Your top 5 current batsmen to bat 2 days to save a test??

[Zinzan]

Who'd be your picks??

Mine.....

Dravid
Lara
Langer
Kallis
Strauss

 

[King_Ponting]

what batsman have actually done that feat

 

[Zinzan]

what batsman have actually done that feat

Probably a few .....

Martin Crowe's 299 spring to mind immediately .......I'm sure there are many other instances.

 

[Craig]

I don't know about Strauss to be honest to be able to bat that long to save a Test as it requires such determination and patience. Could he bat that long? Yes he probably could if it were say a first innings of a Test match or trying to win but to save a Test is a different kettle of fish.

Jacques Kallis and Brian Lara would be my tips as well as Chanderpaul who has shown he can bat for a long time.

 

[C_C]

Dravid
Kallis
Atapattu ( If he survices the opening hours)
Chanderpaul

Thats it. The rest arnt really good at saving matches/dont play innings in the nature that requires saving matches (ie, they arnt that good playing defensively).

 

[Zinzan]

I don't know about Strauss to be honest to be able to bat that long to save a Test as it requires such determination and patience. Could he bat that long? Yes he probably could if it were say a first innings of a Test match or trying to win but to save a Test is a different kettle of fish.

Jacques Kallis and Brian Lara would be my tips as well as Chanderpaul who has shown he can bat for a long time.

Chanderpaul - Good call , i forgot about him...

 

[cbuts]

def dont think langer could bat to save a match.
dravid
lara
chanderpaul
kallis
and the 5th one is quiet hard if u ask me
id go oram. he has got along way to go as a batsman yet, but he has once or twice for new zealand already batted for a long time to save a test.

 

[King_Ponting]

def dont think langer could bat to save a match.
dravid
lara
chanderpaul
kallis
and the 5th one is quiet hard if u ask me
id go oram. he has got along way to go *** a batsman yet, but he has once or twice for new zealand already batted for a long time to save a test.

Yeh langer only wins em. Bellrieve + Pakistan springs to mind

 

[cbuts]

once! lets face it, he aint got the head for it. look at today, perfect example. ur team is in the crap, and u play that shot

 

[tassietiger]

Chanderpaul could do it definitely
Lara, not too sure because he wouldn't resist strokemaking (not that he's not good at it), but he has the talent
Ponting - I've seen him when he is fully committed to doing one set job (being blocking a lot) and he is irrepressible
Langer could do it too but probably would look at winning it first
Dravid I would definitely back

I've noticed everyones saying Kallis, but not having seen him bat a lot means I better not give him a mention

 

[Langeveldt]

Kallis
Dravid
Smith
Lara
Chanderpaul

 

[King_Ponting]

Gillespie, i'd back the blocker

 

[C_C]

Gillespie, i'd back the blocker

In the future, when(if) the situation arises that Gillespie has to block for two days to save a test against Murali, i'll bet you a tenner against it happening.

 

[King_Ponting]

i dont think australia will have to save a test match against sri lanka........

 

[C_C]

i dont think australia will have to save a test match against sri lanka........

Well..never say never...IF it comes to that, i hope you dont mind betting that tenner.

 

[King_Ponting]

Well..never say never...IF it comes to that, i hope you dont mind betting that tenner.

As long as gillespies still playing

 

[Monty]

langer
ponting
martyn
g smith
pietersen

 

[vic_orthdox]

Kallis
Dravid
Tendulkar
Lara
Ponting

(Not in any particular order)
Simply the five best, and most able (combination of talent + application) batsmen in the world - you've got to back them in, no matter what the situation.

 

[wpdavid]

Maybe not for 2 days (could anyone nowadays?), but Vaughan's batted a fair while to save a test for England on occasions. The 2nd SL test in 2003/04, Antigua in 2004 and the 1st SA test in 2003 spring to mind.

 

[Slifer]

Chanderpaul could do it definitely
Lara, not too sure because he wouldn't resist strokemaking (not that he's not good at it), but he has the talent
Ponting - I've seen him when he is fully committed to doing one set job (being blocking a lot) and he is irrepressible
Langer could do it too but probably would look at winning it first
Dravid I would definitely back

I've noticed everyones saying Kallis, but not having seen him bat a lot means I better not give him a mention

Lara's done it b4 see his 277, 375, 400* and 213. All these innings while not all match saving innings were made over the course of more than a day and certainly the 277 was a match saving innings