[VIDEO] How would you rate this shot of Inzamam-ul-Haq?

[last_knight]

Inzamam vs Ambrose. [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
This was brutal. )

 

[Markhor]

When Inzy hits it, it stays hit.

 

[Rana]

Response to guys who don’t think he is an ATG

 

[Dulex9]

Inzy was pure class against fast bowlers, his strokes in the 1992 world cup. I think he sledge a fast bowler telling him to stop bowling off spinners.

 

[last_knight]

Response to guys who don’t think he is an ATG

As If Ambrose were bowling at 60mph.
And this was barely knee height ball.

 

[TeymurBlake]

He was a good player of pace bowling.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

This shot is a mirror image of rohit sharma's shot, in terms of stroke play i think they are quite similar, pure elegance. (not comparing them as test batsmen).

How much did he score in this innings?
Ambrose looks offended i don't think he gave up without a fight.

 

[Zaz]

On his day inzy was as good as any player past or present

Class player

It was best not to rile him because when you got him in the mood he would be devastating

 

[Zaz]

The only think that let inzy was down was his poor fitness and lazyiness in key moments This prevented him becoming one of the ATG because apart from that his game had everything that anybody else had

Im sure if he had his time again he couldve improved his game by that extra 5% and kicked on to become as good as the likes of tendulkar and lara were of his era

 

[ask_analyse_act]

This shot is a mirror image of rohit sharma's shot, in terms of stroke play i think they are quite similar, pure elegance. (not comparing them as test batsmen).

How much did he score in this innings?
Ambrose looks offended i don't think he gave up without a fight.

Interested to see the mirror image shot. pls post it here...

 

[Savak]

Lol, inzi was so ****** off at ambrose that he decided well in advance he was going to smash him next ball

 

[last_knight]

This shot is a mirror image of rohit sharma's shot, in terms of stroke play i think they are quite similar, pure elegance. (not comparing them as test batsmen).

How much did he score in this innings?
Ambrose looks offended i don't think he gave up without a fight.

Is it same shot ? Knee height ball pulled behind square, many rows back.
Link ?

 

[last_knight]

Which match it was. That's why OP tagged [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] and [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
I think this is from Pak vs WI test match at St John's, May 25-29 2000 where last pair of WI survived 15 overs adding 20 runs.Umpires won the match for WI. Jimmy Adams was caught, was LBW and what not but Umpires simply refused to raise the finger.

 

[Savak]

Which match it was. That's why OP tagged [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] and [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
I think this is from Pak vs WI test match at St John's, May 25-29 2000 where last pair of WI survived 15 overs adding 20 runs.Umpires won the match for WI. Jimmy Adams was caught, was LBW and what not but Umpires simply refused to raise the finger.

It would have helped if Waqar could put in that special effort and get that yorker in to Walsh. But such was the lack of confidence Moin Khan had in him that day and series, if Moin had Shoaib Akhtar in his team, he would have given him the ball in a heart beat

 

[Kroll]

This is a shot I have always been able to recall as it was a monster six against one of the best Test bowlers. Despite this, I wouldn't actually wouldn't mark it at the highest rating.

Reason being because Ambrose had royally peeved Inzi off on the previous delivery, the shot was heavily premeditated. Although it was great to watch the arrogant Ambrose being dispatched to the stands.

 

[kamz]

It is not the shot that carries the beauty, but the sheer audacity of deciding in advance, that I am going to dispatch Sir Curtly Ambrose (a top top bowler) into the stands.

Ambrose was a top top rated bowler of his time. I cannot imagine any batsmen of this era (Apart from AB or Kohli) doing that to a top bowler of their current times (Dale Steyn)

you can clearly see shades of viv richards (the chewing gum, the lazy stance) Before any one gets peeved off, I am not saying Inzamam is as good as King Viv.
But when inzy was growing up, his role model was King Viv. So you naturally see shades of who you admire in your work.

 

[ManFan]

This is in the same year that Ambrose retired (three months before).

So, I would take it with a grain of salt but fine form on the part of Inzi.

 

[Slog]

This is in the same year that Ambrose retired (three months before).

So, I would take it with a grain of salt but fine form on the part of Inzi.

lol he averaged 17 in his last year of test cricket (10 matches). Was certainly not past it.

He retired on his own rather than being pushed out due to non performance

 

[Savak]

Let's be honest here, Ambrose was way past his best pace wise. Yes he was still a quality bowler at this stage but don't think Inzi could have easily played this shot if Ambrose was bowling with an extra 10 mph

 

[Usman]

The only think that let inzy was down was his poor fitness and lazyiness in key moments This prevented him becoming one of the ATG because apart from that his game had everything that anybody else had

Im sure if he had his time again he couldve improved his game by that extra 5% and kicked on to become as good as the likes of tendulkar and lara were of his era

it's a controversial opinion but I liked Inzi above both Tendu and Lara. I'm not saying Inzi so was more gifted than them. But Inzi was a match winner like no other. Remember MoYo was in the same team as Inzi and probably had better stats, but MoYo wasn't even in the same league as Inzi. So stats when it comes to Inzi vs any other don't tell the full picture.

Younger readers who did not get to see Inzi in action won't understand what I am talking about. The closest example I can give is Barber Azam and the way he doesn't just bat but is so good that he singlehandedly wins his team the game. Inzi did this day in and day out for his entire career. Even where all logic dictated that Pakistan should lose the game, Inzi would win it for Pakistan.

Tendu played many years for himself alone, chasing records. Inzi just wasn't programmed that way.

 

[ManFan]

lol he averaged 17 in his last year of test cricket (10 matches). Was certainly not past it.

He retired on his own rather than being pushed out due to non performance

He was past it. It’s just he had a good series against Pakistan and the England series (his last Test series) provided some of the most bowler-friendly pitches ever seen. One Test match saw four innings in one day! Four!

Ambrose did not have the same speed he had even two years before and lost some of the bounce and zip characteristic of his bowling in earlier years.

He could have gone on but the man has too much class unlike our pathetic cricketers.

 

[Savak]

He was past it. It’s just he had a good series against Pakistan and the England series (his last Test series) provided some of the most bowler-friendly pitches ever seen. One Test match saw four innings in one day! Four!

Ambrose did not have the same speed he had even two years before and lost some of the bounce and zip characteristic of his bowling in earlier years.

He could have gone on but the man has too much class unlike our pathetic cricketers.

I think Ambrose left perfectly at the right time, he was just relying on his experience at this stage but deep down he knew it was downhill for him. His only remaining motivation was to cross 400 test wickets in England. But he left on his own terms and with dignity unlike Chanderpaul who carried on for far too long and was eventually dropped by the WI never to be picked again and his request for a farewell series was denied

 

[andy0204]

That shot was brutal but some posters said that Ambrose was past his prime which is true,
Ambrose was more like a stock bowler at the end of his career,Walsh was their go to man.

Even Collin 'Funky' Miller smashed him for two sixes.

 

[Zaz]

He certainly had lost some of his pace by then and was relying more on his pinpoint accuracy and experience

Even so it was a great shot to one of the very best

 

[last_knight]

Premeditated may be but he played the ball on merit.
Not like a premeditated slog.
I can't recall any other shot where Knee-Height ball was hit for six behind square. That's the unique part.