Last man in at cricket 8 letters

[drchris]

Last man in at cricket 8 letters

[pauln90]

tailender ??

[squarebear]

is the answer a tv show?

[joanne]

eleventh

[Supermike]

Unbeaten??

[knowabit]

Watchman? I have 'Night Watchman' in my head. Is that something to do with cricket?

[Supermike]

Yes Knowabit, it's when a recognised batsman is out towards the end of play and the batting side don't want to risk losing another batsman at that late stage so they send out a tailender, usually one of the bowlers, as a "night watchman".

[Supermike]

This is a bit of a strange question because it's ambiguous. Does it mean the last player to go out to bat, or does it mean the only player who isn't out? As I well remember, Graham Gooch when playing for England as an opening batsman, was still there, not out, at the end of the innings. I don't think he could ever be called a "tailender" but he was unbeaten.

[corylus]

Graham Gooch 'carried his bat' through the innings when he was unbeaten, that's the cricketing term.

[Supermike]

Thank you Corylus, I do know the term "carried his bat' but he was still the last man in wasn't he? and I think "carried his bat" has more than 8 letters.

[Superfish]

eleventh