As on 2020 - TOP 100 Greatest Cricket Batsmen of All Time

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30. Allan Border


Experience: 1978-94
Country: Australia
Other major teams: Es***, New South Wales
Career stats in Tests: 156 matches, 11,174 runs, 50.56 average, 41.38 strike rate, 205 highest score, 27 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 273 matches, 6,524 runs, 30.62 average, 71.42 strike rate, 127 highest score, 3 100s


When Allan Border retired, he had played the most number of Tests (156), amassed the most number of runs (11,174) and played in the most consecutive Tests (153). He was a superstar on the Australian team and set a solid foundation, which helped the Aussies become the world’s best team later.
The Allan Border Medal is the most prestigious individual prize in Australian men's cricket, awarded to the best Australian player yearly, and shows Border’s contribution to Australian cricket.
Border scored 5,168 runs at an average of 60.09 between 1983 and 1989, the most by any player during the period. Unlike most batsmen, the left-hander averaged more in away Tests (56.67) than home (45.94).

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29. Mohammad Yousuf


Experience: 1999-2016
Country: Pakistan
Other major teams: Lahore, Lancashire
Career stats in Tests: 90 matches, 7,530 runs, 52.29 average, 52.39 strike rate, 223 highest score, 24 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 288 matches, 9,720 runs, 41.71 average, 75.10 strike rate, 141 highest score, 15 100s


Mohammad Yousuf was the epitome of class and elegance in batting. He was the linchpin of the Pakistan middle order in the 2000s along with Inzamam Ul Haq. Yousuf is the second-highest run-getter for Pakistan in ODIs and fourth-highest run-getter in Tests.
Yousuf set the world record of most runs in a calendar year in 2006 in Tests as he scored 1,788 runs in 11 matches at an average of 99.33, including nine hundreds. He scored six centuries in five consecutive Tests during the year, which is a still a world record.

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28. Len Hutton


Experience: 1937-55
Country: England
Other major teams: Yorkshire
Career stats in Tests: 79 matches, 6,971 runs, 56.67 average, 364 highest score, 19 100s


Len Hutton has the best Test average, 56.47, among openers who have scored 5,000-plus runs. He formed a successful opening pair with Cyril Washbrook, and the duo added 2,880 runs at an average of 60.00, the fifth-best of all time.
He played a marathon innings, 364 in 847 balls against Australia at the Oval in 1938, which is still the longest in terms of balls faced. England won the match by an innings and 579 runs in a one-sided affair.
Hutton’s Test average, 56.67 is seventh-highest of all time. Before the Second World War, Hutton scored 1,345 runs in 13 Tests at a phenomenal average of 67.25. After the war, he made 5,626 runs at a healthy average of 54.62.

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27. Alastair Cook


Experience: 2006-18
Country: England
Other major teams: Es***, MCC
Career stats in Tests: 161 matches, 12,472 runs, 45.35 average, 46.95 strike rate, 294 highest score, 33 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 92 matches, 3,204 runs, 36.40 average, 77.13 strike rate, 137 highest score, 5 100s


Alastair Cook was not an elegant batsman but was really effective. He scored more runs (11,845) than any other opener in Tests, 2,238 runs more than the second-best Sunil Gavaskar.
Cook started his Test career on a bright note by scoring a hundred (104) and hung up his gloves with a century (147) as well. He suffered many ups and downs in his career yet holds the record of playing the most Tests on the trot, 159.
His ability to play longer periods was remarkable, and his concentration levels were top-notch. His five double hundreds underline the same. He turned to beast mode in the 2010-11 Ashes and made 766 runs, which helped England win in Australia after 24 years.

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26. Ken Barrington


Experience: 1955-68
Country: England
Other major teams: Surrey
Career stats in Tests: 82 matches, 6,806 runs, 58.67 average, 256 highest score, 20 100s


Ken Barrington curbed his natural attacking style and removed some shots to play risk-free cricket after being dropped from the Test team. The revamped style did wonders for him, and he never looked back.
He holds the record of third-best average, 58.67 in Tests (minimum 5,000 runs). Normally, players have a better average in first-class cricket compared to Tests, but Barrington only averaged 45.63 in first-class cricket, 13 less than his Test average.
The English great had exceptional numbers at No.3, scoring 2,626 runs at an incredible average of 77.24, which is the second-best of all time, only behind Bradman (103.63).