Batting for a draw XI's

[kingkallis]

Sunil Gavaskar (c)
Manoj Prabhakar
Rahul Dravid
Che Pujara
Sachin Tendulkar
Ajinkya Rahane
Nayan Mongia +
Anil Kumble
R Ashwin
Javagal Srinath
Zaheer Khan
-----
Gary Kirsten
Graeme Smith (c)
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
Faf Du Plessis
Brian McMillan
Shaun Pollock
Mark Boucher +
Hugh Tayfield
Dale Steyn

 

[wpdavid]

Cook
Atherton
Hussain
Root
Collingwood
Bell
Russell
Giles
Hoggard
Anderson
Panesar

From players I've seen, you could add Boycott and Edrich.
More recently, I remember Gus Fraser holding up an end from time to time. Maybe instead of Panesar, whose efforts in the first 2009 test I tend to view as an almighty fluke rather than evidence of any real ability to bat out time for a draw.
Not convinced by Bell tbh. Maybe Thorpe.

 

[Shady Slim]

out of all current players, i know it's world but who gives:

M Vijay
Alastair Cook
Hashim Amla
AB de Villiers
Misbah-ul-Haq
Faf du Plessis
Peter Nevill+
Jason Holder
R Ashwin
Tim Bresnan
Vernon Philander

all hail the brez

 

[Fuller Pilch]

out of all current players, i know it's world but who gives:

M Vijay
Alastair Cook
Hashim Amla
AB de Villiers
Misbah-ul-Haq
Faf du Plessis
Peter Nevill+
Jason Holder
R Ashwin
Tim Bresnan
Vernon Philander

all hail the brez

Nevill over Watling? Tell him he's dreaming

 

[Shady Slim]

i have not seen enough of watling to make a proper judgement - both he and nicholls i'm not too knowledgeable on

it's mainly a list of players i've seen and like that could bat out the draw (mind you not seen live for the most part)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

i have not seen enough of watling to make a proper judgement - both he and nicholls i'm not too knowledgeable on

it's mainly a list of players i've seen and like that could bat out the draw (mind you not seen live for the most part)

Fair enough, but...

"333 Balls faced by Watling in his unbeaten innings of 142 - the fifth highest by a No. 7 batsman in Tests. Watling appears in this list at fourth position as well: he had faced 367 balls during New Zealand's famous rear-guard action against India last year. Jack Ryder's 461-ball innings at Adelaide Oval in the 1924-25 Ashes is the longest by a No. 7 batsman in Tests."

from Williamson and Watling in world-record partnership | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Cook
Atherton
Hussain
Root
Collingwood
Bell
Russell
Giles
Hoggard
Anderson
Panesar

Where is Onions?

 

[Shady Slim]

*insert joke about new zealand being minnows that isn't very funny but might garner a "heh"*

 

[Shady Slim]

Where is Onions?

>putting onions in a drawer

 

[burr]

Rate his defence. Also, he was pretty great in Manchester and Edgbaston 05.

Lee is a good call actually. He'd be in mine.

 

[Daemon]

i have not seen enough of watling to make a proper judgement - both he and nicholls i'm not too knowledgeable on

it's mainly a list of players i've seen and like that could bat out the draw (mind you not seen live for the most part)

I see you have chosen to wipe Watling - McCullum out of your mind just like most of us Indian fans

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Cook
Atherton
Hussain
Root
Collingwood
Bell
Russell
Giles
Hoggard
Anderson
Panesar

Thorpe over Bell worth considering?

Good shout on Hoggard though, was wondering when he would show up here.

 

[NUFAN]

Sunil Gavaskar (c)
Manoj Prabhakar
Rahul Dravid
Che Pujara
Sachin Tendulkar
Ajinkya Rahane
Nayan Mongia +
Anil Kumble
R Ashwin
Javagal Srinath
Zaheer Khan

I'm surprised that you went Tendulkar over Laxman.

 

[Daemon]

Tendulkar would get out first ball because he didn't get to bat 4

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I'm surprised that you went Tendulkar over Laxman.

Tendulkar only scored 3 of his 51 test 100s in the 4th innings and averaged 36. I wouldn't pick him

All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Shady Slim]

I see you have chosen to wipe Watling - McCullum out of your mind just like most of us Indian fans

up until the border gavaskar in 2014 i was a bit guilty of mainly following oz cricket and little else, south africa the next most

i know it happened mind you but it doesn't have the instant recollection

 

[anil1405]

Picking Sachin in this thread is like picking Dravid when your team is chasing 435 in 50 overs.

 

[anil1405]

Sunil Gavaskar (C)
Wasim Jaffer
Rahul Dravid
Mohinder Amarnath
VVS Laxman
Sanjay Bangar
Nayan Mongia (Wk)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Anil Kumble
Javagal Srinath
Zaheer Khan

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Len Hutton
Jack Hobbs
Colin Cowdrey
Peter May
Ken Barrington
Jesus Christ
Alan Knott
Ray Illingworth
Fred Truman
John Snow
Derek Underwood

 

[zaremba]

Geoff Boycott
Len Hutton
Alastair Cook
Mike Atherton
Chris Tavaré
Ken Barrington
Wally Hammond (3)
Ian Botham (1)
Trevor Bailey (2)
Wilfred Rhodes (4)
Jack Russell (w)