Cricket Special Report: Bettor.com’s Top 10 Test Left Hand batting dashers (Part 5)
(Continuation of Part 4’s discussion regarding the left hand dashers, cricketer in point is Kumar Sangakkara)
Sangakkara’s exceptional and unique foot-work allows him to manage all the time in the world to play his batting skilled strokes. He has the habit of shuffling with in his batting crease, which also enables him to play shots all-round the park, with utmost
comfort and ease.
His playing role of a wicket-keeper batsman has been well utilised by several major teams such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833, Marylebone Cricket Club, Nondescripts
Cricket Club and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 respectively.
Keeping in mind that the Lankan star cricketer is a wicket-keeper batsman and also has the heavy responsibility of captaincy, yet his performance with the bat has never been affected by the pressure of leading his national side.
The veteran has played 91 test matches, and from his 152 innings appearances he has managed scoring a massive of 8016 runs, at an impressive average of 56.85. He has also successfully maintained a strike rate of 55.85, which is well supported by the 1029
boundaries and 24 smashing hits out of the park. Not to forget, that he has 23 centuries and 33 half-centuries, with a best of 287 runs in a single innings to his name.
The Lankan Tiger’s effortless ability to be a clean striker of the cricket ball and his test cricket credentials, qualifies him to have his name among the all time left handed greats of the international cricketing fraternity. According to Bettor.com top
10 Test left hand dashers list; the Sri Lankan skipper is given the number seven slot.
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Australian star test batsman Justin Langer has dominated several world class bowling attacks, through his classy stroke play and his text bookish batting style. His batting technique is one of the reasons for his success, as it provides the veteran with
the right defence mechanism, which is also the biggest hurdle in dismissing him.
He is well-known for his effective cut and hook shots, not to forget, the fact that he is by far one of the best drivers of the cricket ball, on both on and off-side. He is also famously known for his fine eye-popping 1481 runs in the single year of 2004.
Langer is among the few test batsmen, who have that fighting spirit in them. On his test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bishop-c48135, but he stayed claim and fought through with a fine half-century.
In his 14 years of international cricket’s highest format of the game, the veteran has played over a 100 test matches, and from his 182 appearance with the bat, he has scored a massive of 7,696 runs, at a blazing batting average of 45.27. The veteran has
maintained a modest strike rate by his standards of 54.22, which has been well-supported by 912 boundaries and 40 smashing hits out of the park. He has 23 centuries and 30 half-centuries to his name, with a best of 250 runs in a single innings.
His test credentials and the level of determination to fight through rough cricketing patches define his class. This left hand dasher is among the few international cricketers who are believed to participate only in the longer version of the game. As in
his 14 years of international cricket, he has played only 8 ODI scoring a total of 160 runs, with a best 36. Starting his 50 over format game in 1994, which ended in 1997 as Australian cricket believed that he wasn’t suited for the shorter version of the game.
(To be continued...Part 6)
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