Your Favourite Unorthodox Shots In Cricket

[Collingwood50]

Collingwood's scurry flick of the legs,

Chris Martin defensive stroke

 

[Themer]

KPs switch hit for me, although Pietersen's baseball hit against Glenn McGrath 2005 is a close second.

 

[Will_NA]

Ian Bell's 'I've reached 30 so I'll chip one to mid-on as it's time for me to save the world as I'm really superman' shot

And Owais Shah's cover drive (lofted as well). His hands are in completely the wrong position to play it yet he still gets it away.

 

[Leggie]

Murali. He clears his front foot and hoiks it over cow corner. Really effective.

 

[Collingwood50]

Murali. He clears his front foot and hoiks it over cow corner. Really effective.

Or the one where he falls over with the bat at 12 'o' clock and swats it for four

 

[Leggie]

Or the one where he falls over with the bat at 12 'o' clock and swats it for four

Yeah that one. Type in one Youtube, 'Murali invents a new shot'. It's damn funny

 

[sohum]

Laxmipathy Balaji's forward-defensive that he used in Pakistan, where he would essentially drop the bat on the ball.

 

[irottev]

Vettori's pull shot or cuts.

 

[SaiSrini]

Apart from the Dhoni 'windmill' shot, I love the 'Mariller shot' (Zimbabwean player Douglas Mariller) where he scoops the ball behind the wicketkeeper. It was awesome.

I also love the 'Sachin late cut' where he plays as if he is about to leave the ball and at the very last moment (its so late that he hits it after it passes the stumps), he scoops the ball high over the slip region. ITS AMAZING!

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

jaya's sixes over the covers.

 

[McLOVIN]

Ashraful's Flick Shot (i know i know he didnt come up with that, but he made it famous, and used it more then any one else)

 

[age of the fall]

Ashraful's Flick Shot (i know i know he didnt come up with that, but he made it famous, and used it more then any one else)

Is that the one where he moves right across the stumps trying to flick the ball behind him and gets clean bowled?

 

[deerkick]

That one shot Tendulkar has been playing recently, uppercut kinda thing over third man against a short pitch/bouncer, does that have a name or is it unique?

 

[Cricketman]

The Uppercut of God.

I'm sure the Aussies will like that one

 

[McLOVIN]

Is that the one where he moves right across the stumps trying to flick the ball behind him and gets clean bowled?

not really, he has 100% success in that. he never got out playing that shot, nor he missed a boundary playing that shot .. he rather gets out playing orthodox shots