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[Mortimer]

I'll never forget Viv Richards at Lord's when he moved across his stumps, Mike Hendrick bowled a full toss headed for middle stump, and Richards flicked it for 6 over square leg, last ball of the innings .. I think he had 189 n.o.

Not quite. Viv scored 138 that day off 157 balls, Collis King scored faster 86 off 66 balls. Viv's 189no was 5 years later and at Old Trafford.

[Alvaro]

Gower. Pulling, so effete and graceful, a symbiosis between him and willow. An air of dismissive ease. Perfection.

[MD2812]

That Vaughn shot is stunning.

I love this one of Eoin Morgan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuB4lstPbIs

The reverse reverse sweep.

Talent, great eye, amazing think on the spot ingenuity. not the biggest shot or important game, definitely not textbook but up there for cheek and improvisation

[Mortimer]

Second would be beefy hooking lillie out the ground at headingly in 1981.

I thought that Beefy hooking Lillee for repeated sixes happened at Old Trafford not Headingley

[scottish_slogger95]

Only mcullum has the balls to play those shots against Tait!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rybaXSoUeLc

[mattcoll12491]

This just sticks in my memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PGIj6yBEq0

[Rik]

I've always enjoyed Sanath Jayasuriya in general, but this shot has always been my favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDWtRRg5GY

I'm also a big fan of Kumar Sangakkara's cover drive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wTck0Hslg

[Cover_Drive]

Here is one of my favourite, first shot of the video by Saeed Anwar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9zcsJLQJE

Impeccable timing!

[Buzz]

has anyone got any poetic shots of Inzimam he was another of my favourite players!

[Byo]

has anyone got any poetic shots of Inzimam he was another of my favourite players!

The 6 he hit in the semi final of the World Cup in 92 against NZ was rather special!!

[Manormanic]

Quite a few spring to mind.  Robin Smith's square cut was one from my youth - a thing of utterly certainty and brutality.  Also Tendulkar's shimmy down the wicket to loft the spinners.  Virgil's cover drive, also.

[alexhilly1492]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SwIznDhXRs

this has to stand out as something rarely seen and so iconic but a MV cover drive or ponting pull for me

[Manormanic]

actually thinking about it, Jim Love hitting David Thomas repeatedly onto the roof of the football stand at Headingley has to be up there too.

[Alvaro]

Here's six pretty iconic efforts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWA7wYKcPGo

[trypewriter]

actually thinking about it, Jim Love hitting David Thomas repeatedly onto the roof of the football stand at Headingley has to be up there too.

With that big Kippax bat!