Cricket Web Decides the Most Elegant Number 11 Batsman

[SillyCowCorner1]

In other words, pure wabbits with the bat...

 

[trundler]

Anderson is way better than most #11s

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ashton agar

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ashton agar

Came in to say this

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Not very elegant but Boult averages over 14

 

[Starfighter]

Going by standards set elsewhere here, Chris Martin, Nuwan Pradeep, Phil Tufnell etc.

 

[SteveNZ]

Not very elegant but Boult averages over 14

Yeah, the wording of the thread rules him right out. Probably the only #11 in the world who has a senior batting trophy (batsman of the tournament at an NZ Club One-Day Champs)

 

[cnerd123]

Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan hit some nice shots for a pair of number 10/11s

 

[nightprowler10]

This thread reminded me of Asif playing an exquisite cover drive against South Africa in the 2006 tour. I was glued to the TV because Inzamam was doing his trademark "batting forever with the tail" routine and then Asif hits a shot reminiscent of Vaughan out of nowhere.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Didn't rate him as a bowler, but Luke Feldman was a pretty damn good bat for someone who spent a lot of their career at 11. Queensland have generally tended to produce tails that can bat decently over the last few years

Except for when Stanlake is playing of course

 

[h_hurricane]

Courtney Walsh. That technique in Barbados 1999.

 

[vcs]

Love Boult's batting.

As far as actual batting capability goes, I guess it'd be Anderson out of the top teams in world cricket right now.

 

[trundler]

McGrath has a test 50

 

[TheJediBrah]

Did Colin Miller ever bat 11?

 

[aussie tragic]

James Pattinson was a pretty elegant number 11 the one time he tried it (making 25* after being demoted when Agar made his 98 on debut)

 

[OverratedSanity]

Balaji was capable of shots like this :

 

[Jarquis]

Monty

 

[vcs]

Balaji was capable of shots like this :

Haha that was such a good series. Pakistan crowds loved Balaji too.

 

[Maximas]

Murali lol

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

 

[TheJediBrah]

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.