The swashbuckling bowler who batted for 190 minutes helped save his team from a humiliating defeat and returned to the pavilion after playing an unbeaten inning!

The bowlers get a chance to bat in the lower order. However, bowlers are not able to stay at the crease for a very long time and cannot score many runs. But today we are going to tell you about the bowler who saved his team from a humiliating defeat by batting for the entire 190 minutes and that bowler returned unbeaten on the pavilion.

That bowler is former England spinner Robert Croft, who did this feat in the Test match played against South Africa in 1998. The third match of the Test series was being played between South Africa and England. At that time, the South African team had big players like Gary Kirsten, Jacques Kallis, Hansie Croney, Jonty Rhodes, and Lance Klusener.

This match was played from 2 to 6 July, in which South Africa declared the innings by scoring 552 runs in the first innings by losing 5 wickets. England's team was reduced to 183 runs in the first innings in response to the target from South Africa.

Then the England team came to play follow-on and its condition was bad. 9 wickets had fallen. With the fall of one wicket, the South African team would have won the match. But the spinners at the crease, Croft and Angus Fraser remained intact. On the fifth day, Croft batted for 190 minutes and saved his team from a humiliating defeat. He remained unbeaten on 37 runs.