You might say he is flat track bully but many times he has been blazing away and the players around him have crumbled. He does like his big scores, 11 of his 15 centuries he has got 150+. As a test match player he is quite brilliant but an average ODI player imo. At Test level he knows he can leave four balls and hit the next one for four but in the ODIs he tries to smack everything and throws his wicket away, he is a lot more patient in the Test arena and if he just played like that in the ODIs he would be among the best in that format. Just like Hayden at his peak he really can pummel the life out of a bowling attack and demoralise them, while he is at the crease India I doubt India bat at less than 4 runs an over. He strikes fear into bowling attacks and has taken the best to the cleaners. He really has that aura about him when he is around.
He has a really poor average in 2nd innings though, has a first inning average must be around 70 but his 2nd innings must be in the twenties. I think he has only one century in 2nd innings and that is what lets him down a bit as a test match player but saying that he still has a 50+ average and has centuries in most major nations to his name.
