Asif

Most batsmen have their own trademark cricket shots. Some have the best looking shots, while some of the most effective and powerful looking shots. Please specify what you think are the trademark shots of the following batsmen?

1. Brendon McCullum

2. Kevin Pietersen

3. Graeme Smith

4. M S Dhoni

5. Suresh Raina

6. Dwayne Bravo

7. Misbah-ul-Haq

8. Tamim Iqbal

9. Mike Hussey

10. Kumar Sangakkara

Person A: I was born on 16th of August. Iam a left hander batsman and I have scored over 7000 runs in ODIs and Tests. My batting technique is not coaching manual stuff.

Person B: I was born on 21st of September. Iam a left hander too and Person A is one of my buddies. I have over 6000 ODI runs and over 4500 Test runs. Iam an agressive batsman.

Person C: Now that Person A and B have introduced themselves, identify Person A and B, and let me know what their unique records are. Well, the hint is that we both have a similar kind of record.

No prize for guessing whos Person C. lol. Its me! :)

Iam amazed on the knowledge that this guy has who is supposed to be from England. He seems to have a good answer for almost anything on Cricket. The other thing I have noted is that he only answers those questions which he thinks he is very good at answering. His best answer rate is over 60%, and I think its like a Sir Don Bradman's test average which is tough to compete with. Do you agree?

JPeeling, you deserve this accolade, mate! Well done and keep going, and sometimes you make me jealous, lol :p. Just kidding

To continue on the opinion of people of various batsmen and their various trademark shots which they are good at. Please take some time to think why the batsman is good at that shot. Also include in your criteria, elegance, authority, difficulty of the shot. Ok, here we go.

1. Younis Khan

2. Matthew Hayden

3. Adam Gilchrist

4. Michael Clarke

5. Kumar Sangakkara

6. VVS Laxman

7. Alistair Cook

8. Mike Hussey

9. Scott Styris

10. Mohammad Azharuddin

We all know that most batsmen have their favourite strokes. Some players are very good at one particular stroke. Particularly, I remember A Flower(Zim) being very good in sweep and reverse sweep.

Mention the trademark shots of the following batsmen in your opinion. I'll start with first one though! You continue the list.

1. Saurav Ganguly - Cover drive.

2. Ricky Ponting

3. Sanath Jayasuriya

4. Aravinda De Silva

5. Saeed Anwar

6. Steve Waugh

7. Sachin Tendulkar

8. Mohammad Ashraful

9. Kevin Pietersen

10. Brian Lara

11. Jaques Kallis

12. Graeme Smith

13. Stephen Fleming

14. Virender Sehwag

15. Yuvraj Singh

16. Shivnarine Chanderpaul

17. Chris Gayle

18. Michael Vaughan

19. Brendon McCullum

20. Shahid Afridi

I have been following this news that Sachin is being recommended by British PM for knighthood. Excuse my ignorance, but whats the speciality of knighthood? What does it mean or imply? And, based on some of the answers, I see that Indians and Aussies dont recognise it. Why is that? Why is the knighthood being ignored by few countries? Curious..

Good, detailed and clear answer will get 10 points!

Middle stump knocked out backwards is one of the greatest sights in the game of cricket for a bowler!

Muralitharan has the most number of bowled in tests with 157 scalps and followed by Warne with 116.

Both these legends are those who turn the ball a long long way. Do you consider it amusing and strange that bowlers who spin the ball a mile have so much bowled dismissals?

Do you think most of them would have been leave alone by batsman which would have spun right across them to rattle the stumps? I was of the impression for a long time that bowlers like McGrath who are consistent in that off stump line would have had more bowled dismissals.

So, Why do you think that this is the case? Whats your opinion?

lol.. Not a bad idea to finish the new year on a smiling note..lol..For a change, this time around we can suggest a new year resolution for some other person rather than yourself. So, I have chosen George W Bush, president of USA.

The most funniest, humourous answer will be awarded 10 points!

Iam just curious. Plenty of times I see that some answerers copy/paste the same answer of yours, or even tell the same answer of yours, but still they do get selected as the best answer. How does the best answer get selected? How does it work?

For example,

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Atl4D...

In the above question the answerer who responded after me, copy/pasted the same answer of mine, but he got selected as the best answer.

Can someone enlighten me on how selecting the best answer works here in Yahoo! Answers? Just curious!

One of the legends, Brian Lara has really been not a good deal for ICL. He has been very ordinary in ICL matches so far. Do you think he was more intended in money that he almost forgot how he needs to bat? :)

Other former international cricketers have amassed runs. Whats wrong with Lara?

Player Mat NO Runs HS Ave SR 50 ducks 4s 6s

Harvey 4 1 177 63* 59 122.91 2 0 16 7

I Farhat 5 1 154 74* 38 138.73 1 0 17 7

McMillan 4 1 132 58* 44 140.42 1 0 11 7

Inzi 4 2 128 44* 64 148.83 0 0 13 5

Lara 5 0 16 9 4 66.66 0 1 1 0

http://stats.cricinfo.com/icl/engine/records/batti...

Guys, I bought a new Canon Powershot A550 two weeks back. This camera uses AA batteries. But the problem is that the camera says "Low battery" or "Change the batteries" after just 10-15 shots. I dont understand why? Do you guys know why this could happen? Any setting to be changed?

Can you also let me know if I could buy any rechargeable batteries for this camera? Cant afford to buy a pair of AA batteries for every 10 shots!!! Please help

Injury concerns for Australia now.....

Matthew Hayden is suffering a knee injury, which forced him out of a domestic match on Wednesday.

Fellow opener Phil Jaques has been laid low with the mumps

Michael Clarke missed a one-day domestic match Wednesday due to a hamstring complaint

Andrew Symonds has a foot problem

Most serious injury faces spin bowler Stuart MacGill who requires a knee surgery

So, does India have a better chance than Sri Lanka to upset the Aussies? I think so. What do you think??

There has been a news in The Hindu newspaper that Dhoni and Yuvraj, the captain and the vice captain have felt that the former captain's approach is selfish. What is your opinion??

http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/29/stories/2007102961...

In a preview interview of T20 WC Cricket, Ian Chappel said that India and Pakistan are the two likely teams to disappoint the most. They have reached the finals, instead.

Listen for his interview at http://content.cricinfo.com/talk/content...

Is this called the commentator's curse or is it just another bluffing? Haha!

In a preview interview of T20 WC, Ian Chappel said that India and Pakistan are the two likely teams to disappoint the most. They have reached the finals, instead.

Listen for his interview at http://content.cricinfo.com/talk/content/multimedi...

Is this called the commentator's curse or is it just another bluffing? Haha!

Hi guys, I have ordered Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 PC - DVD game online. I live in the US. The game is yet to be shipped to me. Will I be able to play the game on my PC as ever, or will I have any compatability issues with my game. I know its too late to ask, since I have ordered for one. But, I would appreciate your comments. Thanks in advance, Asif

Hi guys, I have ordered Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 PC - DVD game online. I live in the US. The game is yet to be shipped to me. Will I be able to play the game on my PC as ever, or will I have any compatability issues with my game. I know its too late to ask, since I have ordered for one. But, I would appreciate your comments. Thanks in advance, Asif

Hi guys, I have ordered Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 PC - DVD game online. I live in the US. The game is yet to be shipped to me. Will I be able to play the game on my PC as ever, or will I have any compatability issues with my game. I know its too late to ask, since I have ordered for one. But, I would appreciate your comments. Thanks in advance, Asif