Two elder statesmen, Ian Chappel and Shane Warne, have slammed the reverse batting swing in one day cricket.
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They claim it should be outlawed.
It just isn't cricket is their beef.
Is there a shot more exciting in the limited over game than a reverse swing for six off the bat of Glenn Maxwell?
I'm listening.
The execution of such a crowd pleaser requires talent.
It is no fluke.
Isn't it the idea of cricket to use the bat to score runs? You know.
The team that scored the most runs wins the game.
dwell.
Few know more about cricket than Chappel and Warne.
But to harpoon "the shot of shots," just ain't cricket.
It puts much needed "ooh, ah," into the game.
Make mine a Maxwell.
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