5. Wally Hammond, one of the Top Ten Greatest Batsmen of All Time
Batting Style : Right-Handed Batsman
Wally Hammond is given the fifth position in our list of Top Ten Greatest English Batsmen of All Time. The judgment of cricket history is that the greatest batsmen to have played the game has known are WG Grace, Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond and Don Bradman. His career aggregate of runs was the highest in Test cricket until it was surpassed by Colin Cowdrey in 1970 and his total of 22 Test centuries remained an English record until Alastair Cook surpassed it in December 2012. Between 1920 and 1951 he scored 50,493 runs, with 167 centuries and an average of 56.10.
Tests:
| Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 50/100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 7249 | 58.45 | 336* | 24/22 |