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| Subject: | Re: Watson to Open? |
| From: | John Hall |
| Posting date: | 04-07-2008 |
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In article ,
Cicero writes:
>Neilsen has suggested this at cricinfo. How many incidents of a middle
>order batsman being successfully move to an opener have there been?
>Stackpole is one who comes to mind.
The most remarkable case was probably Wilfred Rhodes, whose Test career
started with him batting at number 11. A decade or so later he was
sharing in what is still the record first wicket partnership for England
against Australia.
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John Hall "George the Third
Ought never to have occurred.
One can only wonder
At so grotesque a blunder." E.C.Bentley (1875-1956) |
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