5 greatest players of the hook/pull shot

#2 Viv Richards

The 'King' was possibly the most destructive batsman in cricket history and anyone who watched him bat always spoke about the swagger he had when he faced some of the world's quickest bowlers.

Viv Richards only wore a cap and believed that wearing a helmet was an admission of fear. That was the sort of level he operated in and hence, it was not a surprise that he was a savage player of the pull and the hook shot throughout the course of his career.

It seemed Richards took a short ball as a personal affront and his first instinct was to hook or pull, depending on the height the ball gained by the time it reached him. Some of the hooks almost always ended up over the boundary line, while the pulls were so hard hit that it is believed that fielders often avoided stopping them.