Name the best exponent of these shots you have seen?

[Austerlitz]

Hook
Pull
Square cut
Late cut(spinner)
Upper cut
Frontfoot Square drive
Backfoot Square drive
Cover Drive
Straight drive
Straight slog in the V
On drive
Flick
Leg glance
Scoop shot
Switch hit
Reverse sweep
Paddle sweep
Square sweep
Slog sweep
Helicopter shot
Forward defensive
Backfoot defensive

 

[vcs]

Hook - Aravinda De Silva
Pull - Ponting
Square cut - Steve Waugh/Gilchrist
Late cut(spinner) - Jayawardene
Upper cut - Sachin
Frontfoot Square drive - Lara
Backfoot Square drive - Lara
Cover Drive - Sangakkara
Straight drive - Sachin
Straight slog in the V - Rohit Sharma
On drive - Mark Waugh
Flick - Damien Martyn/Hashim Amla
Leg glance - Saeed Anwar
Scoop shot - De Villiers
Switch hit - Pietersen
Reverse sweep - Morgan
Paddle sweep - Sachin
Square sweep - Younis Khan
Slog sweep - Hayden
Helicopter shot - Dhoni
Forward defensive - Kallis
Backfoot defensive - Dravid

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[StephenZA]

Nice thread idea....

 

[Himannv]

Needs Dilscoop - Dilshan somewhere in there.

 

[fredfertang]

Best square cut was Robin Smith, especially when he played it to Merv Hughes

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Viv Richards for all the shots that were in vogue when he played. KP for the sweeps and switches. David Gower for the helicopter.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Square cut- David Boon
Tuck off the hips - Graeme Smith
Leave - Marcus Trescothick
Inside out lofted drive off spinners- Dravid
Reverse sweep- Andy Flower
Back foot punch- Sachin, obv

 

[Daemon]

sixes

front foot pull - yuvraj
flick - yuvraj/jayasuriya
straight down the ground - sachin
cut - sehwag
using feet to deposit spinners into the stand where they belong - lara
hooks/pulls - ponting/de silva

 

[vcs]

Hitting quick bowlers back over their heads for six - Hayden, Gayle
Flicked cover drive off spinners - Kohli
Wristy shovel over midwicket - Kohli
Random slog - Misbah
Dab through slip cordon with soft hands - Bell, Dravid

 

[subshakerz]

Cant get past Jayasuria's cut. Pure power if you give him space.

 

[jimmy101]

Hook Brian Lara/Chris Gayle
Pull Sachin Tendulkar/Viv Richards/Virender Sehwag/Ricky Ponting/Javed Miandad
Square cut Brian Lara/Sanath Jayasuriya
Late cut(spinner) Michael Bevan
Upper cut Sachin Tendulkar
Frontfoot Square drive Steve Waugh/Viv Richards
Backfoot Square drive Inzamam-ul-haq/David Gower
Cover Drive Jaques Kallis/Brian Lara
Straight drive Sachin Tendulkar
Straight slog in the V Carl Hooper/Ricky Ponting/Lance Klusener/Ravi Shastri
On drive Damien Martyn
Flick Virat Kohli/Mohammad Azharuddin
Leg glance Mark Waugh
Scoop shot Tillakaratne Dilshan
Switch hit Kevin Pietersen
Reverse sweep AB de Villiers
Paddle sweep Sachin Tendulkar
Square sweep Sachin Tendulkar/Brian Lara
Slog sweep NS Sidhu/Shahid Afridi
Helicopter shot MS Dhoni
Forward defensive Sachin Tendulkar
Backfoot defensive Steve Waugh

Plus one more:

Cow corner slog Adam Gilchrist/Shahid Afridi/Ian Botham

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Late cut- Carl Hooper
Cover drive- Sangakkara

 

[vcs]

Cover drive on bended knee - Michael Vaughan

 

[jimmy101]

Cover drive on bended knee - Michael Vaughan

Has to be Lara, surely.

 

[vcs]

Lara's was more of a square drive to me. Also, he had his own technique of throwing his hands at the ball and smashing it through the point region. Vaughan's was more of a "classical textbook" type of shot that you'd use as an example while teaching someone.

 

[vcs]

On/Off drives against spinners without leaving the crease - VVS Laxman

 

[smash84]

nobody played the cover drive better than Mark Waugh, nobody

 

[Austerlitz]

Hook -Richards/Kallicharan
Pull - Ponting/Langer
Square cut - Dravid/Jayasuriya
Late cut(spinner) - Jayawardene/Lara
Upper cut -Tendulkar
Square drive - S.Waugh /Lara
Cover Drive - Tendulkar/Sangakkara/Ganguly/Waugh
Straight drive - Tendulkar/Hayden
Straight slog in the V -Viv richards/Hayden
On drive - Kohli/Laxman/Graeme smith
Flick -Richards/Lara
Leg glance -Jayasuriya/Anwar
Scoop shot -ABD
Switch hit -Pieterson
Reverse sweep -ABD/Andy flower
Paddle sweep -Tendulkar/Lara
Square sweep - Younis khan/Andy flower
Slog sweep - Tendulkar/Hayden
Helicopter shot -Dhoni
Forward defensive - Tendulkar/Kallis
Backfoot defensive -Tendulkar/Ponting

 

[Red]

nobody played the cover drive better than Mark Waugh, nobody

Nor the leg glance or the flick off the pads thru backward square.

 

[smash84]

Nor the leg glance or the flick off the pads thru backward square.

I wanted to mention the flick off the pads but Anwar was sublime with the leg glance.