who are the best tailenders?

[Rob H]

Now heres an interesting question. Who is the best tailender? There are plenty of decent tailenders out there but who is the best? My top couple are

Vettori
Lee
Gillespie
Vaas
Warne
Boje (not sure if he can be called an allrounder all not)
Shabbir Ahmed
Pathan
Giles

who do you think are the best tailenders?

[MIG]

Paul Collingwood ?

[Big Daddy]

on present form

ganguli and vaughn

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy on present form ganguli and vaughn

i can understand Ganguly but when did Vaughan start getting single figures in every innings?

[Wasim_17]

where is rana?????

[Lightning]

McGrate

[Raz]

For me its a toss up between Daniel Vettori and Irfan Pathan and im going to go for Irfan Pathan.

[Big Daddy]

rh , my bad , i just checked vaughan's stats and i was wrong . just digest vaughans comment as a friendly banter before the match starts . let the games begin already !!!

[MWH]

Gillespie has often proven himself to be a very stubborn tail-ender to dislodge. Warne and Lee outperformed some of their main batsmen in the Ashes series, and could even be classified as all-rounders.

England have a pretty strong tail with Giles at no.8 . Hoggard can be annoying and somehow Harmison manages to play quite a few valuable cameos with his strike-out-at-everything approach.

Mushy Ahmed and Saqlain have been good tail-end batsmen for Pakistan in the past. Currently, the tail looks weak for Pakistan although Sami has shown potential in the past, and Shoaib when he puts his mind to it can knuckle down.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Well u cant class Vettori and Pathan as tailenders!!!
Zaheer Khan and Balaji are handy down the list.
I'll come off with an obscure suggestion - Muralitharan - often can frustrate teams in tests.

[Toony™®]

yes for me Pathan is emerging as a decent allrounder.

Vettori ..not so sure yet.

[zaf1986]

Originally Posted by RH Vettori Lee Gillespie Vaas Warne Boje (not sure if he can be called an allrounder all not) Shabbir Ahmed Pathan Giles

Vaas/Boje/Pathan to me are geniune bowling allrounders. Even Warne to an extent.

Gillespie is deffo a good tailender as is Giles. Sami definitely has potential with the bat, as does Shoaib when he (sometimes) uses his brain.

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by AmitMishra bowls wrongun Well u cant class Vettori and Pathan as tailenders!!! Zaheer Khan and Balaji are handy down the list. I'll come off with an obscure suggestion - Muralitharan - often can frustrate teams in tests.

Was tempted to say them but there are plenty of tailenders that can whack it when they are on a good pitch. Harmison, Ntini, Bhajji, Simon Jones, Akhtar, Murali, Robin Peterson.
i cant really put them on though because they are 25% hit and 75% miss

[zaf1986]

Originally Posted by RH Was tempted to say them but there are plenty of tailenders that can whack it when they are on a good pitch. Harmison, Ntini, Bhajji, Simon Jones, Akhtar, Murali, Robin Peterson. i cant really put them on though because they are 25% hit and 75% miss

Bhajji is decent with the bat. Simon Jones used to be but his batting has fallen away. IMO he is better than a no. 11 and shud bat ahead of Harmy. Petersen (of SA) was orginally picked in the ODIs as an allrounder and has batted at 3 as a pinch hitter at times.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Peterson is drivel. Kumble puts more action on the ball. There u go!
Anil Kumble!

[Nauman]

Giles is not a tailender he is a lower order batsman.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

In a team that usually has 4 tailenders, Daren Powell doesnt look the worst with the willow.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Ah yes - Kyle Mills has to be the best - he has a very good record in NZ domestic cricket.

[Rob H]

Originally Posted by AmitMishra bowls wrongun Ah yes - Kyle Mills has to be the best - he has a very good record in NZ domestic cricket.

4 sixes in a row against Australia last year at the 2nd ODI at Sydney I have that on video
Six
1 - gets fairly low and hooks it over the midwicket rope
2 - Slog sweep. Makes a great bat sound and clears it by a mile
3- Charges Hogg and hits it just over the mid on rope
4 - Charges him again and hits it over mid off this time

Bill Lawry's commentry on it was class

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Was that his 44 not out?

u and Bill Lawry............

[Raz]

Originally Posted by AmitMishra bowls wrongun Well u cant class Vettori and Pathan as tailenders!!! Zaheer Khan and Balaji are handy down the list. I'll come off with an obscure suggestion - Muralitharan - often can frustrate teams in tests.

I cant believe i forgot all about Murali's batting. He is so entertaining to watch because he is so unorthodox. He does have a half century to his credit at Test level.

[Rob H]

They had that game in the bag really until Vettori decided to go for a stupid run which meant Harris with a dislocated shoulder had to come in. Such a pity.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

I could be flexible and say Mark Richardson who started at 11 or Vinoo Mankad who I think is the only player to have batted at all 11 positions in tests.

[Oxy]

SIMON JONES.

The best tailender in the world.

[OTW]

Warne, Giles, Gillespie, Vettori, Pathan, Vaas and co. are all very capable of batting and delivering a moderate amount of runs against decent bowling attacks.

I'm in the group that would classify such players as "lower order batsmen" or "bowlers who can bat a bit", rather than "tailenders" - a group for the Muralitharans, McGraths, MacGills and co.

From that lot - I'd give Muralitharan a mention, because he's absolutely bloody hilarious to watch when batting (ditto Harbhajan with some of his wild strokeplay - what is it with these offies?)... best genuine tailend batsman though IMO would be Simon Jones.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Zaheer Khan does have the best score at 11.
Kumble can really hang around and stick it out.
He has 6 FC tons to his name as well.

[iqbalharoon213]

i wouldnt class pathan as a tailender, he bats 3/4 now!!!!!!

was going on there!!!

[princeali]

The best tailender to watch for pure entertainment is Shabbir Ahmed

[Tariq Jamshed]

Heck, Warne looks like developing into a proper batsman. Lee may yet become a batsman who can bowl a bit :-)

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

saqilain in my opinion is the best tailender in the world he could hang around

[safehands46]

brett lee and sami are pretty talented.

[Amir]

Can you really say Zaheer Khan and Balaji as tailenders? I see them more as specialist batsmen.