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[ataraxia]

I'm surprised that Rhodes, Gregory, and Mankad batted as low as 11. Surely they weren't that bad.

Rhodes was an #11 at the start of his career; (Syd) Gregory batting there was likely a result of some reversed order. Not sure about Mankad.

 

[Bijed]

Syd Gregory and Vinoo Mankad also batted everywhere from 1-11. I think they (plus Rhodes) are still the only three.

Ben Stokes has opened and batted everywhere from 3-11, just hasn't batted both 1 & 2 to technically complete the set

 

[The Sean]

Ben Stokes has opened and batted everywhere from 3-11, just hasn't batted both 1 & 2 to technically complete the set

I'd not realised that. There are quite a lot of players who have batted in nine or ten positions but the closest to a full set who misses out is one I've read about since my previous post - Nasim-ul-Ghani batted in every position from opener to number 11, but apparently never actually faced the first ball of an innings so technically never batted at number one.

 

[Bijed]

I'd not realised that. There are quite a lot of players who have batted in nine or ten positions but the closest to a full set who misses out is one I've read about since my previous post - Nasim-ul-Ghani batted in every position from opener to number 11, but apparently never actually faced the first ball of an innings so technically never batted at number one.

Tbh for cases such as Stokes as Nasim-ul-Ghani, I'd count them as having batted everywhere for all intents and purposes as I'm quite happy for positions 1-2 to be lumped together under 'Opening' as they're basically the same. I mean, if established opener normally faces the first ball, but changes to 2 because a debutant likes facing first or something, no-one goes "Ooh hang on, Cook's batting out of position here" or anything

 

[harsh.ag]

Tbh for cases such as Stokes as Nasim-ul-Ghani, I'd count them as having batted everywhere for all intents and purposes as I'm quite happy for positions 1-2 to be lumped together under 'Opening' as they're basically the same. I mean, if established opener normally faces the first ball, but changes to 2 because a debutant likes facing first or something, no-one goes "Ooh hang on, Cook's batting out of position here" or anything

Surely Cook does

 

[_00_deathscar]

He could have turned out that way to be honest if not for Shane Warne who was a hero and too good for anyone overrated/"talented" batsmen who didn't amount to that much

Fixed.

 

[Gob]

Go fix your ugly face