Cricket Web Decides the Most Elegant Number 11 Batsman

[aussie tragic]

Australia's number 11 in the 2nd innings of this game seemed pretty stylish, anyone know much about Victor Trumper
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...nd-3rd-test-england-tour-of-australia-1911-12

 

[jimmy101]

Tino!!

 

[King Pietersen]

The man

 

[Dendarii]

Australia's number 11 in the 2nd innings of this game seemed pretty stylish, anyone know much about Victor Trumper
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...nd-3rd-test-england-tour-of-australia-1911-12

In a similar vein, South Africa's number 11 in this game had pretty good test average. Although no one would ever use the word "elegant" to describe Graeme Smith.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13804/scorecard/351683/australia-vs-south-africa-3rd-test-south-africa-tour-of-australia-2008-09

 

[Fuller Pilch]

NZ would have had some very high quality no. 11s in the 90s/00s

It's important to keep in mind with this thread not to just name all the good-at-batting no. 11s and focus on the genuinely stylish ones

That's why Ashton Agar was such a good call. He'd be stylish even for a specialist batsman.

Yeah Simon Doull was pretty decent (would've batted a bit at 11).

Did Symcox ever bat 11 for SA? Unless Donald was playing they would often bat right down.

 

[BoyBrumby]

He never really developed many scoring shots, but Gus Fraser had a pretty decent forward defence.

Although with our tail from the 90s (Tufnell, Malcolm, Giddins, Such, Mullally et al) the estimable England selector probably batted higher than #11 more often than not.

 

[fredfertang]

Devon Malcolm was as inelegant a number eleven as I have ever seen, but if he did manage to make contact the ball certainly stayed hit for a long time

 

[Jarquis]

Jack Leach

 

[Dendarii]

Did Symcox ever bat 11 for SA? Unless Donald was playing they would often bat right down.

He did once, in one of the most ridiculously long batting line-ups ever: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16012/scorecard/63780/australia-vs-south-africa-3rd-test-south-africa-tour-of-australia-1997-98

 

[SteveNZ]

NZ would have had some very high quality no. 11s in the 90s/00s

It's important to keep in mind with this thread not to just name all the good-at-batting no. 11s and focus on the genuinely stylish ones

That's why Ashton Agar was such a good call. He'd be stylish even for a specialist batsman.

Vettori an obvious one, I think Dion Nash might've even batted 11 at one stage....nup checked, he was 10.

 

[SteveNZ]

Murali lol

There was a time when Kyle Mills batted 11 wasn't there? Early to mid 2000s in ODIs?

He batted 11 a few times, yeah. He also batted 10 mostly in Tests, then Bracewell decided it was a grand idea to bat him at 3 in SA against Steyn at his peak. Millsy's record is 2 innings at 3, three balls no wickets, two dismissals.

Underachieved in a way when at the start of his career he averages around 110 in a whole FC season.

 

[vandem]

Ewan Chatfield's curtain rail leave was good. Always got firm applause from the Eden Park test crowd when we saw it used in the late 1980s. We liked to believe that he had seen that the ball was wide of off stump, so was cleverly pulling the bat inside the line.

IIRC I saw him use it twice succesfully against Malcolm Marshall, checking scoreboard it must have been 4th and 5th balls of the over (Ian Smith 40* at the other end), because Marshall then went around the wicket for the final ball. Short, caught Logie at short leg, all done. Efficient.

 

[mr_mister]

He did once, in one of the most ridiculously long batting line-ups ever: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16012/scorecard/63780/australia-vs-south-africa-3rd-test-south-africa-tour-of-australia-1997-98

That scorecard always fascinates me. Dave Richardson was at 6 and probably deserved to be at 10

 

[Bolo]

That scorecard always fascinates me. Dave Richardson was at 6 and probably deserved to be at 10

He was batting at 6 as a nightwatchman tbf. He's listed at 11 in the lineup for the second innings.

But batting a wk at 11, or sending a wk in as a nightwatchman to protect your bowlers might be even more interesting.