5 greatest exponents of the cover drive

#3 Brian Lara

Brian Lara's cover drive was a work of art

Highly regarded as one of the best batsmen to play the game, Brian Lara possessed an array of strokes in his bag that no one else could match. Aside from his delectable late cuts, the shot that stood out was his well-timed drive through the covers. The stroke more or less fetched him boundaries at will.

Lara plundered opposition attacks with his trademark shots even as his unusual stance added to the style quotient. He finished with 11,953 runs in Test cricket and still holds the record for the highest individual score in the format. The left-hander was certainly one of the greatest batsmen to emerge from the Caribbean islands.