Was Phil Hughes one of the best offside players ever?

[Prince EWS]

Ganguly being great on the offside is a bit of a myth, really. He looked aesthetically pleasing when he drove through the offside, but he'd also nick off very frequently.

Hard to get out any other way regularly when you play almost no leg side shots. Hughes nicked off a lot too.

 

[vicleggie]

No.

 

[Burgey]

See your Wessels and Ganguly & raise you Lara, Sobers & Sangakkara. Masters through the off-side.

Yeah good calls all. They had leg side games at least as well. Kepler and early Hughes had nothing to leg at all.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'll throw out the name Damien Martyn. Dominant offside player and did it all without moving a foot

 

[Prince EWS]

I'll throw out the name Damien Martyn. Dominant offside player and did it all without moving a foot

Haha yeah that's a good shout.

 

[honestbharani]

Sehwag, surely. Gibbs had a very aesthetic and pleasing offside game too.

 

[CricAddict]

Ganguly being great on the offside is a bit of a myth, really. He looked aesthetically pleasing when he drove through the offside, but he'd also nick off very frequently.

This is a laughable take. I watched most matches throughout his career. He was a God of off side and very very weak on legside. He just had a single cow corner shot for six as the leg side shot. Otherwise, teams pack the offside field and bowl to his legs. He still makes space and plays the ball to the off.

Also, what Pews said.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is a laughable take. I watched most matches throughout his career. He was a God of off side and very very weak on legside. He just had a single cow corner shot for six as the leg side shot. Otherwise, teams pack the offside field and bowl to his legs. He still makes space and plays the ball to the off.

Also, what Pews said.

I dunno man, he would get cramped when bowlers pitched it shorter too. His backfoot game even on the offside was limited when it bounced over navel height.