Most classical and perfect batsmen i have ver seen

[JBMAC]

Most of those pale into insicnifigance against the likes of Gower, G.Chappell, Kim Hughes,Peter May ,Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey,Paul Sheehan, just to name but a few. Do your homework gentlemen on the history of the game before making too wide statements

 

[G.I.Joe]

Most of those pale into insicnifigance against the likes of Gower, G.Chappell, Kim Hughes,Peter May ,Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey,Paul Sheehan, just to name but a few. Do your homework gentlemen on the history of the game before making too wide statements

Thread was about the most classical and perfect batsmen he's seen. It wasn't meant to be a wankfest on who's seen the most players play or blown the most candles on a cake.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Thread was about the most classical and perfect batsmen he's seen. It wasn't meant to be a wankfest on who's seen the most players play or blown the most candles on a cake.

 

[Red]

Most of those pale into insicnifigance against the likes of Gower, G.Chappell, Kim Hughes,Peter May ,Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey,Paul Sheehan, just to name but a few. Do your homework gentlemen on the history of the game before making too wide statements

None were as elegant as Mark Waugh.

 

[kyear2]

He wasn't perfect by any means but I loved to watch Carl Hooper bat. All class and beauty and all with minimal effort.

 

[DingDong]

 

[JBMAC]

Thread was about the most classical and perfect batsmen he's seen. It wasn't meant to be a wankfest on who's seen the most players play or blown the most candles on a cake.

For your information my ill informed rude chum. All the batsmen mentioned in that thread I have seen play

 

[Dan]

He's not denying that, he's saying it's ridiculous to suggest that younger members all ought to go "do their homework" on classy batsman from before their time when the thread is specifically about batsman one has seen. You've seen a lot of elegant batsmen bat, of which I am rather envious. I, and many others, have not seen such a range of batsmen.

I might very well think David Gower, Greg Chappell or Frank Worrell were the most elegant batsman of all time; that doesn't change the fact I never saw them bat because I wasn't alive and hence can't name them in this discussion.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Daniel Vettori wins this one for me.

 

[Dan]

Using the nomination of Phil Hughes and Heef's response as a guide, I'm beginning to think that MS Dhoni's elegance and classical strokeplay is unparalleled in the history of the game. The way he plays fast bowling on seaming decks is particularly attractive to the eye.

 

[Howe_zat]

Using the nomination of Phil Hughes and Heef's response as a guide, I'm beginning to think that MS Dhoni's elegance and classical strokeplay is unparalleled in the history of the game. The way he plays fast bowling on seaming decks is particularly attractive to the eye.

I'm a big fan of his cover drive, though I'll let Uppercut take that one

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Off current players, he's not exactly classical but Jesse Ryder. The most perfect current classical player would probably be Ian Bell, with Kallis's retirement robbing him.

 

[Muloghonto]

This is easy. The most classically correct Batsman I've seen is Gavaskar. A shade below him in classical perfection ( high elbow, front foot to the pitch of the ball, perfect backfoot balance, etc) is Tendulkar. A bit below him is Dravid, simply because Dravid didnt get to the pitch of the ball as consistently against spinners.
Everyone else has some flaw or another in their technique(that alone doesnt make them lesser batsmen mind you). Lara had too high a backlift and his blade did not come down straight, it came down angled ( part of the reason why BCL gave so many catches to wkt keeper/1st slip off of McGrath, Donald, Gough, etc).