The left-hander, batting at number five, came to the crease with the team in trouble.
Surely England can get away with five batsmen and Matt Prior batting at six.
He's desperate to get that England berth but batting at eight and not bowling?
The 27-year-old was only the sixth Kiwi to make three figures batting at number eight.
It was distracting my batting at the time so I had to come off.
You can't have Ravi playing in a one-day international and batting at eight, it doesn't make sense.
"I think the responsibility of batting at three should be given to a more senior player, " said Gillespie.
After starting the day on 50-1, Surrey were bowled out for 253, Andre Nel, batting at nine, top scoring with 35.
Johann Louw, batting at number nine, hit the first two balls he faced for six and raced to 23 off seven balls.
In addition to his first ball wicket on Sunday he hit a brisk 40, batting at number 11 in the first innings.
Matt Prior's batting at the top of the order but has had a few failures now and his confidence might start to go.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni paid tribue to Laxman, who was batting at number seven after injuring his back during Australia's first innings.
In this case, Cheney's batting at least third in the lineup here, and that gives us a sense of how broad the push-back is.
He averaged 58 batting at seven in the Tests, and helped to salvage each of three almost identical innings batting at six in the ODIs.
He made scores of 25 and 13 batting at three in the defeat by Western Australia - a result he described as a "small hiccup".
Giles' batting at number eight was key in two Ashes Tests in 2005, securing victory at Trent Bridge and a series-clinching draw at The Oval.
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Despite the presence of Ben Hutton batting at seven there was no sting from the Middlesex tail as they consistently lost wickets from then on.
The England glovesman scored 34 not out batting at eight in the visitors' first innings of 310, but was replaced in the field by teenager Richard Johnson.
Batting at number three, Flintoff hit one four and a six in his 12-ball stay before he was caught by Chris Benham off the bowling of Dimitri Mascarenhas.
"One of my abiding memories as a small boy is of Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson batting at Lord's to save the Test match against the Australians, " he said.
He has been batting at number five in four-day games for Tasmania while still opening in shorter forms of the game, the role he fulfils for Glamorgan in northern hemisphere seasons.
The all-rounder, who picked up the strain in the nets, only managed 11 runs batting at number six and will be replaced by Stuart Broad for the rest of the match.
While Strauss, with 87, provided the main thrust for England's batting at Old Trafford, the victory was set up by the bowlers who dismissed Australia for their lowest score so far in the series.
After batting at number six in the final Test of England's winter tour to Sri Lanka, skipper Nasser Hussain and coach Duncan Fletcher decided his elevation up the order could not be delayed any longer.
He fell to a brilliant diving catch by John Mooney off the final ball of the 45th over, but Bresnan, batting at a lowly number 10, hit two fours to at least take England past the 200 mark.
With Tim Ambrose back from England duty, Tony Frost gave up the wicketkeeping role but stayed in the side, batting at number three, and partly justified the move by making 25 out of 71 in 21 overs with Maddy.
Frustratingly, he should be more successful there than his average of 31 suggests and if he fails this week, I really have no idea who will be batting at number at three in the first Test against South Africa this winter.
But the tourists were further frustrated by a final-wicket partnership of 37 between Das, batting at nine after hitting 124 as an opener on the first day, and Shiv Sankar Paul, who took 5-61 on Saturday in England's first innings score of 225.
Three overs before the end of the innings rain intervened and prompted an early lunch, but Rahul Dravid, batting at six, hit two of the first three balls after the resumption for four, followed by a remarkable cover drive for six, 19 coming from the Broad over.
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