Best Nightwatchman in the history of test cricket

[ZoraxDoom]

Alex Tudor?

 

[Collingwood50]

Alex Tudor?

Bless him

 

[McLOVIN]

spinners make better NWM than pace

 

[drainpipe32]

Alan Davidson

 

[pcfan123]

spinners make better NWM than pace

Spinners are usually better batsmen to begin with.

As for current nightwatchman, James Anderson and Nathan Hauritz spring to mind.

 

[harrisb]

James Anderson, what a legend

 

[Mike23]

Jimmy Anderson!

 

[TumTum]

What about Dizzy?

 

[pcfan123]

Dizzy?

 

[Robelinda]

Dizzy for sure. 201* speaks for itself. As does the number of balls faced on average as NW, miles above anyone else.

 

[sami ullah khan]

Jason Gillespie. He is a legend. James Anderson is also getting there although I doubt he will ever make a double hundred.

 

[Harishan]

Hard to look past Jason Gillespie. Not only because of his epic knock against Bangladesh but he was a very intent type of batsman with rock solid defence, and if I can recall reading an article about him he averaged 51 minutes at the crease in tests which is quite amazing. He really was a batsman who could build partnerships and he worked tirelessly at infuriating bowling attacks.

 

[drainpipe32]

Dizzy?

Dizzy Gillespie

Shane Warne was pretty good.

 

[Robelinda]

Shane Warne??? He wasnt used very much at all, and defintely wasnt very good.

 

[drainpipe32]

Really? I would have thought he came in a lot as night watch man -o-

At any rate, he was a pretty good No. 8 batsman.

Lmao, not having a very good couple of days.....