Bapu Rao Swami
U19 12th Man
Mine would be:
1 Sachin Tendulkar | his agreessiveness, he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. As he himself modestly said 'he's a child of the one day age'. His attacking nature along with consistency is one of its kind|
2 Ricky Ponting | A man who saves his best for the biggest occassions of Limited Overs Cricket i.e. 140* WC final 2003. Punter is a man of raw talent and can ammend his game to suit the conditions and run rate required. He is like a silent helicopter mechanic at work who has a 'plan of action' in mind and works according to that. Undisputed world best player of the hook, pull and square cut |
3 Jacques Kallis | Kallis's understanding of batting is one of a kind. 'The bowler delivers the ball and you (a) stop it hitting your stumps, and (b) try to hit it. Clear mind, clear focus, no distractions. Simple. ' Like Mark Richardson (NZ) commented, he is a batting machine with lil or no flamboyance and style but thoroughly effective. He is genius at pacing the innings. I think his finest knock in ODI must have been the 130 not out matchwinning innings against WI a few weeks back |
4 Adam Gilchrist | Exciting, thrilling, breathtaking,blood-tingling and sui generis. Adam Gilchrist holds a very high career scoring rate. While his ODI avg isn't particularly high, its the manner in which he scores his runs that makes him my no4 ODI batsman of today|
5 Andy Symonds | One of the most powerful hitters of the ball that ODI cricket has ever seen. A man with good natural and pristine footwork, alongside excellent eye concentration and timing. Most popular for his assault on the best bowling attack of the 90's (Wasim, Waqar, Shaoib, Saqqy) scoring 143*. A man of extraodinary strokes that can unbalance the rythem of even the best quickies in the world|
Who are your top 5 ODI bats?
1 Sachin Tendulkar | his agreessiveness, he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. As he himself modestly said 'he's a child of the one day age'. His attacking nature along with consistency is one of its kind|
2 Ricky Ponting | A man who saves his best for the biggest occassions of Limited Overs Cricket i.e. 140* WC final 2003. Punter is a man of raw talent and can ammend his game to suit the conditions and run rate required. He is like a silent helicopter mechanic at work who has a 'plan of action' in mind and works according to that. Undisputed world best player of the hook, pull and square cut |
3 Jacques Kallis | Kallis's understanding of batting is one of a kind. 'The bowler delivers the ball and you (a) stop it hitting your stumps, and (b) try to hit it. Clear mind, clear focus, no distractions. Simple. ' Like Mark Richardson (NZ) commented, he is a batting machine with lil or no flamboyance and style but thoroughly effective. He is genius at pacing the innings. I think his finest knock in ODI must have been the 130 not out matchwinning innings against WI a few weeks back |
4 Adam Gilchrist | Exciting, thrilling, breathtaking,blood-tingling and sui generis. Adam Gilchrist holds a very high career scoring rate. While his ODI avg isn't particularly high, its the manner in which he scores his runs that makes him my no4 ODI batsman of today|
5 Andy Symonds | One of the most powerful hitters of the ball that ODI cricket has ever seen. A man with good natural and pristine footwork, alongside excellent eye concentration and timing. Most popular for his assault on the best bowling attack of the 90's (Wasim, Waqar, Shaoib, Saqqy) scoring 143*. A man of extraodinary strokes that can unbalance the rythem of even the best quickies in the world|
Who are your top 5 ODI bats?
I actually only found out yesterday that Bevo's dad actually teaches at my school)
Of course, there are times that he does score very quickly, but it wouldnt be with the same consistancy and success at Gilchrist.