Stylish batsmen you liked

Originally posted by kirankri 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?

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.

Originally posted by bondy I'm wondering where they would fit around the likes of Pollock, Richards (both) and Sober's?

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.

Originally posted by DuckEgg 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.

   My thoughts too mate , but when they did make a big one it was always a thrilling experience. 

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?

i am grateful Clobs.thanks for providing the link!!! What a cover drive first up

Originally posted by Clobber 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

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.

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.

Exactly my thoughts milkman. Waugh an dMartyn are two guys I loved watching.

1.Sangakkara
2.Ponting
3.Jayawardena
4.Tendulkar
5.Clark

Yeah Laxman is a very gud batsman too....but i like pontings style..

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.

Edited by zuhair_abbasi - 20 March 2009 at 4:49am

Originally posted by lalinda_sang 1.Sangakkara 2.Ponting 3.Jayawardena 4.Tendulkar 5.Clark

 No problem with the top 4 , but Stuart Clark doesn't do it for me !

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?

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?