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Which were the best batsmen ever to average less than 50 in test cricket?


Which were the best batsmen ever to average less than 50 in test cricket?  

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  1. 1. Which was the best batsmen ever to average less than 50 in test cricket?

    • Martin Crowe
    • Mohammad Azharuddin
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    • Rohan Kanhai
    • Colin Cowdrey
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    • David Gower
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    • Mark Waugh
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    • Ted Dexter
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    • Gordon Greenidge
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    • Ian Chappell
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    • Zaheer Abbas
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    • Gundappa Vishwanath
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    • Hanif Mohammad
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    • Geoff Boycott
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    • Mohinder Amarnath
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    • Majid Khan
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    • Peter May
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    • V.V.S.Laxman
    • Kevin Pieterson
    • Frank Worrell
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    • Inzamam Ul Haq
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Averaging above 50 is generally the  landmark of a great batsmen.There have been batsmen with great depths of talent but temperament has denied them this scale.Still there have been many batsmen who averaged less than 50 or even 45 who were compared or even rated on par with the best batsmen of their eras.Statistics did not do true justice to their true stature.

 

This is my list of the best batsmen who averaged under 50 in test cricket in my order of merit.Really very hard to seperate them.

 

1.Rohan Kanhai

2.Graham Gooch

3.Frank Worrell

4.Ian Chappell

5.Ted Dexter

6.Clive Lloyd

7.Gordon Greenidge

8.Inzamam Ul Haq

9.Neil Harvey

10.Peter May

11.Colin Cowdrey

12.David Gower

13.Martin Crowe

14.Kevin Pieterson

15.Zaheer Abbas/Gundappa Vishwanath

17.V.V.S.Laxman

18.Hanif Mohammad

19Geoff Boycott

20.Mark Waugh

21.Majid Khan

22.Mohammad Azharuddin

23Aravinda De Silva

24.Salim Malik

25,Mohinder Amarnath

 

 

 

 

 Kanhai ranked at the top as reached dazzling heights of batsmanship perhaps no batsmen ever attained.Some experts ranked him above even Sobers as a batsmen.If he had done justice to his talent he would have averaged over 60 .In John Woodcock's view no one batted as much like Bradman as Kanhai who traversed regions in batting no one did,reminiscent of a musical composer.Averaged over 58 in matches one and 53 at one down.

 

Gooch was the scourge of the greatest pace attack ever averaging over 57 in the Carribean against the quartet with 2 brilliant back to back centuries.Arguably the best opener against express pace.Has to his credit amongst the greatest test innings ever when scoring 154 in 1991 v West Indies.He also destroyed spin bowling against India home and away.

 

Worrel wast he epitome of grace and technical skill and executed some of the finest innings in difficult conditions.

 

Ian Chappell was the ultimate batsmen in a crisis to ressurect a team from the grave,He averaged over 50 at one down In 1979  and was master of both great pace and spin.In 1979 Gary Sobers ranked Ian as the best batsmen in the world as he oversdaowed even brother Greg or Viv Richards when the chips were down..

 

Clive Lloyd was consistency personified in a crisis and hit the ball as hard as any great left -hander.Very prolific on the  bouncy Australian tracks as well as the turning surfaces in India.

 

Greenidge combined attacking agression with solidity in defence as few batsmen and for a while was the best  batsmen in the world.

 

Inzamam was the ultimate match-winning batsmen of his day  who arguably negotiated genuine pace better than anyone of his era.

 

Neil Harvey was master on bad wickets.

 

Dexter was the most combative batsmen of his age,at his best in the most difficult conditions and situations and the best attacks.

 

 

May was close to the most complete of batsmen.

 

On his day Cowdrey was close to as perfect as any batsmen could be taking the best attacks to the sword.Very prolific against great pace.

 

 

Gower ,took batting grace to regions of the sublime and was prolific on the fast Australian tracks as well as the turning sub-continent wickets.

 

Crowe was the most consummate batsmen of his era blending supreme technical skill with creative genius.Scored 188 in 1985 in the West Indies against the great pace quartet and averaged over 66 in Australia.

 

Pieterson took domination of bowling to its highest scale resembling Viv Richards and was the ultimate match-winner ,particularly in the Ashes series. Also prolific in India.

 

Zaheer and Vishy took bating artistry to regions of divinty and it is almost impossible to separate the 2

 

Laxman was the best batting performer of his day in 4th innings  run chases and revealed batting genius of the depths of Lara and Tendulkar.Played some of the greatest test innings of all time that too against the best team of his day.

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Hanif took technical skill in batting to its highest zenith being the ultimate man to register a mammoth score.

 

Boycott was the ultimate epitome of batting solidity and was the hardest batsmen to dislodge in his era.

 

Mark Waugh on his day could join Lara and Sachin and was more complete than brother Steve.

 

Majid took batting genius to depths on bad wickets as noone of his time playing dazzling knocks against the best of bowling attacks.,joining the gods of Olympus on his day.

 

Azharuddin took batting artistry to realms rarely  explored.Made batting like a mere exhibition.

 

Aravinda was supreme on bad wickets and in a crisis.

 

 

Malik was the ultimate man to retrieve a sinking ship and on his day gave as dazzling a display of strokeplay as anyone.

 

Mohinder at his best played great pace bowling better than any batsmen ever and was close to the most technically correct batsmen of his time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Harsh Thakor
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5 minutes ago, Harsh Thakor said:

A great choice . better than Azhar,Inzamam ,Laxman? I complement you but what is the main factor of choice?

A premier batsman, who did extremely well vs WI .... I think he has 3 100s vs WI in the 80s in just 7 tests 

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