Almost all hand-eye coordination and little else. Pushing and touting guys (such as he and McKenzie) with the gift of hand-eye rather than coaching them will be their downfall. Watch the guy completing his pose on the six shot and he is squared-up. Every front foot shot he played saw his backfoot being the closer foot to the line of the ball.
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Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 6:09 AM
@Brerzerk
You sound like Kamla advising Caricom after knocking back two bottles.
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 8:30 AM
@Brerzerk
I understand ur sentiments from a technical standpoint but if yuh have great hand-eye coordination without textbook coaching manual foot movements yuh can still succeed an a good example of that is none other than the great Christopher Henry Gayle!!!
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 10:13 AM
@Brerzerk
Appreciate the technical analysis. Shame that with his technical deficiencies that he is the only one who managed to score a 50 against the Afghanistan A team.
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 11:43 AM
debut: Apr 27, '03
62,419 runs
@CCW
Notice you only have one name, cause it rare. And much harder to survive these days.
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 1:23 PM
debut: Nov 30, '17
13,507 runs
@Brerzerk
ent VOT was here boasting andrews was the 2nd coming of christ
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 3:26 PM
One thing he forgot to mention is his bat speed. I have never seen a youngster with that kind of bat speed.
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 4:08 PM
I maintain that Jewel will be a West Indian great. He will bring fans back to the stands. Ackeem Auguste and Vitel Lawes too.
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 5:23 PM
@voiceofreason
@natty_forever
@bird
If we talking pure hand- eye coordination movement Gayleforce came readily to mind although thinking about i could include Virender Sehwag ....let's not get dis twisted these are batsmen with very minimal to zero foot movement who were successful ....don't know why you would include Steve Smith who moves around a lot but invariably gets into good positions to play his shots!
Mon, Jan 19, '26 at 5:27 PM
@CCW
@Brerzerk
Gayle is much taller with greater reach, played lots of FC cricket and watch any vid of his front-foot play and see which leg is closer to the line. False Comparison. Also to all bias nincompoops I am pointing out some of the same deficiencies re KIRK McKENZIE.