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Post by Lara Lara Laughs Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:00 am

Choose the player you think plays each shot best.

Batsman:

Cover Drive:
Off Drive:
Straight Drive:
On Drive:
Pull:
Hook:
Leg glance:
Square Cut:
Cut:
Late Cut:
Bravery:
Coolness:

Essentially, whichever player you think is best at each shot. Perhaps Michael Vaughan or Gower for the cover drive or Tendulkar or Pietersen for the straight drive or perhaps Sobers for the hook or Athers for bravery. Up to you whether you want to judge the best by aesthetics, effectiveness, or both.
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Post by doremi Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:02 am

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Cover Drive:Tendulkar
Off Drive: Tendulkar
Straight Drive:Tendulkar
On Drive:Tendulkar
Pull:Tendulkar
Hook:Tendulkar
Leg glance:Tendulkar
Square Cut:Tendulkar
Cut:Tendulkar
Late Cut:Tendulkar
Bravery:Tendulkar
Coolness:Tendulkar
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Post by furriner Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:06 am

^^

Argument done. F*ck off, everyone.
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Post by doremi Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:06 am

Alternate list/2nd best -

Cover Drive: Lara
Off Drive: Ganguly
Straight Drive: Tendulkar
On Drive: Dravid
Pull: Vaughan
Hook: Gilchrist
Leg glance: shrug
Square Cut: Ganguly
Cut: Dravid
Late Cut: Inzi
Coolness: Laxman
Flick : Kallis


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Post by Makaveli Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:07 am

Might asswell just post the players you love to watch, but the ones that stand out for me are Ponting's hook/pull, Anwar/M Waugh shots of their legs and Tendulkar's straight and on drives.
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Post by doremi Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:07 am

A little bit India heavy and completely composed of batsmen I've seen play, but otherwise seems good.
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Post by Makaveli Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:09 am

Some of MoYo's cover drives over the years have been a treat to watch, but for style i have never have seen better than Anwar and M Waugh.
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Post by furriner Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:16 am

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Choose the player you think plays each shot best.

Batsman:

Cover Drive: Lara
Off Drive:
Straight Drive: Tendulkar
On Drive: Anwar
Pull:
Hook: Ponting
Leg glance:
Square Cut: G Viswanath
Cut:
Late Cut:
Bravery: Slater, Amarnath, Sandeep Patil.
Coolness:

Essentially, whichever player you think is best at each shot. Perhaps Michael Vaughan or Gower for the cover drive or Tendulkar or Pietersen for the straight drive or perhaps Sobers for the hook or Athers for bravery. Up to you whether you want to judge the best by aesthetics, effectiveness, or both.
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Post by Lara Lara Laughs Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:26 am

FFS, a couple of JAMODI scores and everyone gets straight back to anally assaulting Sachin.


Strauss' cut shot is one of the best around.
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Post by furriner Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:41 am

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:FFS, a couple of JAMODI scores and everyone gets straight back to anally assaulting Sachin....

IIRC, he did play a few Tests in Australia recently. Finished with an average of 70 and whatnot.
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Post by Merlin Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:42 am

This would be my choice ... perhaps a tweak or two, but essentially -

Cover Drive: Michael Vaughan
Off Drive: Michael Vaughan
Straight Drive: Frank Lampard
On Drive: Michael Vaughan
Pull: Michael Vaughan
Hook: Michael Vaughan
Leg glance: Frank Lampard
Square Cut: Michael Vaughan
Cut: Frank Lampard
Late Cut: Michael Vaughan
Bravery: Frank Lampard
Coolness: Frank Lampard.

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Post by Basil Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:44 am

Can't be arsed to go through the entire list - but:

Square Cut: Robin Smith
Forward Defensive: Geoff Boycott
Slog-sweep: Trescothick
Punch off the legs: Viv Richards
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Post by furriner Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:45 am

Merlin wrote:This would be my choice ... perhaps a tweak or two, but essentially -

Cover Drive: Michael Vaughan
Off Drive: Michael Vaughan
Straight Drive: Frank Lampard
On Drive: Michael Vaughan
Pull: Michael Vaughan
Hook: Michael Vaughan
Leg glance: Frank Lampard
Square Cut: Michael Vaughan
Cut: Frank Lampard
Late Cut: Michael Vaughan
Bravery: Frank Lampard
Coolness: Frank Lampard.

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Post by Lara Lara Laughs Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:02 am

Sounds about right. Starting to get a clue, Albus! Good progress.
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Post by doremi Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:06 am

Merlin wrote:This would be my choice ... perhaps a tweak or two, but essentially -

Cover Drive: Michael Vaughan
Off Drive: Michael Vaughan
Straight Drive: Frank Lampard
On Drive: Michael Vaughan
Pull: Michael Vaughan
Hook: Michael Vaughan
Leg glance: Frank Lampard
Square Cut: Michael Vaughan
Cut: Frank Lampard
Late Cut: Michael Vaughan
Bravery: Frank Lampard
Coolness: Frank Lampard.
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Post by Makaveli Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:23 am

Merlin wrote:This would be my choice ... perhaps a tweak or two, but essentially -

Cover Drive: Michael Vaughan
Off Drive: Michael Vaughan
Straight Drive: Frank Lampard
On Drive: Michael Vaughan
Pull: Michael Vaughan
Hook: Michael Vaughan
Leg glance: Frank Lampard
Square Cut: Michael Vaughan
Cut: Frank Lampard
Late Cut: Michael Vaughan
Bravery: Frank Lampard
Coolness: Frank Lampard.



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LLL, it's the same way you anally assault Franky after he scores a deflected goal. Wink
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Post by Mick Sawyer Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:27 am

Without bothering too much with players from the past:

Cover Drive: Gangles with Hussey close behind
Off Drive: Graham Pollock nudges out MtB
Straight Drive: SRT
On Drive: Mark Waugh over Greg Chappell
Pull: M. Vaughan when he could play.
Hook: Roy Fredericks
Leg glance: Doug Walters
Square Cut: Gordon Greenidge over Robin Smith for no reason in particular.
Cut: See above
Late Cut: Symonds plays it as well as anyone I remember.
Bravery: Rick McCosker/Bruce Laird
Coolness: Sobers
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Post by G.Wood Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:35 am

Where is Chris Martin?

He possesses an exceptional cover drive. It's just that he is extremely unlucky and always seems to get unplayable jaffas early in his innings and never gets a chance to display it.
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Post by Mick Sawyer Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:37 am

G.Wood wrote:Where is Chris Martin?

He possesses an exceptional cover drive. It's just that he is extremely unlucky and always seems to get unplayable jaffas early in his innings and never gets a chance to display it.

Tony Mann & Joe Dawes equally unlucky
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Post by LeFromage Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:43 am

Maximum (c)over Drive: Emilio Estevez
Off Drive: Ralph Macchio
Straight Drive: Dale Winton
(ran over own head while his car was) On Drive: Brian Harvey
Pull: Bill Pullman
Hook: Peter Hook
Hot-Leg glance: Rod Stewart
Square Cu*t: Roland Browning
Cu*t: Mick Hucknall
Late Cu*t: Marilyn Monroe
Bravery (heart): Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Coolness: Arthur Fonzarelli

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Post by Lara Lara Laughs Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:46 am

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Post by taipan Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:43 pm

Best cover driver I ever saw was GP
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Post by Brass Monkey Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:55 pm

Agree with quite a few on some lists... Alec Stewart for the cover drive though, never seen anyone play it better.
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Post by taipan Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:59 pm

I can remember Gavaskar reminising (sic) about playing with GP. GP played the cover drive and Gavaskar shouted wait. He looked at Pollock who was shaking his head and turned to see the ump signalling 4.
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Post by holcs Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:27 pm

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Choose the player you think plays each shot best.

Batsman:

Cover Drive: Vaughan (ick I feel dirty)/ Yousuf
Off Drive:
Straight Drive: SRT
On Drive: Laxman
Pull:
Hook:
Leg glance:
Square Cut:
Cut: R Smith
Late Cut:
Bravery:
Coolness:

Essentially, whichever player you think is best at each shot. Perhaps Michael Vaughan or Gower for the cover drive or Tendulkar or Pietersen for the straight drive or perhaps Sobers for the hook or Athers for bravery. Up to you whether you want to judge the best by aesthetics, effectiveness, or both.

Need to think about the others.
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