the Top hackers

Not the computer h4x0Rs but the the "hack" shot so many batsman play at short deliveries outside off.. known as the Square Cut...

http://content.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/209684.html

I feel the list is not 100% accurate at who is the best square cut player of all.. coz they take Runs/Dismissal as the criteria which can really be halved if the batsmen is dismissed twice vs a batsman who is dismissed once playing that shot. I mean a batsman has to do really really well and score a huge number of runs in order to compete with a player with far less no. of runs than him... not fair rite?

Also if some1 is good at playing a shot he really backs himself and goes at it.. e.g Lara, Jayasuria, unorthodoxically-Sehwag etc. and hence the probability of getting out playing that shot is def. high, which is not exactly fair in how to judge someone..

But of course these stats on cricket.org are just Number Games and arent meant to define the uber rankings etc.

Best Average: Runs/Dismissal:

Min. qual: 200 square-cut runs	Runs/ Dismissals	Average	Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist	283/ 1	283.00	142.21
Michael Vaughan	332/ 2	166.00	159.62
Mahela Jayawardene	301/ 2	150.50	159.26
Ramnaresh Sarwan	374/ 3	124.67	158.47
Sachin Tendulkar	352/ 3	117.33	128.94
Marvan Atapattu	221/ 2	110.50	179.67
Inzamam-ul-Haq	212/ 2	106.00	172.36
Habibul Bashar	211/ 2	105.50	131.06
Mark Richardson	206/ 2	103.00	158.46
Graham Thorpe	204/ 2	102.00	114.61

Average Score per attempts: Runs/Balls:

Min. qual: 200 square-cut runs	Runs/ Balls	Average	Strike rate
Chris Gayle	288/ 140	96.00	205.71
Kumar Sangakkara	286/ 146	95.33	195.89
Sanath Jayasuriya	392/ 218	98.00	179.82
Marvan Atapattu	221/ 123	110.50	179.67
Herschelle Gibbs	326/ 182	81.50	179.12

Most Used shot: Runs/Total Runs:

Min. qual: 200 square-cut runs	Runs/ Total runs	Average	% of total runs
Steve Waugh	258/ 1641	64.50	15.72
Sourav Ganguly	303/ 1952	75.75	15.52
Sanath Jayasuriya	392/ 2705	98.00	14.49
Damien Martyn	408/ 2927	81.60	13.94
Gary Kirsten	339/ 2483	84.75	13.65