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Ash
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pick a team of current players who you think are elegant, effortless or graceful in their batting techniques and/or bowling actions

fleming *
vaughan
yousuf
jayawardene
martyn
laxman
sangakarra +
warne
lee
asif
bond

2nd xi:

jaffer
butt
de villiers +
dravid *
cook
yuvraj
sarwan
vettorri
gillespie (still not retired)
munaf
harmison

other players ive missed out: hameed, raina, taufeeq umar, vaas, pathan, younis khan, ashraful
 
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mynah
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Fleming is great to watch - even when he is not batting. Valentine
 
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mebz
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yuvraj doesnt deserve to be in the second xi he is more elegant than most players in the first xi


pakistan zinda baad
 
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B@sil
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Shiv Chanderpaul

(runs for cover)
 
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tasty tyke
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What!? No Yardy?
 
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mynah
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Not bad, those teams. And I always thought Ash was a guy... Wink
 
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tasty tyke
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Originally posted by Polly Joke:
They always say that Gower was elegant.
Is it the same as being a bit of a poof?


Only if the elegance is enhanced with a overt wink at silly mid on.
 
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FAST BOWLING GALORE!!!!
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CoolHARMISON SHOULDNT BE IN THE 2ND 11 BECAUSE HE IS BOWLING REALLY WELL AT THE MINUTE.


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Gain
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Geraint Jones cuts and cover drives the ball quite nicely, when willow hits leather (once in a blue moon)
 
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Ash
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lol ok maybe bad choice of word...is 'stylish' or 'dapper' masculine for you mynah?

yeah geriant looks graceful whilst batting. akmal looks natural whilst keeping, one of these can maybe come in for de villiers
 
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Originally posted by FAST BOWLING GALORE!!!!:
CoolHARMISON SHOULDNT BE IN THE 2ND 11 BECAUSE HE IS BOWLING REALLY WELL AT THE MINUTE.


Methinks I need to revise my ignore list.
 
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Demantoid
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Vaughan and that sweep shot (sigh).

But my favourite has to be Pietersen smacking it straight back past the bowler. Now that's elegant..


As someone once said: "If you've got nothing nice to say about anybody - come and sit by me."
 
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quote:
Originally posted by Ash:
pick a team of current players who you think are elegant, effortless or graceful in their batting techniques and/or bowling actions

fleming *
vaughan
yousuf
jayawardene
martyn
laxman
sangakarra +
warne
lee
asif
bond

2nd xi:

jaffer
butt
de villiers +
dravid *
cook
yuvraj
sarwan
vettorri
gillespie (still not retired)
munaf
harmison

other players ive missed out: hameed, raina, taufeeq umar, vaas, pathan, younis khan, ashraful


What, no Malinga????

I've never seen, or heard of, a spin bowler who could be defined as elegant. In fact i don't think its possible - unless your concept of elegance is very different to mine.

IMO Harmison's action is not at all elegant. I would nominate Sajid Mahmood though.

For me, Laxman tops the list of batsmen. Vaughan's pretty good though.
 
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peterg
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Bishan Bedi?
 
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Bishan Bedi?


There's something about the grunt needed to get the ball to the other end without the help of a fast run up that doesn't appear elegant.

Warne really throws his shoulder into it for instance. Tony Grieg imitated a windmill.

I recall Bedi as being relatively smooth, as was Sobers but i wouldn't use the word elegant.
 
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peterg
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I think Colin Blythe was renowned for elegance, but it might have been mainly Neville Cardus romanticising.
 
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ten years after
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I think Colin Blythe was renowned for elegance, but it might have been mainly Neville Cardus romanticising.


Cardus? romanticising? Surely not.

I'd forgotten that Blythe had that reputation.

Another good reason to build a time machine.
 
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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Vaughan and that sweep shot (sigh).

But my favourite has to be Pietersen smacking it straight back past the bowler. Now that's elegant..


well said demantoid!!


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jadeja vu
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I think Colin Blythe was renowned for elegance, but it might have been mainly Neville Cardus romanticising.


Hedley Howarth? Ashley Mallett?
 
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Ashley Mallett?
I think you mean Ushley Mullett - that's what Jim Laker used to call him, and he should know.
 
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Mang The Merciless
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Panesar's bowling is pretty elegant. Plenty of players have elements of elegance.
 
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Yorkie Jill
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Ramps.

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LUUWCC
 
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Chris J.
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You would say that...
 
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Yorkie Jill
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Cool


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