What, philosophically speaking, is a ‘best number eleven’? Is it the best batter coming in at eleven? Or is it the platonic ideal of a number eleven and, hence, a terrible batter? #AUSvIND 🏏
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Jimmy Anderson, although he fancied himself at ten. He'd stride out playing shadow cover drives and pulls, then get 0 off 27 balls before edging the spinner to first slip.
I don’t know: I think your perfect no.11 has to be the only person in the team who doesn’t actually like batting. Chris Martin, say, or Courtney Walsh.
They need to be as adept at infuriating opponents as team mates, lack all situational awareness & alternate btn the sublime & the ridiculous. A textbook cover drive to suggest they really can bat followed by inexplicable play&miss to suggest they can’t.
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They need to be as adept at infuriating opponents as team mates, lack all situational awareness & alternate btn the sublime & the ridiculous. A textbook cover drive to suggest they really can bat followed by inexplicable play&miss to suggest they can’t.