In cricket, the sight of a specialist batsman taking wickets with the ball in hand or a specialist bowlers tonking other bowlers to all parts of the ground with the bat in hand is worth watching.

The sheer pleasure which you get in watching your favourite cricketer in a role reversal is incomparable. Imagine the sight of someone like Mahela Jayawardene, who has scored 25,957 runs across formats for Sri Lanka, turning up with the ball in hand and dismissing the opposition batsmen.

Watch how Jayawardene and some other notable batsmen of cricket faired with the ball in hand: