TheJediBrah
Request Your Custom Title Now!
He did it on occasion but more often than not his big innings were coming in after a bit of a middle-order collapse (as you'd expect). Against weaker teams on flatter wickets there were many times where he had to go quick and make a short cameo where batting up the order he would have had the chance to make a much bigger score.Well averaging 50+ for most of his career I don't think he missed many chances to fill his boots on a tired attack after getting that top 5-6 out
This would be the case for most no. 7s in a strong line-up. As you mentioned you get the benefit of often coming in after the top order has done the damage and capatalising, but it comes with the limitation of opportunity as well. Whether or not you'd perform better in a different position or scenario depends on the player.
Don't get me wrong if I'm going back in time and picking the team I'm not going to move Gilchrist to 4, even though I think he'd probably do a better job than Damien Martyn, just because he did such a good job at 7. It's easier to find a Martyn to bat 4 than another counter-attacking no. 7 with half the ability of Gilchrist