Who do you think was the best batsman to never score a test 50, 100, 150 and 200?

[wpdavid]

iirc Michael Vaughan never made a 200 despite getting close on several occasions circa 2002-2003.

 

[mr_mister]

Hansie Cronje's test best was only 135, if we consider him a great bat

 

[mr_mister]

Mohammad Azharuddin the most test centuries without converting one into a double (22 test tons, best of 199)


that's worth a shout

 

[Gnske]

Mark Waugh's highest score of 153 still surprises me.

But Rob Quiney never getting a ton was an absolute disgrace

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tino for the 100.

Nearly got there.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Mark Waugh's highest score of 153 still surprises me.

But Rob Quiney never getting a ton was an absolute disgrace

Absolute shoe-in for Best player to never make a 10

 

[Bijed]

Absolute shoe-in for Best player to never make a 10

Came so close, and positively raced there too! Shame he never recaptured the majesty of his debut innings

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Allan Lamb never reached 150 in 79 Tests and 14 hundreds. In fact his whole Test record is mysteriously mediocre for such a high quality batsman.

 

[turnstyle]

Hussey was a bit unlucky never to make a 200. Same with Martyn.

That whole generation barely made double tons. Wasn't there a stat floating around that Dizzy's was the last double scored for Australia outside of Oz before Steve Smith's double last summer? That's almost 10 years.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hussey was a bit unlucky never to make a 200. Same with Martyn.

That whole generation barely made double tons. Wasn't there a stat floating around that Dizzy's was the last double scored for Australia outside of Oz before Steve Smith's double last summer? That's almost 10 years.

If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that aggressive declarations and the especially aggressive cricket in general espoused by Waugh/Ponting/Clarkre was a major factor in that. Such that unless you were batting top 3, you would often be declared on well before 200 or throw your wicket away hunting a declaration.

 

[Dan]

Not to mention that we haven't been able to hold a bat overseas since about 2009

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not to mention that we haven't been able to hold a bat overseas since about 2009

no one has tbf

 

[Daemon]

If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that aggressive declarations and the especially aggressive cricket in general espoused by Waugh/Ponting/Clarkre was a major factor in that. Such that unless you were batting top 3, you would often be declared on well before 200 or throw your wicket away hunting a declaration.

Examples of this happening outside Australia?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Examples of this happening outside Australia?

Did I say it happened a lot outside Australia?

But I guess I can recall instances in England, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies a few times.

Adding on to that I'd think the Aus team would have had more innings wins than most, further reducing opportunities for big scores.

 

[adub]

Best batsman to never score a 200 in Herbert Sutcliffe

For the others it's really just good FC/ODI batsmen who for whatever reason didn't play many Tests, e.g. Michael Bevan doesn't have a Test ton

Bevo was my first thought. Immense batsman at everything except tests.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Imran Khan for 150/200

 

[mr_mister]

Keith Miller another who never hit 150

 

[harsh.ag]

WG for 200

 

[Coronis]

Imran Khan for 150/200

You think Imran is a better batsman than Sutcliffe?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

You think Imran is a better batsman than Sutcliffe?

No