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Title: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 11, 2013, 08:27:15 PM
So after watching that young Aussie Agar ruining my afternoon by smashing our attack all over Nottingham it got me thinking how many times in the average players standard does No11 come in and smash it about or take there team to a good score like te Aussies now have.

I mean genuine No11's by the way not reversed batting lie ups or injured batsmen I mean the rabbit of your side playing a blinder.

The best I have seen and checked via play cricket was in 2006 when our no11 scored 42 and No10 67 to add 104 for final wicket and took us to 250 as a team. From memory the ball went in places no top order player could put the all too lol.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: alexhilly1492 on July 11, 2013, 08:37:43 PM
Is agar really a number 11? not really like chris martin and he does bat at 8 for western aus!!
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 11, 2013, 08:42:27 PM
Is agar really a number 11? not really like chris martin and he does bat at 8 for western aus!!

In the record books yes he is.

In all honesty at 19 yrs old, first test and in an ashes test yes he is a No11. No Chris Martin but a genuine No11 at the moment but probably not for much longer.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: countycricketplayer on July 11, 2013, 08:43:49 PM
The other season we got a new player said he couldn't bat put him at 11 scored a quality 50 next week opened and got a duck .
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: King pair on July 11, 2013, 08:46:36 PM
He's not a genuine 11 at all he showed that today. 19 years old or not the lad an bat. Like they said on commentary or time today, sachin was 16 when he debuted batting 6. Fair enough he's one of the best there has ever been but its shoes that age really is a number. He seems to have a level head on his shoulders seemed intelligent and calm. He could bat 8 second inning without a doubt. Showed a better range of shots that you would see from diddle and he's no mug with the bat
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: King pair on July 11, 2013, 08:47:43 PM
That wa riddled with spelling mistake my apologies lads
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 11, 2013, 08:49:29 PM
He's not a genuine 11 at all he showed that today. 19 years old or not the lad an bat. Like they said on commentary or time today, sachin was 16 when he debuted batting 6. Fair enough he's one of the best there has ever been but its shoes that age really is a number. He seems to have a level head on his shoulders seemed intelligent and calm. He could bat 8 second inning without a doubt. Showed a better range of shots that you would see from diddle and he's no mug with the bat

Fair point but interested to see what happens not so much in the 2nd innings but if he is picked for the whole series etc what he scores plays like. History books have loads of one hit wonders and now he has been thrown into the lime light lots of people will have seen him and will now have a plan to him.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: King pair on July 11, 2013, 08:52:43 PM
I suppose so mate yeah. All we can do is look at what we know. He's batted really well today. Didn't look an 11 that was just hitting out. Played good cricket shots.
He bats 8 for western aus and has a first class average of 30 odd I am reliably informed. Fair enough he's only played 10 shield games. But no Schmuck going off that
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: MJB3 on July 11, 2013, 08:58:23 PM
Fair point but interested to see what happens not so much in the 2nd innings but if he is picked for the whole series etc what he scores plays like. History books have loads of one hit wonders and now he has been thrown into the lime light lots of people will have seen him and will now have a plan to him.

I think its too early to have a plan to him, didn't show a real weakness yet,  not that he's perfect but you really would need 3/4 tests to see a pattern.  Don't think he'll repeat the feat but certainly looks good enough to chip in with vital lower order runs through the series
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: PM7 on July 11, 2013, 09:11:02 PM
Has anyone seen a better innings from a number 11 playing Test cricket? Spellbinding stuff!
The crowd was more disappointed than he was that he missed a ton.

Could you imagine the headlines and media frenzy if a 19 year old kid did this on debut for England batting at Jack? Well it wouldt happen as England wouldn never have made a call like that.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: smilley792 on July 11, 2013, 09:17:34 PM
Call was made to pick him because Australia were in a state before and they had nothing to lose.


England did it once, with pattinson. Failed miserable though. His brother is doing well though.


Agar has scored just under 400 runs first calls in 11 games, at an average of 39.5. Including 2 59s. Definately no mug with the bat.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: Bruce on July 11, 2013, 09:20:13 PM
Has anyone seen a better innings from a number 11 playing Test cricket? Spellbinding stuff!
The crowd was more disappointed than he was that he missed a ton.

Could you imagine the headlines and media frenzy if a 19 year old kid did this on debut for England batting at Jack? Well it wouldt happen as England wouldn never have made a call like that.

That Tino Best innings last year was from #11.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: PM7 on July 11, 2013, 09:26:46 PM
I was pretty gutted for Tino, he is a great character and an entertainer. While Tino has been around forever this lad was on debut ... think about it .... on an Ashes tour ... thats mental!
If his bowling improves he will be around for a while.
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 11, 2013, 09:29:07 PM
Anyway back on topic I want to hear about village number 11's smacking the "I'm the quickest thing since light" club bowler all over the ground and how as bowlers you dealt with it or would deal with it?
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: Sam on July 11, 2013, 09:30:31 PM
That's gotta give him a better average than most of the Aussie batsmen over the past year or so :o.

Just heard he's at Hampshire academy as well. When Bailey left us for the champions trophy , why didn't we just pick up him  :-[?
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: Howzat on July 11, 2013, 10:15:06 PM
That's gotta give him a better average than most of the Aussie batsmen over the past year or so :o.

Just heard he's at Hampshire academy as well. When Bailey left us for the champions trophy , why didn't we just pick up him  :-[?
He couldn't even play a game for Hampshire, they farmed him out to Henley a club cricket side to get him some game time!
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: King pair on July 11, 2013, 10:26:09 PM
In our seconds we have a young girl who plays for lancs u16s. She's a bowler really and about 4 ft 11 I'd say, we were playing ramsbottom early this year ad there's a lad who's played a fair bit of first team cricket he's probably 6 ft 3 and thinks he's 90+ when in reality it's a good pace but not special. But she went in at jack and smashed him for 2 fours thoroughly covers and finished 15* was very funny to watch
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: Wedge2408 on July 12, 2013, 02:04:51 AM
In a one day game last season our number 11 came in with a little under 2 overs to go, with an established batsman at the other end. Before he made his way out to the middle I told him to try and push a single and get the other bloke on strike to do the scoring so naturally he did the exact opposite and proceeded to smash he first two deliveries he faced straight back over the bowlers head for a six and a four and ended up not out on about 25 notout, all the guys on our team couldn't believe it!!
Title: Re: Number 11's smashing it about
Post by: Gcricket on July 12, 2013, 02:10:59 AM
Up the Aussies!!