speedheat Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Players with solid orthodox technique and stroke play with quintessential display of stance,backlight, vertical bat strokes, defensive shots, leave, drives flicks etc. raki05 1 Link to comment
zen Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 It can difficult to pinpoint considering batsmen can play differently in different formats (orthodox in one, unorthodox is other). Form plays a role too. But if talking about tests in general, from the top of the mind recall, it would be likes of Tendulkar, Kallis, Amla, etc. Link to comment
Lord Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Norman, sorak, raki05 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
speedheat Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, zen said: It can difficult to pinpoint considering batsmen can play differently in different formats (orthodox in one, unorthodox is other). Form plays a role too. But if talking about tests in general, from the top of the mind recall, it would be likes of Tendulkar, Kallis, Amla, etc. Anyone from present era? Kane may be? Babar, root, Kohli? Link to comment
speedheat Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Please don't name Rahane, fraud just keep getting out lbw raki05 1 Link to comment
zen Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, speedheat said: Anyone from present era? Kane may be? Babar, root, Kohli? I do not watch much test cricket now (many cricketers play many formats so some technical faults may creep in) but will go with likes of Root and Kane ... could add Pujara as well? The batsmen that I tend to like usually are a bit unorthodox and not necessarily technically the best ... Even Sir Don Bradman, for e.g., is not considered to be great for technique/orthodox cricket Edited June 16, 2021 by zen speedheat 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) Tendulkar Kallis Hussey Cook Sarwan Sanga, Dravid fine but bat came from too wide IMO, or at least wider than others above Present- Kane Root Maybe Babar, haven't watched enough of him but liked what I saw Edited June 16, 2021 by Gollum speedheat, Cricketics and raki05 3 Link to comment
Vilander Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Going per country. Main sequence batting teams: higher grade of technicality IND- Dravid ( Sachin comes next to him, haven't seen Sunny folks who saw claim he is ahead of both these comfortably ) Aus - Ponting (M Hussey comes next, Hayden feels lesser than these two) SA - Kallis ( Amla comes next, AB and Smith feel lesser) ENG- Cook ( KP comes next to him, Trott was with them for few seasons) NZ- Kane ( Astle comes next) WI-Lara ( never saw Lloyd or greenidge with awareness, Lara seems better than Haynes) SL - Sanga ( Desilva comes next) Lesser batting teams: major team but slightly relaxed technical ability Pak- Yusuf ( Younis next) BD- Sakib ( Tamim comes next) Minnows - best in their countries probably won't make top 20 in major countries, exception of Morgan ofcourse. ZIM- Brendan Taylor ( yup ahead ofAndy Flower) IRL- Eoin Morgan ( Stirling comes next) NED: Ryan ten Doeschate speedheat 1 Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Kallis had great technique and made the right adjustments for different conditions etc. speedheat 1 Link to comment
speedheat Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Nice to see Jacques Kallis' name here, he was an absolute rock with excellent orthodox batting style, terrific coverdrives and hip-flicks, and a rock-solid defensive shot. bowler's worst nightmare. Edited August 24, 2021 by speedheat raki05 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Kallis had the best technique. Dravid had great footwork. Vilander 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 ABDV and Kallis they had this classic back and across technique which is now rarely seen in modern day cricket.Sachin also was very good. Dravid had weakness against bounce, he was good against swing but he was very suspect against pace.The greatest strength of Sachin was his adaptability. Link to comment
kohli Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Sachin dravid root kallis sanga kohli ponting lara Link to comment
Lord Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 18 hours ago, Vilander said: Going per country. Main sequence batting teams: higher grade of technicality IND- Dravid ( Sachin comes next to him, haven't seen Sunny folks who saw claim he is ahead of both these comfortably ) Aus - Ponting (M Hussey comes next, Hayden feels lesser than these two) SA - Kallis ( Amla comes next, AB and Smith feel lesser) ENG- Cook ( KP comes next to him, Trott was with them for few seasons) NZ- Kane ( Astle comes next) WI-Lara ( never saw Lloyd or greenidge with awareness, Lara seems better than Haynes) SL - Sanga ( Desilva comes next) Lesser batting teams: major team but slightly relaxed technical ability Pak- Yusuf ( Younis next) BD- Sakib ( Tamim comes next) Minnows - best in their countries probably won't make top 20 in major countries, exception of Morgan ofcourse. ZIM- Brendan Taylor ( yup ahead ofAndy Flower) IRL- Eoin Morgan ( Stirling comes next) NED: Ryan ten Doeschate You are missing Damien Martyn and Clarke for Aus.Hayden struggled v swing Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 @speedheat for you sorak, Laaloo and speedheat 3 Link to comment
Lord Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Sanjay Manjrekar anyone? speedheat 1 Link to comment
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