Top Document: The RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ Previous Document: What is Next Document: Wasn't Cricket once a part of the Olympics? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Contributor(s): brangas. Tired (like me) of commentators that refer to many very common unorthodox shots with the generic "WhatAShot!"? Want to know what to call them? Then help with this compilation. a) The slog sweep or the harsh sweep. A sweep played in the air to square leg. Very common shot nowadays. eg. Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh, Jonty Rhodes. Veteran Indian cricketers honor Yashpal Sharma and call it the Badam shot. b) The swivel hook A hook or pull played to a short ball down legside. Same shot with the front leg raised is a special case, South Asians often refer to it as the Nataraj shot. For obvious reasons. ;-) eg. Brian Lara, Sanath Jayasuryia, Kapil Dev, Clive Lloyd. c) The inside-out drive or the cross-batted drive. The flat-batted shot played on the front foot, sending the ball to long-off or cover. I think we should borrow once again from baseball and call it a line drive. eg Sachin Tendulkar, Roger Twose,??? d) The short-arm pull played to a ball outside off-stump sending the ball through wide long-on eg Sachin, Kapil Dev NEXT: COMMON MYTHS User Contributions:Top Document: The RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ Previous Document: What is Next Document: Wasn't Cricket once a part of the Olympics? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: ganesh1947@bigmailbox.net
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