The Master Blaster nor the longevity. Then again, it is sometimes hard to compare what you observe as a youngster with what you observe as an adult because your perceptions subtly change over time. You end up looking for different aspects. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 7:53am
I saw quite a bit of Pollock and can safely say he was fantastic. When he played for Eastern Province the ground filled up when the 2nd EP wicket fell. People sneaked out of work and stayed until the great man was out. That could be the rest of the day and I'm sure some poeple lost their jobs because of the man. Clobs was right too , Pollock murdered the ball , especially through the cover region. He wasn't particularly pretty , very static stance with feet too far apart , but what an eye and those size 14's moved like those of a ballet dancer! His very last innings at the age of 44 was against Kim Hughes' rebel Aussie side. That side was probably a bit long in the tooth , as was Pollock , but he still hit yet another century - the man was simply magnificent. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 7:56am
My thoughts too mate , but when they did make a big one it was always a thrilling experience. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 9:39am
|
I would have loved to have seen that passage of play when Richards and Pollock scored 103 agains the Aussies in an hour. Incidentally there is a good article about Barry's triple century here - http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/274296.html - http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/274296.html |
Posted By: DuckEgg
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 10:17am
| Interesting article Clobber. Having not seen the man in action I was able to glean something for my imagination to mull over. I was amused at the way Marsh made a quip to Inverarity about Richards not being all he was cracked up to be after missing his 1st delivery and the reply Swampy received at stumps! Plus the fact that it was the only time Inverarity enjoyed an opponent kicking butt!! Is there footage of this bloke somewhere to be found? |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 10:50am
|
The comment is like when Chris Scott of Durham dropped Lara on 18 and turned to slip and groaned "Oh I suppose he'll get a hundred now" - Lara finished 501*! Richards in action http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XyHvFArouAM - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XyHvFArouAM |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 10:59am
|
i am grateful Clobs.thanks for providing the link!!! What a cover drive first up ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Barnsey
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 11:10am
|
I love it how cool marlon samuels is when he bats...he doenst look worried at all, even though this may be to his downfall sometimes.
Love watching Laxman when on form, aswell as Ian Bell and Gibbs when he is playing well...hope he can start to get some form back soon.
|
Posted By: DuckEgg
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 11:29am
Thanks Clobber, it's a shame I wasn't born 5 yrs earlier - it would be worth being 5 yrs older now (!) to have some memories of that sort of timing and elegance. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 12:58pm
So it would Ducks ! Being ancient has it's advantages ! 
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Lambu
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 6:34pm
|
Talking purely from elegance POV i would rate Mark Waugh and Yuvraj Singh as the best alongside Lara obviously. Also,among the new faces Rohit Sharma looks very impressive to say the least..looks like he belongs at the international level. |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 6:27am
|
Damien Martyn and Mark Waugh, just this fantastic flow in their batting. A stylish batsman doesn't need to be brutal when hitting the ball. Michael Hussey's cover drive is a pleasure to watch as well. David Gower in his prime was superb, Martyn and Waugh had the same problem as him... which made it all the more frustrating to watch and that was getting out in what looked very soft. Batsman I don't like watching are Chanderpaul and Amla. ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 9:46am
|
Exactly my thoughts milkman. Waugh an dMartyn are two guys I loved watching. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 3:52pm
|
Mitali Raj! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: lalinda_sang
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 4:46pm
|
1.Sangakkara 2.Ponting 3.Jayawardena 4.Tendulkar 5.Clark ------------- Malinga Is Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 6:21pm
|
Ponting surely won't top a list of stylish batsmen Lalinda.
VVS Laxman has to be the most stylish I've seen. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: lalinda_sang
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 1:41am
|
Yeah Laxman is a very gud batsman too....but i like pontings style..
------------- Malinga Is Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 3:38am
It's no surprise neither got a 200 in test cricket with the way they batted though. Such a pleasure to watch though. ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 4:48am
|
Very true. Mark Waugh was a big underacheiver when you consider the amount of talent he had. He played close to 130 games (not many can do that) but never fully utilized the potential. I guess he just wanted to look good more than any other thing. and good he looked almost always. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 5:29am
Brother Stephen had an average of 51 and didn't look very stylish at all in the latter part of his career. It's kind of a fine line between playing well for the team and entertaining the crowd. ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 24 March 2009 at 1:39pm
No problem with the top 4 , but Stuart Clark doesn't do it for me ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 5:40am
|
you got it wrong Sledge. He must have meant Belinda Clark. I guess she averages more than M.Clarke in both tests and ODIs ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 11:56am
| Juinor waugh very stylish, only martyn could claim to equal him in that regard. Right about his record not matching his talent. I think he was one who played more for the enjoyment than records possibly unlike his brother. If mark had concentrated more on records would he have been so fluent a player? |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 12:18pm
|
Waugh was more stylish than Martyn in my opinion. Martyn sometimes looked uncomfortable at the crease. But he was still awesome to watch no doubt. ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 12:35pm
| Yes Waugh more stylish definitely. There was a batsmen for pakistan about ten years ago named mohammed wasim. He only played a handfull of tests but was beautiful to watch. Wonder what happened to him? |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 12:41pm
|
Pak don't treat their talent well... I'd assume just that.
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 2:28pm
VVS Laxman is in a class of his own as far as I'm concerned.  I'd pay to watch him score at a strike rate of 30!------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:10am
| Yes laxman very good. I put him in a class of three who had wonderful talent, were good to watch but who never fully had the records worthy of that talent. Mark Waugh, Laxman and Carl hooper. Hooper while not as stylish certainly was a class act whos record didn't do him justice. |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:16am
|
Hooper was a serial underachiever to be quite frank and he should have done better than he did. Bit like Hick or Blewett I suppose.
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:20am
| Yeah hicks another one. I hink this is where steve or sachin have fine records because they make the most of their respective talents. Waugh looked ugly but had the determination and motivation to extract every ounce of talent out of himself. Geoff marsh too had no talent but had the mental toughness to make it for a while at test level. |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:21am
|
I agree. Some cricketers are not natural athletes or particularly talented , but they work really hard and are very tough.
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:32am
| You could add taylor to that list. Not a bad record. Got everything out of himself he possibly could. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:37pm
|
Yeah, Hooper could tear apart attacks, be it pace or spin. A massive disappointment for the talent he was. He did a bit of justice to it in his last few years but a bit too late.
------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 3:40am
| I think Hooper didn't get on with some of the other senior players in the team. Wasnt there some issue with him not wanting to play in a team captained by lara? Its a shame as seeing those two bat together in a big partnership would be equivalent to watching sachin and laxman, brilliance and style together. I also thought marlon samuels was or is pretty good but whats happened to him? |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:04am
|
I fine Left Handers to be a lot more stylish than right handers, although VVS Laxman is one of the most stylish I've seen.
Lara was very stylish, Ganguly's cover drives were a treat to watch. Yuvi looks very stylish at times, Mohammed Yousuf and Azhar were also good. I also find Matthew Hayden to be very styish in his own way... the way he used to smash the ball was sooo good to watch, coming down the track to fast bowlers, and he looked so intimidating! I was like I could watch Hayden bat for full 5 days and still don't get bored! He is one of my favourite cricketers ever! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:28pm
|
Samuels was banned for match fixing. He should be available to return to first class Cricket sometime this year I think, later down! He's quite elegant too, pity though, when he really started to play well, he went and got himself into trouble. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 8:38pm
|
For some reason, I`ve never found Laxman or Ganguly to be stylish.
I think De Villiers is really stylish too. Very compact and good techique. Definitely Mohammed Yousuf and Lara. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 4:58am
|
Your choice matey, But ABD in my book is anything but stylish. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 01 December 2009 at 5:07am
Compact,hard to get out on a roll,yes,but ABD stylish? I don't really think so. However I'll agree with Dravid Fan that I never really found Ganguly stylish! ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 09 December 2009 at 5:38am
Agreed but he has a fantastic eye , which makes him get rather overconfident - it's then he plays across the line and gets out in ugly fashion. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: kahmad
Date Posted: 09 December 2009 at 9:23am
| I like them: Saeed Anwar, Lance Klusener, Gilchrist, Afridi, Tendulkar, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Dravid, Miandad, Ponting, Sangakarra, Viv Richards. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 09 December 2009 at 9:55am
|
You like them for their style or for the destructive ability they have/had? If it is for the former I am afraid you are badly mistaken.
Probabaly Saeed, Sanga and Dravid and to some extent Ponting fit in the list but it cant be Sehwag, Miandad, Afridi or Gilly for sure. Miandad was the least stylish player of his era I guess. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: kahmad
Date Posted: 09 December 2009 at 10:07am
|
i forgot to mention that it was really not for their styles. you cant find much stylish batsmen from pakistan. Stylish Batsmen from this list would be Saeed Anwar, Gilchrist, Tendulkar, Yuvraj, Dravid and Ponting. You have right Majid Khan was the most stylish pakistani Batsman. |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 09 December 2009 at 11:49pm
|
Tendulkar is more of substance over style. Sometimes his innings are a little hard on the eyes (not that it makes it any less brilliant).
Personally, I`ve always found perfect technique to be stylish while players like Sehwag and Afridi can bore me at times. De Villiers doesn`t have perfect technique but it`s still very good especially for players on this generation and I guess that appeals to me. 
I think I`ve said this before but don`t remember but some guy called George Bailey is not too bad either. He played 1 or 2 games in IPL2 as opener of Super Kings. |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 10:08am
|
George Bailey? trying to remember who he is. Yes I agree tendulkar can at times be a little ugly. Very good to watch, compact, technically good and sound all round style but lacks the fluency of some others. I dont think sehwag is particularly stylish though.
I still cant go past mark waugh, laxman and to a lesser extent damien martyn. I like the way ABD plays but id hardely call him stylish.
I actually think ian bell has some style about him. may get me attacked and im certainly no fan of his and dont enjoy watching him bat but i think he has quite a stylish technique. The left handers from england bore me to tears though, cook, strauss and before them trescothick, boring!
Mohammed yousaf is quite stylish too, but does anyone remember mohammid wasim from about ten years back?He was very very stylish but barely played a match for some odd reason. He had class and substance to go with his style but apparantly wasnt wanted.
|
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 10:35am
|
Remember him. Followed his entire career. He was good. Fulls top. It is not that he was not wanted, he just did not have the place in that middle order with Inzi, Ijaz and Salim Malik around and Yousuf knocking the doors. And its not that he did not get enough chances - he did and he failed to make full use of it. He scored a couple of centuries - his maiden ton was very good. He also had some success in Australia C7U series in 96-97, but that's about it. He had the style and probably had one of the best on drives in the game - but certainly did not have the class or substance. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 10:48am
|
George Bailey is the captain of Tasmania here in Australia. Pretty decent bat, but first class standard at best. I've seen him a couple of times, he looks good but nothing memorable to be honest. Mark Waugh is no.1 in my books and perhaps I'm bias.... everything Waugh did had style. From his batting to his brilliant fielding and even to his handy and versatile bowling. ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 10:51am
| Yes this is when I saw him in aus in 96/97. Pakistan produce many good players but it seems most fall away before they get a chance to shine. maybe this is because they have so many players they want to give them all a chance and cant settle on a combination. |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 10:59am
|
Zuhair you mention Ijaz Ahmed. The bloke loved playing my boys and has one of the best records against Australia. So many of his tons were against the Aussie side. However I would probably regard him as the LEAST stylish batsman!!! I guess we can conclude that the idiom 'style over substance' isn't necessarily what's needed. Although for the viewers like ourselves it's great to watch the likes of Mark Waugh, Martyn, Gower, Laxman, Hooper (as I wrote a serial underachiever but Warne rated him as the batsman who probably had the best footwork against spin) even if all those players weren't the best in the side in terms of runs scored. Do you guys prefer seeing batsmen who slaughter attacks like a Cairns or Klusener or someone who plays shots with expert timing and delicacy like M. Waugh or Laxman? For mine it's definitely the latter. I must say any batsman who has a super late cut, wristy leg glances and square drive/cut tends to be a very stylish player. ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 11:18am
|
Milks - you seem to be high on something matey though you mentioned you hardly take that dose. Never did I mention Ijaz in the STYLISH list. I can't do that i the wildest of my dreams. He was known as a chopper and was far from stylish but yes, he certainly was a damn good back foot player which is why he was so successful in Australia.
I definitely prefer watching style when watching highlights. But in the midst of a cricket match - a gritty innings say that of Kiristen or Prince or Collingwood is worth a watch. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 11:20am
|
No No I didn't mean you called him stylish I just said you mentioned his name as someone who played for Pak a lot. By no means is he stylish and nor would you of all people, someone who saw him more than I did, consider him to be stylish. He's in the Katich/Lehmann/Chanderpaul category without a doubt.
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 11:24am
|
Chanders to be precise. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 11:26am
Lehmann's technique looked disgusting too! Didn't do too bad to averaged 57 in first class cricket though 
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 11:27am
|
Oh lance klusener! what a blugenor if ever there was one. Id prefer to watch a stlish any day, particularly mark waugh, he was so gracefull and elegant it was difficult to believe he was facing 130/140km/h deliveries.
As for gritty batsmen like those mentioned or steve waugh they arent great to watch in themselves but in tough test match situations they are great to watch so its really the context of the match more so then the style. I mean i loathe watching someone like klusener but if i were barracking for sth africa in those 99 world cup matches against australia id love it. Overall mark waugh is incomparable when it comes to style. Just beautiful!
|
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 11:30am
|
agreed. Mark Waugh is the most stylish I have come across to. Gower comes closer among those players I have watched batting. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 12:47pm
|
Coincidentally (if that's a word), I saw an innings from Gower just a week or so ago on Zee Sports and man, he really was a treat to watch. Such coolness at the crease and yet the elegance flowed after he picked up the length. Easy on the eyes like Mark Waugh but me still love Laxman the most - leg breaks pitching outside leg gets caressed through covers and balls way outside off can be sent down to midon/mid-wicket. I love watching VVS bat, even if he scores at a strike rate of 30! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 12:51pm
|
Guess you haven't seen much of Waugh or Gower than spinny ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 12:58pm
|
Mark Waugh kills VVS for mine. And even Damien Martyn shouldbe thrown into the mix.
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 1:02pm
|
Mark Waugh, Gower and Martyn for me in order. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 1:09pm
|
Zuhair, I'm only 19, soon 20 so no way I could have seen Gower except on tape. I saw Mark Waugh but everyone has their preference, I agree Mark was all cool one could say when batting but I just like the wristiness of the Indians and of today, no one does it better than VVS. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 1:20pm
|
I respect your opinion matey. VVS isn't that bad a choice anyways. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: kahmad
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 1:35pm
| What do you think about Attapatu? |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 2:29pm
|
I think he's a funny story, 6 games with only 1 run under his belt haha, that's funny. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 10 December 2009 at 3:50pm
| Gee I wasnt aware this one had gone so far. Mark waugh and laxman seem to come up most in discussion of style, class and timing. Why were the waugh twins so different? steve so ugly and mark so pretty. I agree with milky mark waugh so stylish its not funny, martynn to a lesser extent, actually although martyn did look stylish on occassion, make that most occassions i think he looked sometimes ugly compared to mark waugh. laxman certainly has the timing but he is in no way a mark waugh. when in form laxman was good and his timing impeccable but was also capable of ugliness which mark was not. In fact I have never seen afghan play an ugly stroke, even if he tried, but didn't he find some dumb ways to get out. My all time favourite player, perhaps should have choosen juinorrulz |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 11 December 2009 at 5:50am
|
My avatar tells a lot about whom I like most - like the stylists - previously had Martyn in my avatar. And I have also noticed that the new generation of batsmen is effective but not stylish. I am afraid we wont find more stylish batsmen around as the game is changing so rapidly. They will be a lot of accumulators and improvisers - but no real elegant and stylish players. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 12 December 2009 at 3:22am
| No, there will always be some batsman with elegance and style. Test specialists (if it lasts, etc.) and technically correct batsman (that makes them automatically stylish) will always be there. The domestic sides of all countries have them but they haven't been selected yet. Murali Vijay was very elegant too during his knock against the Lankans. |