Best player of each shot?

[completeNZer]

Was just thinking about who's shot's would I take and use to make the 'perfect' batsman.

So technically who In your opinion is the best @

The Late cut
The Cut
The Square drive
The *Cover drive
The *Off Drive
The *Straight Drive
The *On Drive
The Pull
The Hook
The Leg Glance
The Sweep
The Forward Defence

And the unorthodox

The Reverse Sweep
The Scoop
The Ramp

*Back/Front Foot

 

[Mister Wright]

I'll have a crack:

The Late cut - Ricky Ponting
The Cut - Kumar Sangakarra
The Square drive - VVS Laxman
The *Cover drive - Jaques Kallis/Sachin Tendulkar
The *Off Drive - Chris Gayle
The *Straight Drive - Michael Clarke/Matthew Hayden
The *On Drive - ?/Ricky Ponting
The Pull - Michael Vaughan
The Hook - Ramaresh Sarwan
The Leg Glance - Ian Bell
The Sweep - Matthew Hayden
The Forward Defence - Mohammad Yousif

And the unorthodox

The Reverse Sweep - Michael Hussey
The Scoop - Adam Gilchrist
The Ramp ?

*Back/Front Foot

 

[completeNZer]

ramp as in ramping it over slips shot

 

[Nutter]

Where's the option for "flicked off the pads along the ground to square leg". So i can put Mark Waugh in.

The Cut - Damien Martyn
The Straight Drive - Stephen Fleming
The Pull - Jamie How
The Forward Defence - Rahul Dravid
The Ramp Shot either goes to Robin Uthappa or Brendon McCullum.

 

[DaRick]

Hmm...let's see:

The Late cut - Damien Martyn
The Cut - A multitude of players, really (Chris Gayle, Adam Gilchrist, Sanath Jayasuriya, et. al)
The Square drive - Sourav Ganguly (although his square drive has always struck me as more of a 'backward-square drive')
The *Cover drive - Michael Hussey
The *Off Drive - (hmm...)
The *Straight Drive - Matthew Hayden
The *On Drive - (hmm...)
The Pull - Ricky Ponting
The Hook - Ricky Ponting
The Leg Glance - VVS Laxman
The Sweep - Matthew Hayden
The Forward Defence - Sachin Tendulkar

And the unorthodox

The Reverse Sweep - Jonty Rhodes
The Scoop - Brendon McCullum/Hamish Marshall (they're the two main proponents...)
The Ramp - ...hmm, I've only seen a few players do this, so I'm not gonna say (Adam Gilchrist and Sachin Tendulkar being amongst them)

 

[weldone]

The Late cut - Dravid
The Cut - Jayasuriya/Sehwag
The Square drive - Kallis
The *Cover drive - Ganguly (frontfoot); Sachin (backfoot)
The *Off Drive - Kallis (frontfoot); Sachin (backfoot)
The *Straight Drive - Dravid
The *On Drive - Sachin (frontfoot); Azharuddin (backfoot)
The Pull - Lara/Ponting
The Hook - Pietersen
The Leg Glance - Lara
The Sweep - A. Flower
The Forward Defence - Dravid

And the unorthodox

The Reverse Sweep - Jonty Rhodes
The Scoop - Afridi (when it comes off )
The Ramp - Sachin

 

[Flem274*]

Where's the option for "flicked off the pads along the ground to square leg". So i can put Mark Waugh in.

The Cut - Damien Martyn
The Straight Drive - Stephen Fleming
The Pull - Jamie How
The Forward Defence - Rahul Dravid
The Ramp Shot either goes to Robin Uthappa or Brendon McCullum.

Yeah quite like these though TBH Vaughan and Ponting atm>than Jamie How's pull shot though How is a very attractive batsman to watch.

 

[burr]

Well I adore Marto's late cut, his cut (both so deliciously wristy) and his back foot cover/square drive is just technical perfection. The Ponting pull shot obviously and the Laxman wristy on drive/flick.

 

[Goughy]

Off the top of my head and with whichever player springs to mind.

The Late cut- Len Hutton (different class with this shot)
The Cut- Robin Smith and Lara
The Square drive- Alec Stewart
The *Cover drive- Vaughan
The *Off Drive-
The *Straight Drive- Gooch
The *On Drive- Tendulkar
The Pull- Ponting
The Hook-
The Leg Glance- Mohammad Azharuddin
The Sweep
The Forward Defence - KP. Massive stride and head over the ball

And the unorthodox

The Reverse Sweep- hmm too many
The Scoop- Heino Kuhn
The Ramp- Shane Warne

Ill have a think and maybe expand and add more to the gaps.

Clearly biased towards the players Ive seen a lot of but also shows how good certain English players were in some areas only to fall down in others

 

[Mister Wright]

Don't know how anyone can go past Hayden for the straight drive. Best in the business.

 

[ozone]

Andy Flower deserves a mention for the best reverse sweeper ever in the game. He wasn't bad on the orthodox sweep either.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Don't know how anyone can go past Hayden for the straight drive. Best in the business.

Over Tendulkar/Ponting? You have to be kidding.

 

[Flem274*]

Over Tendulkar/Ponting? You have to be kidding.

Over Fleming? You have to be kidding?

 

[PhoenixFire]

Haha, I should have seen that coming.

 

[Mister Wright]

Over Tendulkar/Ponting? You have to be kidding.

Nah, not kidding.

 

[Top_Cat]

Of blokes I've seen play them live;

The Late cut = Sachin
The Cut = Steve Waugh
The Square drive = Richie Richardson
The *Cover drive = Front: Geoff Marsh (quiet you, it was his only shot!), Back: Marty Love
The *Off Drive = Lara
The *Straight Drive = Haydos, lofted or on the carpet
The *On Drive: Sachin
The Pull: Ponting
The Hook: Richie Richardson/Viv
The Leg Glance: Laxman/Mark Waugh
The Sweep: Haydos
The Forward Defence: Who cares? haha

And the unorthodox

The Reverse Sweep: Pietersen
Hip-flick: Lara!

*Back/Front Foot

 

[Nutter]

Yeah quite like these though TBH Vaughan and Ponting atm>than Jamie How's pull shot though How is a very attractive batsman to watch.

Yeah I guess I really like How's pull shot - although Punter and Vaughan are definitely much better at it right now.

 

[Zinzan]

Of Players I've seen

The Late cut = Tendulkar
The Cut = Gordon Greenidge
The Square drive = Jayasuriya
The *Cover drive = Front: Martin Crowe Back: Steve Waugh, Laxman
The *Off Drive = Lara
The *Straight Drive = Fleming, Crowe
The *On Drive: Ponting
The Pull: Ponting, Vaughan
The Hook: V Richards

 

[shortpitched713]

Over Tendulkar/Ponting? You have to be kidding.

A bit like comparing apples and oranges. Tendulkar's is amazing for the perfection of weigh transfer and efficiency of the stroke. On the other hand, Hayden's bludgeon makes the ball absolutely fly off the bat like a tracer bullet on the way to the boundary, and he rarely gets out to it as well.

Really hard to compare.