Elegant batsmen

[Burgey]

Does anyone have any footage of the 98 series, Australia in India? I remember watching it but haven’t seen too many highlights online? Looking for the highlights of these backfoot drives Tendulkar played off the quicks. I reckon they’re the best cricket shots I’ve ever seen.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ganguly. His cover drives and cuts were a joy to watch.

He's got to be the clunkiest, least aesthetic batsman I've ever seen. IMO the opposite of this thread.

Martyn, M Waugh, Laxman, Ian Bell, for me

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Barry Richards. Majid Khan.

 

[social]

Viv is one of my favs but he was neither a technician or elegant IMO

Guy was just brutal & brilliant

 

[Burgey]

He's got to be the clunkiest, least aesthetic batsman I've ever seen. IMO the opposite of this thread.

Martyn, M Waugh, Laxman, Ian Bell, for me

I think his cover driving was pretty easy ont he eye, but yeah he wasn't a patch on the likes of VVS (especially), Tendulkar or even Dravid in the elegant stakes imo.

 

[Burgey]

Barry Richards. Majid Khan.

This is a very good shout.

 

[mr_mister]

Nathan Astle when he got it right looked decent but the sound he got off his bats were great. Could time them like no other when in form

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Courtney Walsh
Chris Martin

 

[DravidFan]

I purposefully left Dravid out and Dravid IMO was easier on the eye than Sachin. From that generation of Indians, VVS wins the elegance medal without a doubt.

 

[DravidFan]

Courtney Walsh
Chris Martin

Hilarious!

 

[Burgey]

yeah Laxman was so languid. Great to watch. I agree generally re Dravid being more elegant than tendulkar, but I'm trying to find these backfoot drives from the 98 series, man. They were just pure technique and timing.

 

[DravidFan]

Languid is exactly right to describe VVS.

 

[CricAddict]

Brian Lara, Mark Waugh, Aravinda De Silva and Sachin Tendulkar from the people I have watched. Recently, I liked watching Carey bat.

 

[akilana]

Yousuf Yohana, Vaughan, AB

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yousuf Yohana, Vaughan, AB

ooh yes don't know why he hasn't been mentioned yet. Nothing better than a Vaughan cover drive or pull shot

 

[Coronis]

Steve Smith.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

ooh yes don't know why he hasn't been mentioned yet. Nothing better than a Vaughan cover drive or pull shot

Probably because everything else about the man is so repulsive

 

[ankitj]

Ganguly. His cover drives and cuts were a joy to watch.

Yes, and on the other hand his pull shot was vomit worthy.

 

[CricAddict]

ooh yes don't know why he hasn't been mentioned yet. Nothing better than a Vaughan cover drive or pull shot

I remember reading an article several years ago that said Vaughan played each ball exactly to its merit. And he got out if the ball merited it

 

[nightprowler10]

Like with every other topic, everyone forgets Younis played cricket.