By all accounts, Bradman was pretty dreary to watch as well.
But no. Dreary batsmen I can live with - even ugly ones like Smith or Chanderpaul. But there's an almost wilful lack of elegance and an unnecessary, awkward ungainliness to Smith's batting that I find genuinely offensive to watch.
Last edited by Burney; 08-05-2019 at 09:35 AM.
Surely it goes without saying that if you're going to hit a big score consistently, the best way to do this to only go after the bad balls. Those that, as a certain Yorkshire-man might say, are asking to be hit.
There something I like about he way he sometimes points his stick at the bowler though after his shot though, as if part of a magical ritual.