So those shots that Butler kept playing, where he let’s the ball

[WES]

Go by then flicks it over the wicketkeeper.

Act of genius or a dangerous, desperate play?

[PSRB]

Go by then flicks it over the wicketkeeper.

Act of genius or a dangerous, desperate play?

Genius and brave.

[WES]

I bet Geoff Boycott never played that shot in his life. Not once. Ever.

[Ash]

I bet Geoff Boycott never played that shot in his life. Not once. Ever.

Mercifully it hadn't been invented then, I think. Scoops/flicks/ Dllshans - horrible.

[PSRB]

Mercifully it hadn't been invented then, I think. Scoops/flicks/ Dllshans - horrible.

No place for it in Test cricket but perfectly acceptable in the shorter formats

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

No place for it in Test cricket but perfectly acceptable in the shorter formats

tbh, I actually like the scoop shot when it's played properly. Much better than these ugly swipes that top edge for six or get clubbed along the ground in a totally random direction.

[WES]

Mercifully it hadn't been invented then, I think. Scoops/flicks/ Dllshans - horrible.

Be honest, even if it had been the wife beating, traitorous c*nt never would have had the balls to play it. FACT