Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most hideous of them all

[mono]

Who has the ugliest batting style ever?

For me it's either Chandrapaul or Smith.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Peter Willey and Chanderpaul come to mind straight away.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Matthew Bell and Adam Bacher weren't much fun to look at either. Old highlights of Kepler Wessels that you see on Foxtel don't do much for the eye either - and that's just usually showing boundaries!

 

[DriveClub]

I'd like to add Katich, Dhoni and Runako Morton to the above mentioned players.

 

[weldone]

Shiv Chanderpaul is a strange kind of a batsman.

 

[smash84]

aw Apo there....Katich definitely in contention

 

[mono]

actually even cook is awful to watch.

Dhoni's idiosyncracies sort of make up for his awful technique. the helicopter shot is just fun to watch

 

[Zinzan]

Katich & Dhoni for mine

 

[Daemon]

Chris Martin

 

[ljinko888]

Collingwood wasn't the most elegant to watch

 

[Pup Clarke]

Collingwood by a mile, makes Chanderpaul look graceful. His only have decent looking shot was his leg glance.

 

[ljinko888]

Bopara

 

[Pothas]

Yeah Collingwood managed to look fairly horrid even when he was playing good shots.

Was a Hampshire batsman called Paul Whitaker who I only have vague memories of but had the most ridiculous backlift I have ever seen.

 

[Pothas]

Always found something rather offensive about Phil Mustard as well, probably because of the dire 50 he hit against Hampshire in a one day final a few years ago.

 

[ljinko888]

Yeah Collingwood managed to look fairly horrid even when he was playing good shots.

Was a Hampshire batsman called Paul Whitaker who I only have vague memories of but had the most ridiculous backlift I have ever seen.

Speaking of county players, Chesney Hughes is one of the biggest heave and hope players I've ever seen. For some reason reminds me of Pollard but without the shot selection

 

[fredfertang]

That West Indian opener Adrian Griffith was distinctly unlovely technique-wise, as was Trevor Franklin, although there was something admirable about him

 

[Furball]

Everyone suggesting Chanderpaul can GTFO.

 

[hang on]

wasn't ghastly per se but the thought of tavare at the crease still gives me nightmares. he had boredom down as a deadly weapon.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Not a proper batsman, but was an effective tailender: Embers. His patented "four defensive prods followed by a shovel over midwicket for two" was enthrallingly ugly.

 

[zaremba]

Collingwood by a mile, makes Chanderpaul look graceful. His only half decent looking shot was his leg glance.

You're being grossly unfair on him. He had the full array of strokes at his disposal: the prod, the nudge, the bunt, the shovel, the nurdle, the scoop, the chip and, when he was feeling particularly impish, the flick.