One thing that I find encouraging is the number of "touch" players coming through over the last couple of years- Clarke and Hussey, Bell and Cook (plus Vaughan), Bravo (plus Sarwan- already established), Ross Taylor, plus some of the established Sri Lankan batsmen. And I really liked the look of Gambhir and Rohit Sharma today, who can hopefully continue the Indian tradition of classical strokeplay, that was practised so well by their "Big Four." So it doesn't look like the future of batting's going to be in basic slogging. Saying that, I also like players like Symonds and Sehwag, who are elegant in their own way, if not really classical.