Amla vs. De Villiers

[Dawood Ahmad]

Devillier has the ability to show ball the right path, there are two ways to do so, 1. form where the ball is coming, 2 where the ball is going to
Amla can just hit the ball harder with the use of timing and strock
Devilliers is younger so he will learn with the passage of time
Devilliers plays in all the situations and conditons while all amla is a powerplay player
Devilliers takes all the pressure on himself, while amla puts the pressure on his partner and starts hitting fours
So Devillieris can be said as better

 

[Daemon]

That post gave me cancer

 

[Flem274*]

Well that means his posts have one more redeeming quality than yours.

 

[Red]

Devillier has the ability to show ball the right path, there are two ways to do so, 1. form where the ball is coming, 2 where the ball is going to
Amla can just hit the ball harder with the use of timing and strock
Devilliers is younger so he will learn with the passage of time
Devilliers plays in all the situations and conditons while all amla is a powerplay player
Devilliers takes all the pressure on himself, while amla puts the pressure on his partner and starts hitting fours
So Devillieris can be said as better

My new sig. Best post I've ever read.

 

[smash84]

 

[harsh.ag]

Devillier has the ability to show ball the right path, there are two ways to do so, 1. form where the ball is coming, 2 where the ball is going to
Amla can just hit the ball harder with the use of timing and strock
Devilliers is younger so he will learn with the passage of time
Devilliers plays in all the situations and conditons while all amla is a powerplay player
Devilliers takes all the pressure on himself, while amla puts the pressure on his partner and starts hitting fours
So Devillieris can be said as better

Do you think this is true for both ODIs and Tests or only ODIs?

 

[Dawood Ahmad]

My new sig. Best post I've ever read.

This is an incomplete post

 

[Jono]

That's where I go; "hmm, maybe the bowlers these days aren't good enough to stop mediocre batsmen from accumulating more runs than they deserve".

And then you go" Nah im not that arrogant a cricket fan"

 

[Daemon]

"hmmm Jono's a ****"

 

[Shri]

Devillier has the ability to show ball the right path, there are two ways to do so, 1. form where the ball is coming, 2 where the ball is going to
Amla can just hit the ball harder with the use of timing and strock
Devilliers is younger so he will learn with the passage of time
Devilliers plays in all the situations and conditons while all amla is a powerplay player
Devilliers takes all the pressure on himself, while amla puts the pressure on his partner and starts hitting fours
So Devillieris can be said as better

have you met numberjacks buddy?you would both get along well

 

[Ray.]

AB is better.

 

[GIMH]

I want to hear MW304's opinion on this

 

[salman85]

Amla's has undoubtedly been more effective in recent times,though when all is said than done he is a pretty ugly batsman to watch.AB on the other hand,whereas not as good statistically off late,is infinitely more pleasing on the eye.

 

[DDP]

Think it's closer than some people are making. Went for Hash in the end.

Curious if people have AB in their world XI. He would have stiff competition as a number 5 bat. But maybe as a keeper-bat he'd surely make it in there?

 

[Red]

I'd definitely have him as a keeper bat.

 

[Jono]

Can't understand how anyone can say Amla is ugly to watch. Agree AB is better but Amla through the offside is awesome.

 

[Red]

Yeh, I really enjoy watching both of them bat. I reckon Amla's a real joy to watch

 

[Himannv]

Can't understand how anyone can say Amla is ugly to watch.

I think when he started playing his stance was a bit weird as he crouched too much at the crease and his back foot was planted in front of the stumps which made him look almost as strange as Chanderpaul at times. As a result of that stance, his shots looked terrible to watch. In fairness to him, he has improved his stance in recent years to a point where it looks quite decent. He deserves a lot of credit as he seems to be a player who is obviously working on his technique and stance as the years go on. At the moment, I think it's probably the movement of his feet which I don't much care for much. At times I feel his feet move the same way for almost every shot and it results in his bat hanging away from his body a lot more than I'd like to see.

 

[Jono]

I think that is a good analysis of his technique, he does do that. But to me that makes him awesome on the offside because it looks like he's using a Samurai sword and just ****ing bowlers up. Its hilarious. He's basically slicing cover drives.

In 2006 his technique was awful and he got found out at international level, but he went back to first class cricket and churned out more runs whilst simultaneosly changing his game. Great story.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Amla for being a living middle finger to batting coaches everywhere and looking damn good while doing it