Nightwatchman (cricket)
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In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batter who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play. The nightwatchman's job is to maintain most of the s
Jason Gillespie holds the record for the highest Test score from a nightwatchman, scoring 201* against Bangladesh at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium during the second test of Australia's 2005-06 tour of Bangladesh
Bazball
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Bazball is an informal term for the style of play developed by the England cricket team in Test matches following the appointments of Brendon "Baz" McCullum as Test head coach and Ben Stokes as Test c
Nightwatchman (cricket)
…tactic during his captaincy of Australia. Furthermore, under Ben Stokes England have instead favoured the lower order batsman to play aggressively (the nighthawk). The defensive technique inherent to the role may also lead to their play being too slow for the conditions, the nightwatchman being too good to get…
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