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

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25. Younis Khan


Experience: 2000-17
Country: Pakistan
Other major teams: Nottinghamshire, Surrey
Career stats in Tests: 118 matches, 10,099 runs, 52.05 average, 52.12 strike rate, 313 highest score, 34 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 265 matches, 7,249 runs, 31.24 average, 75.29 strike rate, 144 highest score, 7 100s


Younis Khan is the only Pakistan player to score 10,000-plus runs in Tests and holds the record of most hundreds (34) by a Pakistani as well. In the high-octane clashes against India, Younis came out on top and made 1,321 runs at an average 88.06, the third-best after Everton Weekes (1,495 at 106.78) and Andy Flower (1,138 at 94.83).
The right-hander holds the record of the most centuries in fourth innings (five) and made 1,465 runs at an average of 50.52. He is the only player to score hundreds in 11 countries (Australia, Bangladesh, India, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, UAE and West Indies.)
He had a decent ODI career as well. Although he didn’t score at a good pace, he played the role of a sheet anchor to perfection.

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24. Matthew Hayden


Experience: 1994-2009
Country: Australia
Other major teams: Queensland, Hampshire, Chennai Super Kings
Career stats in Tests: 103 matches, 8,625 runs, 50.73 average, 60.10 strike rate, 380 highest score, 30 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 161 matches, 6,133 runs, 43.80 average, 78.96 strike rate, 181 highest score, 10 100s


Matthew Hayden is one of the most destructive openers of all time. He formed a solid opening pair with Justin Langer in Tests and forged a devastating opening pair with Adam Gilchrist in limited-over formats.
Hayden scored 1,000 runs in a calendar year for five consecutive years, most by any batsman. He also scored four hundreds in as many Tests three times.
After finding it tough to establish himself in ODIs in the early years, "Haydos" became the No.1 player in the world in all three formats — a feat achieved only by Virat Kohli and Ricky Ponting. Hayden was the highest run-getter in Australia’s victorious campaign in the 2007 World Cup, scoring 659 runs at an average of 73.22 and a strike rate of 101.07.

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23. Javed Miandad


Experience: 1976-96
Country: Pakistan
Other major teams: Karachi, Glamorgan
Career stats in Tests: 124 matches, 8,832 runs, 52.57 average, 58.24 strike rate, 280 highest score, 23 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 233 matches, 7,381 runs, 41.70 average, 67.01 strike rate, 119 highest score, 10 100s


Javed Miandad is arguably the greatest batsman of Pakistan. He scored consistently, and his average in Tests never went below 50.
Miandad is fondly remembered for his last-ball six against India in the Australasia Cup in the 1986 final. Pakistan needed six runs to win the match, and he deposited the Chetan Sharma delivery into the stands.
He scored 437 runs at an average of 62.60, including five fifties in Pakistan’s victorious campaign in the 1992 World Cup.

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22. Virender Sehwag


Experience: 1999-2013
Country: India
Other major teams: Delhi, Delhi Daredevils
Career stats in Tests: 104 matches, 8,586 runs, 49.34 average, 82.23 strike rate, 319 highest score, 23 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 251 matches, 8,273 runs, 35.05 average, 104.33 strike rate, 219 highest score, 15 100s


Virender Sehwag is arguably the best opening batsman across formats. He gave flying starts irrespective of formats. His strike rates of 82.23 in Tests and 104.33 in ODIs are phenomenal.
Sehwag’s performance was the key when India became the No.1 team in Tests for the first time in 2009. His 293 helped India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs.
He had a habit of hitting daddy hundreds as he hit 14 150-plus scores in Tests, including two triple hundreds.
Most batsmen play freely till 90s and press the caution ****on when they move toward the three-figure mark, not Sehwag. "Viru" dealt in boundaries and hit sixes after he reached 90s. He even hit a six to reach 300 against Pakistan at Multan in 2004.

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21. Steve Waugh


Experience: 1985-2004
Country: Australia
Other major teams: Kent, New South Wales
Career stats in Tests: 168 matches, 10,297 runs, 51.06 average, 48.64 strike rate, 200 highest score, 32 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 325 matches, 7,569 runs, 32.90 average, 75.91 strike rate, 120 highest score, 3 100s


Steve Waugh was the second-highest run-getter at the No.5 position in Tests, scoring 6,754 runs at an incredible average of 56.28. To succeed at the No.5 position, you have to bat with the tail, and he scored more runs than anyone else while batting with tail-enders, 4,065 runs.
The "Ice Man" was prolific in the Ashes and amassed 3,200 runs at an exceptional average of 58.18, and his run tally is only behind Don Bradman (5,028), Jack Hobbs (3,636) and Allan Border (3,548)
Waugh scored a majestic 120 (110) against South Africa in the Super Six stage of the 1999 World Cup, and from there, Australia was on a roll and went onto win the World Cup.