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But I stand by what I said about his batting. It's just ugly as ****. I've said it before its because of his backlift and trigger movement. Just looks so ungainly. Everything after that (ie) the shots themselves, the follow through etc is fine.
Yeah, keep digging that hole.
It's a few pages old but I can't imagine anyone thinking Roots' technique is ugly.
I actually would like to keep digging tbh.
Yeah........way off base here OS, way off. Root has a genuinely gorgeous technique..
A big part of what makes a batsman pretty to watch, for me atleast, is how he looks at the crease before he even plays the ball. How compact his stance is, how much flair his backlift has, how balanced he looks, how he shuffles his feet before beginning his shot, etc. Half the aesthetic value of a batsman comes here... before he even plays the shot.
And this is where, as I said, Joe Root looks ugly as ****. Let's just compare the fab4's backlift and trigger movements here :
Here's Kohli:
Gorgeous. A nice shuffle of his feet, head perfectly still, and he looks compact and balanced. Almost as beautiful as the man himself
On to Kane:
A little awkward with that weird twitchy backlift, but otherwise, he looks fine.. nice and comfortable with not many uncomplicated flourishes.
Smith:
That's hilarious. Looks like a crab, with the massive shuffle across the stumps and backlift from wide third man.
And finally Root...this ugly mother****er. Look at this:
Wtf is he even doing. He begins by standing perfectly straight, bat sticking up like a periscope and then does a weird crouch with his head moving all over the place. This is not aesthetically pleasing. It's terrible. Atleast Smith makes up by being funny looking and keeps his head relatively still. Root's technique (again, before his shot actually begins) has the misfortune of being both hideous and boring. And that's why he sucks.
It's science.
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