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Who was the first batsman to reverse sweep?
Answer has 3 votes. It was first regularly played in the 1970s by the Pakistani batsman Mushtaq Mohammad, though Mushtaq’s brother Hanif Mohammad is sometimes credited as the inventor. Cricket coach Bob Woolmer has been credited with popularising the stroke.
When was the reverse sweep first played?
December 1928
The first recorded reverse-sweep, in my reading of the game, was played in the first week of December 1928. The fixture was in the Bombay Quadrangular tournament, and was prompted by a left-arm spinner, just as Root took his reverse-sweep out on Embuldeniya. The batsman was Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji.
Who is the best player of reverse sweep?
South Africa’s AB de Villiers is well known for his ability to hit sixes with the reverse sweep at ease and Glenn Maxwell also often plays the reverse sweep.
What is a reverse sweep?
Noun. reverse sweep (plural reverse sweeps) (cricket) A batsman’s shot made by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc from leg to off, normally whilst kneeling. (sports) The act of winning a match after losing the maximum number of sets where, should you lose one more set, you would instead lose the match.
Who invented sweep in cricket?
Mushtaq Mohammad told The Indian Express newspaper that he invented the shot in 1964, playing it against Fred Titmus. “I realised that the only gap was at third man. My shot was pre-meditated, but it connected and went for four,” he said. Some say it was his brother Hanif Mohammad who devised it though.
Who is the king of reverse sweep?
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell holds the record for the most runs in a reverse sweep in T20, currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. Maxwell has scored the most 364 runs in T20 with this shot so far.
Who is the king of slog sweep shot?
AB de Villiers The man has revolutionized how the game is played. He can paddle, sweep, scoop, reverse, and slog-sweep any bowler (from Yuvraj Singh to Mitchell Starc) with utmost disdain in any corner (Mr. 360-degree for a reason).
What is a gentleman’s sweep?
A gentleman’s sweep is where an NBA team wins a playoff series but loses one game leading to a 4–1 win. It is called a gentleman’s sweep under the pretense that it would be rude and unsporting to embarrass a team with a 4–0 victory, so the winning team let’s the other team win a game to save face.
Why is it called a gentleman’s sweep?
The incentive to prolong the series has to be balanced against the risk of losing the series and the potential impact of a prolonged series on subsequent series should the team progress. Extending the series to host the last and final game at home is referred to the “Gentleman’s sweep”.
Who invented reverse scoop?
A B Devilliers
If a bowler bowls a delivery close to leg stump and the batsman shifts towards the leg side to play it and hits the ball to the off side then the stroke is called as an “Inside out shot.” A B Devilliers has invented the reverse scoop shot. He is the storehouse of inventions of cricketing shots.