Whats ur Defination of Hack ??

[Ankit_sharma03]

People often use or actually misuse this word for a any n everyone ??

 

For me Hack is - a low level/talent/skilled player who has one way out by hitting it. 

But here people confuse aggressive batsman with hack. How does someone who has a range of big shots can be a talent skill less player ?? 

How does using power shots, innovative shots , playing field , having a huge range or making minor adjusments like standing in crease, backlift , grip come under lack of skill ????

 

I think only batsman i can think of who i can put under this category is mandeep singh . Poor against pace, moving ball, short ball , nothing great against spin , lack of power, lack of defence, lack of range in shots and even on his good days didnt have great impact is what wud be a perfect hack. All he does was clear one leg and target the leg side coz he had nothing going on for him.

 

But now people call any aggresive player a hack . Matalb kuch bhi....

 

Attacking is as much a skill as defending and remember its about scoring in the end. 

 

To add why is batting slow considered smart batting ?? Many here have abused young player by saying had iyer, manish been batting instead of that hack they wud have played with brain . Wait how the Fck is this smart batting- RRR is so high yet someone like Manish isnt even looking for boundaries, shudnt this be brainless batting.  

[Ankit_sharma03]

@maniac- Whats ur defination of hack since ur the one who abuse this word the most and a lot written above comes from ur many many posts ?

[maniac]

11 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

@maniac- Whats ur defination of hack since ur the one who abuse this word the most and a lot written above comes from ur many many posts ?

A hack is a guy who either knows how to play one way or is equipped to play one way only and can’t adapt according to situation and has 0 patience or awareness of the situations around him.

 

That actually came out well, I might send it to Oxford and Websters.
 

As someone who has a good cricket acumen, surprising that you need to hear that from me.

 

Attacking batsman <> hack and Vice versa 

Edited July 18, 2021 by maniac

[zen]

To keep it simple,  

 

Hack: A low skill batsman who under utilizes defensive shots, choosing to rely on attacking shots. Bowling teams may not develop in-depth plans for such a batsman. 

[Sean Bradley]

A one dimensional player, who has a very limited range of shots. Someone who has a a dominant leg side game compared to off side game. If put under pressure, he/she starts slogging. 

 

 

 

 

[maniac]

@Ankit_sharma03 no offence but I was just browsing through padosi forum and seeing their reaction to legendary Azam Khan and some of the guys who back him have some of the same reasoning you come up with for few of our own players.

 

Now I seriously hope you don’t think he is a great player . I haven’t seen him bat apart from the T20 games vs England where he didn’t do much but I can believe looking at him that if he connects the ball it does go a long way.

Edited July 19, 2021 by maniac

[Suhaan]

Anything opposite to what @maniac
says for an attacking innovative strokeplayer and is a game breaker

[SK_IH]

There is no need to define hacks tbh. Power hitters will resort to hacks in some innings or another, it's way to approach to T20 cricket or even ODI cricket now. 

 

[cowboysfan]

even hacks like ishan kishan can succeed in the modern game.

[Majestic]

Fakhar Zaman is a hack.

[express bowling]

A batsman you don't like, often for non-cricketing reasons, and who is usually a flamboyant strokeplayer.

 

On a serious note, a hack is someone whose batting performances drop significantly more than others whenever the batting conditions or match situations become tough.  

[express bowling]

8 hours ago, maniac said:

A hack is a guy who either knows how to play one way or is equipped to play one way only and can’t adapt according to situation and has 0 patience or awareness of the situations around him.

 

 

 

Would this definition make Pujara a hack ?  Seems so.   

Edited July 19, 2021 by express bowling

[nevada]

14 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Would this definition make Pujara a hack ?  Seems so.

No, because Pujara has tons of patience! And he tests patience of the spectators also. 

[Lone Wolf]

If a hack can play on both sides of the wicket he is a quality stroke player. 

The leg side hack are the most limited version & useless.  Shivam Dube was one 

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, nevada said:

No, because Pujara has tons of patience! And he tests patience of the spectators also. 

 

He has said " OR " ... " has 0 patience OR awareness of the situations around him. "

 

Should change it to " AND " then.    

[ShoonyaSifar]

@Ankit_sharma03

 

Unfair to call Mandeep a hack. He is a fine FC batsman, not very good in T20s though. Doesn't have the power game.

[Suhaan]

2 hours ago, Majestic said:

Fakhar Zaman is a hack.

He is consistent

,has a habit of playing marathon innings,he is mainstay of Pakistan batting

 

Edited July 19, 2021 by Suhaan

[Ankit_sharma03]

9 hours ago, maniac said:

A hack is a guy who either knows how to play one way or is equipped to play one way only and can’t adapt according to situation

 

Sehwag, jayasuria, Gilly - they all played one way (watever situation of the game they ll bat one way)

Pujara- one way (if quick runs are needed again he cant go beyond a limit and his limit is quite poor)

 

and their wud be many many more that ll fit in that category  ...wud u call them hacks ?

 

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and has 0 patience or awareness of the situations around him.

 

How is this match awareness when RRR is so high n players are taking 1-2s which someone like Manish , dhoni, jadeja have been guilty of. 

Dhoni was said to have greatest match awarness and he has done that so many times even before his dip started

Manish screwed SRH so many times like that , and ull call him much more aware then pandyas , pant, sky..........This guy was once seen as potential india captain as he use to  be made India-A regularly 

 

How is this match awarness ?? This is pure selfishness .....as selfish as afridi 

Why is batting slow called match awareness ?? 

 

What happens to the match awarness of our top 3 in pressure games ?? 

In 2019 Wc - none looked to grind when williamson showed the way 

In 2015 Wc- Kohli batted like an idiot chasing that mammoth total 

In 2017 CT- Kohli was already put down against Amir yet he kept going for his shots 

 

Thats why i say this is the most misused n abused term . Just a term to degrade players who do the dirty work which is everyone wants to play safe

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Attacking batsman <> hack and Vice versa 

 

Its actually a low skilled batsman who resorts to hitting to find his way out ....chal gaya teer nahin to tukka

Edited July 19, 2021 by Ankit_sharma03

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 hour ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

@Ankit_sharma03

 

Unfair to call Mandeep a hack. He is a fine FC batsman, not very good in T20s though. Doesn't have the power game.

he is a low skilled batsman just doesnt have anything. Neither decent technique not even near current player who survive in LOI coz it doesnt test u , neither range , neither has a liking for particular kind of bowling (Someone bad as rayudu is an oustanding player of spin)

 

Their have been many such in domestic- rishi dhawan - avg 41 with bat and 26 with ball.............has to be one of the worst to played for india 

[Ankit_sharma03]

3 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

If a hack can play on both sides of the wicket he is a quality stroke player. 

 

Yea if u have range u dnt fall in this category but playing both sides can also make u limited if dnt exploit many areas both sides . 

 

3 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

The leg side hack are the most limited version & useless.  Shivam Dube was one 

Dube is almost their, he has power but has a very limited zone . If he doesnt improve he ll end as one of the biggest hacks