roy marshall was an opening batsman for ham[pshire and also occasionally west indies play would start at 11 30 pm and by opne oclock [lunch timehe would hace scored 100 runs, he did this regularly .one very simple technique of playing spin bowling when the ball is turning a lot is to play the ball along the ground and at a player , the excees spin will direct it away from the player if you are hitting in to the ground you are less likely to be caught
   Marshall made his Test debut against Australia on 9 November 1951 at the Gabba, making 28 and 30. After three further Tests against Australia and New Zealand, Marshall was omitted from the West Indian side and moved to England in 1953 to qualify for Hampshire.

He played for Hampshire from 1953 to 1972, qualifying for Championship matches in 1955, and captained them from 1966 to 1970. Marshall was an important component of Hampshire's 1961 Championship-winning side. He was an attacking opening batsman
Steve Shaw
i have named more than a few legends
He scored over 1,000 runs in 17 of his 18 full county seasons and made 60 centuries for Hampshire. His best season was 1961 when he scored 2,607 runs. Marshall played 504 first-class matches for Hampshire, scoring 30,303 runs in his time with the county.[1]

Marshall died from cancer at Taunton, Somerset, England on 27 October 1992.

to answer Malcolms point
One of the things that helped the strong showing of the Australian side in the 1990s onwards was their ability to score quickly in test matches
yes, but they did it without getting out
how do you do this ,
well its easier not to get out if you hit the ball in to the ground not up in the air.
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finally the reverse sweep
Mushtaq is regarded as one of the first cricketers to use the reverse-sweep in the 1970s. Though his elder brother Hanif Mohammad is sometimes credited as the inventor.