Specialist Batsman

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Captain (cricket) - Captain's Responsibilities - During A Match - Batting Order
... If quick runs are needed, a naturally attacking batsman may be promoted up the order ... failing, or if the bowlers seem particularly confident, the captain may choose to send in a non-specialist batsman, referred to as a nightwatchman ... If the night watchman does not get out before the end of play then the specialist batsman will have been protected, and will not need to bat until the ...

Famous quotes containing the words batsman and/or specialist:

    “If the wild bowler thinks he bowls,
    Or if the batsman thinks he’s bowled,
    They know not, poor misguided souls,
    They, too, shall perish unconsoled.”
    —Andrew Lang (1844–1912)

    “... to a specialist his specialty is the whole of everything and if his specialty is in good order and it generally is then everything must be succeeding.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)