Editing Mark Greatbatch (section)

==International career==
Greatbatch highest test score of 146 not out off 485 balls was against Australia at [[Western Australia Cricket Association Ground|Perth]] in November 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63517.html|title=Only Test: Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 24–28, 1989. Cricket Scorecard|work=[[ESPN Cricinfo]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> Greatbatch was at the crease for 11 hours (2 days) to save New Zealand from defeat, the game ending in a draw because of his efforts.<ref name="Monga">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397410.html|title=I Was There: One man against the mob|last=Monga|first=Sidharth|date=31 March 2009|work=[[Cricinfo Magazine]]|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> He received a standing ovation at the end of the game. Greatbatch's defensive innings is still considered by pundits{{Who|date=October 2009}} to be one of the greatest cricket centuries ever, under the circumstances.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

For the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]] Greatbatch was not selected to play in the first match, against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]]. However, he was selected to open against South Africa in place of [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]], who had been injured, and proceeded to bat to take advantage of fielding restrictions early in the innings. The strategy worked, so was repeated again throughout the World Cup and Greatbatch became one of the first '[[Pinch hitter (cricket)|pinch hitter]]' players to open an innings in [[One Day International]]s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} Because of this success other cricketing nations, notably [[Sri Lanka cricket team|Sri Lanka]], adopted the idea of opening with an aggressive batsman who normally plays in the middle order of test matches to score quick runs early and this tactic is now common in international cricket.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

Mark Greatbatch finished his career with 2,021 Test runs and 2,206 ODI runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Greatbatch Batting Career |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/mark-greatbatch-37105}}</ref>