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I dont know, If any one of you watched it but Younis Khan played a Helicopter shot for four today

His signature shot is surely sweep though
 
A signature shot of a batsman is a good indicator of his quality. Any batsman whose signature shot is the sweep is not a real batsman.

Sweep shot is a secondary shot in cricket - not one of the primary shots. Natural and pure batsman have one of the primary shots as signature.
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]
Sweep is a more technical shot and harder to execute to perfection as compared to classic shots e.g a staright drive....You might not like younis...but Sweep is a really important shot in modern day test cricket and not many can execute it to perfection..like YK does
 
Sweep is hard to execute, but it's not a natural and primary cricket shot. Many great batsman don't need to use it.
 
I remember Graham Gooch playing the sweep with great success against the SC spinners in his time.
 
Azhar Ali - Cover Drive :p
M. Yousuf - Lofted drive (scoop?) over long off
Misbah - Reverse Sweep :D
 
Mamoon said:
Sweep is hard to execute, but it's not a natural and primary cricket shot. Many great batsman don't need to use it.
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Name me one great batsman in the past 20 years who was good against spin and didn't use the sweep.
 
And there's a difference between using it as your only shot against spin like Younis and occasionally using it like Dravid.
 
1987 World Cup: England’s tactical brilliance dethrones defending champions India

1987 World Cup: England’s tactical brilliance dethrones defending champions India

India vs England, Reliance World Cup, Wankhede Mumbai, 5th November 1987

England won by 35 runs

The tag of defending champions sat comfortably with India when they locked horns with England at the Wankhede Stadium. Kapil did the first thing right by winning the toss. But the move to insert England backfired as India had to contend with Graham Gooch – quite prolific throughout the World Cup.

Dislodging Gooch early was the key to India’s plans of gaining an upperhand, but all such thoughts were buried as Gooch frustrated the Indian attack with tactical brilliance. Unperturbed by the loss of fellow opening partner Tim Robinson and Bill Athey, Gooch put England on a firm footing with a superb century stand with captain Mike Gatting.

Gooch employed the sweep profitably and proficiently to tackle the Indian left-arm spin duo of Maninder Singh and Ravi Shastri.


India had something to cheer about when Maninder dismissed Gatting and seven runs later, ended Gooch’s resistance – but not before he had scored 115. Allan Lamb kept England going and took his side to 254 for 6 in the allotted 50 overs.

Gatting once revealed how Gooch perfected the sweep shot at the nets. “Graham Gooch practised for two days by sweeping the left-arm spinners at the nets. He kept playing the shot in front of square and behind square at the nets and got ready for the game,” he once said about the detailed planning that went behind their preparations for the semi-final match.

Phil Defreites made early inroads knocking over Sunil Gavaskar’s off-stump in what the legend’s last international outing. Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Navjot Singh Sidhu got a partnership going, but they never quite dominated the England bowlers. Neil Foster came into the attack and snuffed out Srikkanth and Sidhu to leave India in fair amount of unease. Mohammed Azharuddin and Chandrakant Pandit initiated a recovery process before Foster jettisoned Pandit.

Azharuddin kept the Indian chase alive with a brief fifth-wicket stand with Kapil Dev, before the Indian captain played a shot that bordered on impetuosity – one that is still talked about as the indiscretion which cost India the match. Kapil went for a might heave off Eddie Hemmings but holed out to Mike Gatting at deep mid-wicket.

The home crowd was beginning to fear the worst as a downcast Kapil trudged off the ground. But Indian hopes were alive and kicking as long as Azharuddin and Ravi Shastri were there in the middle. But a pall of disappointment descended the Wankhede Stadium when Eddie Hemmings trapped Azharuddin lbw to push India closer to defeat.

http://www.cricketcountry.com/artic...iance-dethrones-defending-champions-india-251
 
Sangakarra's cover drive. I've not seen a better one from someone else. It's just the most exquisite signature shot I've seen. Here's a compilation to highlight it's beauty.

 
[MENTION=134867]Kiri[/MENTION] That timing is just superb man. Oozing class. The smooth weight transfer with that, dayum man.
 
Geoffrey Boycott. The Forward Defensive shot.

"you can't score runs in the pavilion"
 
Tendulkar-Straight Drive
Ponting-Pull/Hook
Lara-Booming cover drive
Kallis-Off Drive
Afridi-Midwicket Slog
Dravid-Leg Glance
Laxman-Extra Cover Drive
Sangakkara-Cover Drive
Jayasuriya-Long-On Slog
Younus-Sweep
Pieterson-Switch-Hit
Jayawardene-Late Cut
Dilshan-Square Cut
Butt-Square Drive
McCullum-McScoop
De Villiers-Reverse Scoop
Kohli-On Drive
Maxwell-Reverse Sweep
 
Sangakkara - Cover drive (it should be renamed as ''Sangakkara drive'')
Ponting - Pull shot
Aravinda - Hook shot
Tendulkar - Straight drive
Jayasuriya (and Kusal)- Square cut / Short arm jab
Mahela - Late-cut
Sehwag - Upper cut
Ross Taylor - Slog sweep
KP - Switch hit
Dilshan - Dilscoop / Booming cover drive
Maxwell - Reverse sweep
Mahela/ Rohit Sharma - Lofted drive over midoff (both play it so gracefully with a minimum effort)
Gilchrist - Flick
Dhoni - Helicoptor shot
 
Hafeez - edge to slip (in tests)
Awais Zia - Ugly Hoick

Misbah - reverse sweep, solid foward defence
Shehzad - back foot cover drive ?
 
Rayyman said:
Tendulkar-Straight Drive
Ponting-Pull/Hook
Lara-Booming cover drive
Kallis-Off Drive
Afridi-Midwicket Slog
Dravid-Leg Glance
Laxman-Extra Cover Drive
Sangakkara-Cover Drive
Jayasuriya-Long-On Slog
Younus-Sweep
Pieterson-Switch-Hit
Jayawardene-Late Cut
Dilshan-Square Cut
Butt-Square Drive
McCullum-McScoop
De Villiers-Reverse Scoop
Kohli-On Drive
Maxwell-Reverse Sweep
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quite accurate list but what about Dil scoop?
 
McGarrett said:
Sangakkara - Cover drive (it should be renamed as ''Sangakkara drive'')
Ponting - Pull shot
Aravinda - Hook shot
Tendulkar - Straight drive
Jayasuriya (and Kusal)- Square cut / Short arm jab
Mahela - Late-cut
Sehwag - Upper cut
Ross Taylor - Slog sweep
KP - Switch hit
Dilshan - Dilscoop / Booming cover drive
Maxwell - Reverse sweep
Mahela/ Rohit Sharma - Lofted drive over midoff (both play it so gracefully with a minimum effort)
Gilchrist - Flick
Dhoni - Helicoptor shot
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agreed
 
Misbah = reverse sweep

EVERY Pakistani batsmen = a slog tulla towards deep mid-wicket.
 
Mamoon said:
A signature shot of a batsman is a good indicator of his quality. Any batsman whose signature shot is the sweep is not a real batsman.

Sweep shot is a secondary shot in cricket - not one of the primary shots. Natural and pure batsman have one of the primary shots as signature.
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So Younis Khan and Javed Miandad(reverse sweep was one of his signature shots ) are not real batsman?
 
Miandad was a very good player of pace too and had a great cover drive and square cut. He was very innovative as well.

Younis on the other hand is mediocre against pace and lacks the ability to dominate them. Against spin he's very good but not even in the top 3 today and against pace he's not even in the top 15.

Has great determination and fighting attitude but purely based on batting quality, he is not a top drawer batsman.
 
Misbah's success rate is really high when he decides to hit, though.
 
<a href='https://www.google.co.in/search?q=afridi+bowled&client=ms-android-samsung&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMlNzo34rKAhVFCY4KHQJ3CBoQ_AUICA'>Favourite shot of Afridi</a>
 
Umar Akmal could make this his signature shot:


...if he were to play it more frequently than his leg side slog.

Just stood there and watched it like a boss :)))

Timed sweeter than any grape in the world. :misbah :uakmal
 
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Sachin back foot drive on the up through cover and square of the wicket. Ridiculous how perfectly in sync that shot looks.

Lara hook and square cut.

Ponting hook and pull.
 
Saqs said:
Sachin back foot drive on the up through cover and square of the wicket. Ridiculous how perfectly in sync that shot looks.

Lara hook and square cut.

Ponting hook and pull.
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Remember him playing that shot quite a few times during his first tour of Australia at Perth and Sydney.

My picks would be: (This is not necessarily their best shots, but my favourites).

Sachin straight drive.
Lara square cut.
Ponting pull shot.
Dravid square cut.
Dada cover drive.
Sanga cover drive and inside out chip.
KP and Hayden walk in towards the bowler and marauding him.
MSD helicopter.
Anwar wristy flicks.
Marillier scoop.
ABD 360 shot.
Laxman's lazy elegant flick.
 
street cricketer said:
Remember him playing that shot quite a few times during his first tour of Australia at Perth and Sydney.

My picks would be: (This is not necessarily their best shots, but my favourites).

Sachin straight drive.
Lara square cut.
Ponting pull shot.
Dravid square cut.
Dada cover drive.
Sanga cover drive and inside out chip.
KP and Hayden walk in towards the bowler and marauding him.
MSD helicopter.
Anwar wristy flicks.
Marillier scoop.
ABD 360 shot.
Laxman's lazy elegant flick.
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What is this?
 
MarkCooper said:
What about the greatest shot of them all: BLOCK
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There was this joke around when we were in school that Shoaib Akhtar starts from the boundary for his run up. He gathers all his energy for a magic delivery. He runs in like a speeding train and delivers a 160 kmph thunderbolt at the batsman. Dravid meanwhile coolly blocks that one straight into the ground. Shoaib gets frustrated and raises the white flag:akhtar
 
The hack to midwicket fielder on the front foot. Perfected by afridi and now being given new life by junior and sohaib.
 
Ab and butler scoop behind the keeper
Sanga cover drive
Younis sweep vs spin
Pointing pull/hook shot
Steve Smith hitting through the legside
Williamson dab down to 3rd man
Sachin cover drive
Moyo cover drive
Cook cut shot
Root back foot drive throug the offside
 
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