Most elegant batsmen/bowlers?

[karan_fromthestands]

Depending on their stroke-play, bowling-action, or whatever reason, pick a bowler and a batsman that you find the most pleasing to watch. Again, let's stick to just two players.

I'll go with:

1. Matthew Hoggard - his bowling-action, and the glorious out-swingers he could bowl was a true delight to watch in test cricket

2. Kim Hughes - extravagant strokeplay(his cover drives were something else)

 

[Gob]

Hard to just pick two

Alan Donald - near perfect action followed by aggression
Damien Martyn - very few could make batting look easier on the eye

Another day and I could pick totally different two players

 

[Starfighter]

No chest on bowler can be considered elegant.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Hard to just pick two

Alan Donald - near perfect action followed by aggression
Damien Martyn - very few could make batting look easier on the eye

Another day and I could pick totally different two players

Same here, just picking two out of so many players who are great to watch is tough(and also unfair), but let's see what names people will go for.

 

[Noumenon]

Jofra among the contemporaries? He glides to the crease before pinging that splice. Bit of a Holding in him.

My other nomination is Bumrah.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

No chest on bowler can be considered elegant.

Ok, is this written in chapter 4, line 15 of the CricketWeb rule book? Just confirming.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Jofra among the contemporaries? He glides to the crease before pinging that splice. Bit of a Holding in him.

My other nomination is Bumrah.

You are spot on about Jofra. Dhawal Kulkarni has a slightly similar style too, but isn't nearly as good.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Mark Waugh, Stephen Fleming, Damien Martyn, Babar Azam batting.

Allan Donald, Shane Bond bowling

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Zaheer Abbas.
Michael Holding.

 

[nightprowler10]

Zaheer a great shout.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Batting: Martyn, M.Waugh, Steve Smith, Bell, Laxman, Lehmann
Bowling: Anderson, Simon Jones, Brett Lee

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Batting: Martyn, M.Waugh, Steve Smith, Bell, Laxman, Lehmann
Bowling: Anderson, Simon Jones, Brett Lee

Steve Smith is an amazing batsman, but elegant?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Steve Smith is an amazing batsman, but elegant?

Oh you reminded me: Stephen Fleming (edit: lol didn't realise you'd already said him)

and yes love Smith's technique. Something about the Smith/Chanderpaul/Katich/Lehmann sort of style really speaks to me

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Lance Klusner bowling action .
The ‘jump’ tho

 

[Line and Length]

Michael Holding

David Gower

 

[Noumenon]

Thoughts on the follow through of recent Indian debutant, Famous Krishna? He just pauses with a jerky motion. Elegant?

 

[honestbharani]

Thoughts on the follow through of recent Indian debutant, Famous Krishna? He just pauses with a jerky motion. Elegant?

I find it very hard to classify even the most classical action fast bowler as "elegant". Fast bowling is ***y and exciting to watch but elegance, not so much, for me.

 

[ankitj]

Allan Donald was always a treat to the eye.

 

[Line and Length]

.... and then there's the inelegant.
Batting: David Warner
Bowling: Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Early Marchant de Lange still without a shadow of a doubt had my favourite bowling action ever