Best Nightwatchman in the history of test cricket

[Robelinda]

No he was hardly ever used, being lower order doesnt auume you were nightwatchman, McDermott, May or Hughes were used ahead of Warne until Dizzy came along, but Warne was used a few times and was a failure. All his best scores came at 8.

 

[sribabu]

John Lyon Of Lancashire is choice as a best player

 

[Dutch]

Rembrandts The Nightwatch is brilliant and I have had the pleasure of standing in front of it admiring it's utter beauty on a few occassions.

Thats why Amsterdam is so great; there is real culture, amongst other things!

Does this have anything to do with cricket no but it is about Nightwatchmen so valid me thinks!

 

[pcfan123]

Thats why Amsterdam is so great; there is real culture, amongst other things!

Mostly the other things

 

[Dutch]

Mostly the other things

Though to be fair there are more and more voices being raised to "clean" up the city and it is not entirely impossible that weed etcetera will be banned here as well soon. Amsterdam's Red Light distict is second to none if you like that kind of thing. You can get anything, anytime anyhow with anyone or any species!!! (So I have been told!)

 

[pcfan123]

Nooooooooooooo!

Guess I'll just have to wait for California to be bankrupt enough to legalize it then.

 

[Manly]

Chris Martin.



(If that's his name, the New Zealand chap)

 

[Dutch]

Nooooooooooooo!

Guess I'll just have to wait for California to be bankrupt enough to legalize it then.

That shouldn't take too long then!

By the way Steve Harmison is a rubbish nightwatchman! (just to keep my post on topic!)

dutchad added 1 Minutes and 41 Seconds later...

Chris Martin.



(If that's his name, the New Zealand chap)

No one has ever even contemplated sending in Mr Martin to be nightwatchman! They hate him going into bat at all, let alone in a crucial situation that many nightwatchmen face!

 

[Manly]

I apologise, the jokey nature with that post was intender quite clearly didn't come through.

I am funny, promise. You just gotta meet me.

 

[Dutch]

I apologise, the jokey nature with that post was intender quite clearly didn't come through.

I am funny, promise. You just gotta meet me.

I am sure you are and I didn't mean to dispute your claim. I was just getting into a bit of the old banter with you. I am just being pretentious! (I am such a w@nker sometimes! You just need to meet me to find out!)

 

[Manly]

I am sure you are and I didn't mean to dispute your claim. I was just getting into a bit of the old banter with you. I am just being pretentious! (I am such a w@nker sometimes! You just need to meet me to find out!)

Ah touch?. I must moot your banter offer, however, because I am going out for dinner with my girlfriend.

I bid you good evening.

 

[Dutch]

Ah touch?. I must moot your banter offer, however, because I am going out for dinner with my girlfriend.

I bid you good evening.

That sounds like a much better plan, than bantering with me! (Although it hurts!)

 

[sribabu]

mods kindly close this thread

 

[Owzat]

To be honest I hate it when we use a nightwatchman, it's such a cop out by the batsman and also can leave competent lower order batsmen to run out of partners (like Graeme Swann)

But in truth the debate of "best" nightwatchman is arguably way off course because the role is to protect the batsmen's wickets not score runs so their runs scored is not really a key part of the job description. Gillespie's double hundred doesn't mean he did a good job, in fact it shows there was little point sending him in. He'd done his job with his overnight score

 

[TumTum]

But in truth the debate of "best" nightwatchman is arguably way off course because the role is to protect the batsmen's wickets not score runs so their runs scored is not really a key part of the job description. Gillespie's double hundred doesn't mean he did a good job, in fact it shows there was little point sending him in. He'd done his job with his overnight score

I agree. But I think the point of this thread is to find out the best batsmen that was in a nightwatchman position.