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are widely regarded as some of the best middle-order batters. Similarly, in a citation were there are no recognised batters remaining, tail-end batters may often play aggressively, with the purpose of more runs before the team is all out. Another example, as alluded to earlier, is where there is one
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were left emotionally and physically drained, slumping to a shock-heavy (171 run) defeat. Even if nowhere near as damaging numerically, larger-than-expected last wicket stands can still be very demoralising, especially because as soon as the Number 11 batsman walks out of the
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on behalf of the injured batter. However, any runs scored by the injured batter will be recorded as being in the partnership of the two original batters. A partnership may also refer to two
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are avoided, especially in the early parts of an over. However, it may be necessary to score a single or three runs on the last ball of the over to counteract the change of bowling ends.
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2790:
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2711:South Africa
2664:David Warner
2652:1 July 2006
2563:Fakhar Zaman
2547:26 May 1999
2528:Rahul Dravid
2493:Rahul Dravid
2382:
2371:
2366:31 May 1984
2343:Viv Richards
2255:9 June 2015
2168:South Africa
2159:David Miller
2083:Darren Bravo
1976:
1965:
1921:Chesterfield
1867:Percy Holmes
1836:Waheed Mirza
1734:Gul Mohammad
1730:Vijay Hazare
1699:Aamer Sajjad
1636:South Africa
1585:
1574:
1525:Warwickshire
1511:John Chapman
1495:Christchurch
1340:Gul Mohammad
1336:Vijay Hazare
1315:South Africa
1270:Aamer Sajjad
1235:Waheed Mirza
1198:
1187:
1168:South Africa
1051:Conrad Hunte
915:Martin Crowe
911:Andrew Jones
855:South Africa
804:
755:Johannesburg
745:South Africa
736:Mark Boucher
705:Stuart Broad
645:South Africa
540:South Africa
465:South Africa
460:Graeme Smith
419:
410:Stuart Broad
404:
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327:Rahul Dravid
315:Eden Gardens
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241:spin bowling
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161:Test cricket
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36:copy editing
34:may require
33:
2998:9 September
2706:Hashim Amla
2668:Travis Head
2594:Tamim Iqbal
2559:Imam-ul-Haq
2503:New Zealand
2477:5 May 2019
2463:West Indies
2428:West Indies
2419:Chris Gayle
2352:West Indies
2284:Afghanistan
2274:Pat Cummins
2246:New Zealand
2236:Adil Rashid
2232:Jos Buttler
2206:New Zealand
2201:Luke Ronchi
2125:Ajay Jadeja
2092:West Indies
2057:West Indies
2048:Chris Gayle
2036:5 May 2019
2022:West Indies
1714:Sheikhupura
1669:Maharashtra
1664:Ankit Bawne
1546:Alan Kippax
1476:Arthur Sims
1285:Sheikhupura
1060:West Indies
1055:Gary Sobers
1030:West Indies
1020:Shaun Marsh
920:New Zealand
675:West Indies
575:West Indies
565:Shaun Marsh
383:Shane Warne
360:fast bowler
348:New Zealand
339:Australians
335:Steve Waugh
295:Chris Gayle
215:during the
192:declaration
188:strike rate
181:Ben Duckett
177:Zak Crawley
125:declaration
101:partnership
3301:Categories
3144:Sky Sports
3124:7 November
2841:Yahoo News
2773:References
2716:Bangladesh
2603:Bangladesh
2362:Manchester
2251:Birmingham
2102:Basseterre
2097:Bangladesh
1946:Saurashtra
1916:Derbyshire
1902:Jack Brown
1550:Hal Hooker
1520:Derbyshire
1490:Canterbury
1381:Saurashtra
1178:Chattogram
1173:Bangladesh
1016:Adam Voges
930:Wellington
790:Nottingham
740:Pat Symcox
685:Bridgetown
631:Ben Stokes
600:Sid Barnes
561:Adam Voges
475:Chattogram
470:Bangladesh
380:tailenders
376:2005 Ashes
307:scoreboard
291:MN Samuels
249:Boundaries
209:Jack Leach
205:Ben Stokes
44:editing it
3252:The Hindu
3068:Sportstar
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