A nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day’s play. His job is to maintain most of the strike until the close of play and so protect other, more capable batsmen from being out cheaply. There have been six test centuries by nightwatchmen.
About Nightwatchman (cricket) in brief
A nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day’s play. His job is to maintain most of the strike until the close of play and so protect other, more capable batsmen from being out cheaply. There have been six test centuries by nightwatchmen, as recognised by ESPNcricinfo: Nasim-ul-Ghani and wicketkeeper Boucher both came in at No.
6. Alex Tudor was close to making a century as a night watchman; he made 99 not out against New Zealand in 1999 at Edgbaston, and was stranded one run short of his maiden test century when Graham Thorpe got the total to the point.
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