Legendary XI Of Cricketers With Most Test Appearances By Considering Batting Position

The cricketers do have their confidence boosted when they are assigned a certain role in the team and it is not easy to hold on to a position in the side without consistent performances. The legends have managed to own their places in the squad and the batsman do like to keep their position secure always to keep concentrating on the game.

Also, it is a very tough task for any player to appear for more than 100 Tests and it takes immense levels of fitness to achieve the feat. Especially the fast bowlers have always undergone a lot of injuries while the batman had to get through some tough times in tests by grinding out the bowlers patiently. It does take a lot of mental pressure too and here is the legendary XI of cricketers with most Test appearances by batting position.

Legendary XI Of Cricketers With Most Test Appearances By Batting Position:

Alastair Cook:

Alastair Cook announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2018 at the age of 34 and he would have gone past a lot of records if he had played for a lot more years for England. The former left-handed opener has made 161 Test appearances and has scored 12472 runs at an average of 45.4.

Cook had a phenomenal career in the longer format scoring 33 centuries and 57 fifties. He was the captain of the Test side since Andrew Strauss’s retirement and no other England batsman has reached the 10,000-mark in Tests.

Sunil Gavaskar:

Sunil Gavaskar is one of the all-time greats to have played the game and he indeed had a great career in Tests. He opened for India most of his career and has made 125 Test appearances scoring 10,122 runs at an average of 51.1.

Sunil Gavaskar holds the record for being the first batsmen in test cricket to cross the landmark of 10,000 runs and it wasn’t an easy achievement considering the famous West Indian attack in those times. Gavaskar has hit 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries in his Test career.

Rahul Dravid:

Rahul Dravid who is popularly called, “The Wall” of Indian cricket is another legend and he always looked like he was born for Test cricket. Dravid holds the record for facing the most numbers of balls in Test cricket and his excellent technique was always a hallmark.

Dravid played a very important role at number three for India and he appeared in 164 Tests scoring 13288 runs at an average of 52.3. He scored 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries in his career and the legendary batsmen stood up when India needed him.

Sachin Tendulkar:

The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest batsmen to have played the game. Having started his international career at the age of 16, Sachin played for nearly 24 years in international cricket and is the only man in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.

Sachin is the all-time leading run-scorer in Test cricket too with 15921 runs in 200 Test matches at an average of 53.8. He scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in his career and he played for India at the number four position mostly.

Steve Waugh:

Steve Waugh will go down as one of the Australian legends who dominated the world with his captaincy. The medium-pace bowling all-rounder made 168 appearances for his nation in test cricket scoring 10927 runs at an average of 51.1.

Waugh scored 32 Tests centuries and 50 half-centuries and he used to bat at the number five position for Australia in the famous batting order. Waugh is the most successful test captain in Test cricket so far with a win percentage of 72.

Ian Botham:

Ian Botham is one of the greatest all-rounders, the world has ever seen in the cricket field and he was an excellent middle-order batsman apart from taking a lot of wickets with his medium-pace bowling too.

Botham played at number six for England mostly scoring 5200 runs in 102 Tests at an average of 33.5. He also picked up 383 wickets at an average of 28.4 with 27 five-wicket hauls. He was an aggressive batsman who took on some of the best bowlers at the time with ease.

Mark Boucher:

Mark Boucher will go down as one of the greatest wicket keepers of all time with his phenomenal takes and his contributions down the order. Boucher holds the record for most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper with 555 in his name.

He batted at the number seven position mostly for South Africa in Test cricket and played an astonishing 147 Tests scoring 5515 runs at an average of 30.3. Boucher scored five centuries and 35 half-centuries in Test cricket along with a lot of crucial knocks.

Shane Warne:

Shane Warne is one of the greatest spinners of all time and he is the second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 708 wickets in 145 Tests for Australia at an average of 25.4. He was extraordinary with his variations and he was an extremely difficult bowler to play.

Warner picked up 37 five-wicket hauls and the leg spinner extracted a massive amount of turn from the pitch always. He was a handy batsman down the order for Australia at number eight with scoring 3154 Test runs and has scored 12 half-centuries.

Curtly Ambrose:

Curtly Ambrose was one of the key bowlers for the West Indies in their famous pace attack that destroyed the batting lineups across the world and he played 98 Tests for his nation picking up 405 wickets at an average of 21.

Ambrose played at the number nine position for his side mostly and he had scored a half-century in Test cricket. He is one of the greatest bowlers to have played the game and his height always was an added advantage.

Stuart Broad:

Stuart Broad is the only active cricketer on the list and he will also go down as one of England’s greatest bowlers when he finishes his career. Broad has made 147 appearances for his nation and has picked up 518 wickets at an average of 27.9.

He was an excellent exponent of swing bowling and took the new ball alongside James Anderson to become a potent bowling pair. The 34-year-old has picked up 18 five-wicket hauls and he played at the number ten position mostly with 13 half-centuries and one century for the seamer.

Glenn Mcgrath:

Glenn Mcgrath is one of the all-time greats of cricket with his excellent pace and accuracy in bowling and he kept testing the batsmen by bowling at the right lengths. The Australian fast bowler made 124 appearances in Test cricket picking up 563 wickets at an average of 21.6.

Mcgrath picked up 29 five-wicket-hauls in his Test career and always played as the last batsmen in the batting order. However, he has hit one half-century in Tests and is popularly called the “pigeon”.