Exciting batsmen

[thierry henry]

Relevance????

You may notice that I am only one person. On this forum I go by the name Thierry Henry. Therefore the posts next to my name are the opinions of Thierry Henry. If I offer an opinion on a subject which is entirely subjective, such as this one, then I fail to see what can infuriate you so much.

 

[Craig]

Yeah I agree.

I would prefer to see the elegence of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Herschelle Gibbs and Michael Vaughan then Matt Hayden and Adam Gilchrist.

All good batsmen though.

 

[Linda]

This is the problem with subjective areas such as 'exciting' or 'stylish', everyone has a different definitition of them. :rolleyes:
Whats the point...?!

Only one thing theirry harry, when you say its your opinion, thats cool, just maybe dont put 'as i assume most people would', when you say you are only addressing you own opinion.

The problem is, and Im sure Ged will agree, you make it sound as if only Australians like to watch him play, because and only because he scores quick runs, ie 'from a neutral perspective', and richards comment about Aussies adoration of their match winning abilities. Im not having a go at you, just pointing out the areas in which you guys hit the wrong nerve.

 

[Richard]

The problem is, and Im sure Ged will agree, you make it sound as if only Australians like to watch him play, because and only because he scores quick runs, ie 'from a neutral perspective', and richards comment about Aussies adoration of their match winning abilities. Im not having a go at you, just pointing out the areas in which you guys hit the wrong nerve.

If I sounded like that I'm sorry, I just meant, by

Another reason Australians so adore Gilchrist and Hayden is because the runs they have have played such large parts in so many Australian victories.

that Australians are always likely to enjoy them more because they enjoy watching Australia win matches.

This is the problem with subjective areas such as 'exciting' or 'stylish', everyone has a different definitition of them. :rolleyes:
Whats the point...?!

In future, I suggest these polls are phrased differently:
Who, in the opinion of the CricketWeb panel, is the...
All agreed? Mr. hoitnik?

 

[Top_Cat]

In future, I suggest these polls are phrased differently:
Who, in the opinion of the CricketWeb panel, is the...
All agreed? Mr. hoitnik?

It's logically redundant to do so. Unless someone can provide objective criteria to 'prove' what demonstrates the 'excitement' level of a batsman, all comments forthwith are subjective. Subjectivity is a big part of 'opinions' so really for all intents and purposes, no matter if someone even tries to tell you so, their writings here will be their opinions anyway.

Sorry if this sounds like a dig (not at all) but I just think you're being a little too generous in your concessions. You don't NEED everyone to preface everything they say with "In my opinion...." because not matter what, it will be their opinion anyway.

And, in my opinion (), if someone insists you preface your opinions with "In my opinion....", you have my permission as a former scientist who also studied argumentative logic at Uni to tell them where to go.

 

[Richard]

Fair enough.

 

[V Reddy]

I enjoy watching Vaughan , Laxman and Dravid for style. They are the best in my opinion .

 

[Neil Pickup]

Murali

 

[Tom Halsey]

(/Amits mode) Chris Tavare (/Amits mode off)

 

[Arrow]

My vote is for lara.
When hes at bat i drop everything and enjoy the show.

It seems with age hes lost noticable respect and patience for bowlers and is maturing into a vic richards type hitter,which is something he was far from in the early years.

Its becoming more and more of a common sight to see him hit big over the fielders instead of through them as was his trademark.

Watching him wind up and deposit a spinner into the stands with his flamboyant golf swing drives is a great sight so im not complaining.

Afridi is very exciting but i cant remember the last time i saw him last more than an over,so he doesnt count.

 

[V Reddy]

Verinder Sehwag. Brings back the memory of the novel "The Moon Stone" written by Wilkie Collins i had in 10th

 

[Tom Halsey]

Got crap technique.

 

[Richard]

And yet he can still score large amounts of runs in Test-cricket.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Very good eye, capable on his day, to destroy a bowling attack, like he did yesterday, but he has a crap technique, meaning he might get exposed when facing a top quality bowler, so if the Aussies had had McGrath and Warne, he might have failed.

 

[Richard]

I don't doubt that; I would have been amazed if Sehwag had survived a single opening spell had McGrath and Gillespie been bowling them all, because not only does he lack especially good technique, his shot-selection can go AWOL if tied-down for even a short period.
However, to criticise the technique of someone who's got a Test-average of 46 is rather pointless. He was very fortunate to get more than whatever he was on when Katich dropped him in the recent first-innings, but he's still made consistent 40s this series and made good runs in England.
He was rather ruthlessly exposed in New Zealand, though, no doubt whatsoever about that, and to score runs as an opening-batsman in India isn't especially difficult with the present set of international bowling-attacks.
I am still reluctant to consider him a Test-class opener, but seaming conditions are getting rarer and rarer by the season, so maybe being a Test opener is going to be far easier this decade than it was the last.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I agree with pretty much evrything you have just said. Exactly right.

 

[V Reddy]

I don't doubt that; I would have been amazed if Sehwag had survived a single opening spell had McGrath and Gillespie been bowling them all,

He faced Gillespie pretty well in the first two tests :rolleyes: . Though it is not a test match but he batted very well against the Aus bowling which included Lee,Bichel,Gillespie and McGrath in the World Cup final. But he seems to struggle against the left armers .

BTW, i posted Virender Sehwag to point out the mistake in the spellling of his name in the options. It is Virender and not Verinder.

 

[iamdavid]

In future, I suggest these polls are phrased differently:
Who, in the opinion of the CricketWeb panel, is the...
All agreed? Mr. hoitnik?

a) Yes Mr Dickinson Im perfectly clear.

b) What the hell does this have to do with me , I didnt make this poll / thread :P

c) It's hoitink ...... not hoitnik :P

 

[iamdavid]

At the WC they polled 150+ (?) women as to the most desirable cricketers and those were some of the names. I think Brett Lee was there... not sure.

Brett Lee , Ramnaresh Sarwan , Wasim Akram , Stephen Fleming & Alok Kapali were the names mentioned.

 

[Richard]

Fleming.:O
I'm very surprised at that. 31, 32? Though he always seems older than he is.
And I'm amazed enough people knew who Alok Kapali was. And I still don't think he's a very good batsman, no.