NO , I think back to graceful, elegant cricketers david gower, tom graveney, it does not have to be brute force.
denis compton was risky and adventurous, so was garfield sobers, so was colin milburn. and ray marshall who specialised in centuries before lunch, no i do not agree
county bowlers such as bomber wells were very entertaining and also made no 11 batting something to look forward to.
we now have reached the age of the competent. levels of fitness are higher but the game is no more entertaining, more athleticism, yet more injuries.
far less characters, nobody like pont riding a bicyle across the cricket pitch during a county match or david gower hiring a plane during an ausrtalian tour.
joie de vivre