Ahmed Shehzad: “Both are classy in their own way. Babar is also right up there”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad noted that what makes limited overs captain Babar Azam as good as India skipper Virat Kohli and Australia batsman Steve Smith is his ability to perform in all three formats.
Wahab Riaz: “Happy birthday Yasir Shah as well as the great Brian Lara, the most elegant and classy batsman of all time”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz called West Indies legend Brian Lara the “most elegant and classy batsman of all time”.
Ricky Ponting: “We haven’t seen the best of him yet”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has made an incredibly bold claim about Pakistan batsman Babar Azam, saying “we haven’t seen the best of him yet”.
Thirimanne is definitely one of the bright spots in Sri Lanka’s future of batting
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As we all know, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are all nearing their retirements, but the question many cricket fans and pundits are asking is who is the future of Sri Lanka’s batting.
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Bell has been affixed a base price of $100,000
Even though it may anger team director Andy Flower, England batsman Ian Bell has decided to enter this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction and has been affixed a base price of $100,000.
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“I’ve always been a naturally attacking batsman”
Ever since Cheteshwar Pujara made his comeback into India’s Test squad, he has been compared to the likes of Rahul Dravid due to his poise, classy strokeplay and the control he has throughout his entire innings.
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Simmons played a sensible innings as the Amazon Warriors knocked off the Red Steel
A classy knock of 42 by Lendl Simmons, which was followed by three wickets from Veerasammy Permaul helped the Guyana Amazon Warriors triumph over the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by 19 runs in the second game of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
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Gilchrist feels as if he has always been an old-school player
Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist believes the growing variety of new-school strokes that have been developed and perfected in Twenty20 cricket are starting to have a negative impact on Test cricket as players are snubbing the more orthodox shots that made the game so classy in the first place.
