The stance is one of the most important things for any batsmen. The stance is the ready position when the batsman is about to face a delivery. It is the base to play all your shots where a batsman is confident, relaxed and ready to face the bowler. Today we take a look at such batsmen who played the game with an unusual batting stance.
One of the greatest West Indies cricketer and the most capped Test player for Windies is the first man comes in the mind when it comes to unusual batting stance. It was such an open stance, where he rested his bat between two legs with chest facing the bowler. He stood somewhat around 90-degree-angle as compared to the normal batting position.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener was one of the best finisher of the game during his time. He too had a weird batting stance. He would stand with his bat going as high as his shoulders and would swing the ball like he is a baseball player. For the records, he carried one of the most heaviest bats.
Lance Klusener
Pakistani batsman, Fawad Alam’s stance was very much similar to Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In fact, Fawad Alam became more popular for his batting stance rather than his batting skills. He has always been in and out of the Pakistani team.
Fawad Alam
Mumbai cricketer made it to the Indian team only once. He has also one of those batsmen who is remembered for his batting stance than his skills. He really had a wide foot stance and he used to crouch at the same time. However, his stance brought him success in domestic and IPL format.
Abhishek Nayar
Former New Zealand has two stances – and one was a bizarre one. He used to cover all the stumps with his stance and used to stand with the bat between the feet. The stance was more or like saying that he is ready to hit every ball on the leg side.
Craig McMillan
