Who are the greatest batsman to have never scored a double century in Test cricket?

[msb314]

Some names that came into mind:

- Saeed Amwar
- Mohammad Azharuddin
- Mark Waugh
- Damien Martyn
- Imran Khan
- Michael Vaughan
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Michael Hussey

Feel free to add more

 

[Ab Fan]

Imran Khan
Shikhar Dhawan
Tilakeratne Dilshan

They weren't great test batsmen to start with.

Hussey is the only one to average over 50 without a single double hundred.

 

[Ab Fan]

Misbah ul haq is another one.

 

[Abdullah719]

Imran Khan
Shikhar Dhawan
Tilakeratne Dilshan

They weren't great test batsmen to start with.

Hussey is the only one to average over 50 without a single double hundred.

And Sutcliffe.

 

[maxamax]

Saeed Anwar?

 

[Harsh Thakor]

To me Ian Chappell ,Majid Khan ,Mark Waugh Azharuddin and Dilip Vengsarkar,in that order.Ian was arguably the best batsmen in the world for a time .On his day Majid was an equal of Viv Richards.Mark Waugh at his best was an equal of Sachin or Lara.My ultimate pick would be Ian Chappell,the best of al batsmen in a crisis .Azhar was arguably the most artistic of all. in peak era Vengsarkar was the best batsmen in the world.

 

[babajee]

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi

 

[msb314]

Imran Khan
Shikhar Dhawan
Tilakeratne Dilshan

They weren't great test batsmen to start with.

Hussey is the only one to average over 50 without a single double hundred.

And Sutcliffe.

Yes unfortunately I do not know much about the pre-WW2 batsman.

Also Charlie Davis of the WI averaged 54.2 in Test Cricket but his highest score to date was 183.

 

[Rayyman]

Faf Du Plessis, Asad Shafiq and Angelo Mathews.

 

[Justcrazy]

Azhar came very close 199 .

 

[jeetu]

Min 2000 runs , avg 40+

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[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]HS [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]H Sutcliffe (ENG) [/td][td]1924-1935 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]4555 [/td][td]194 [/td][td]60.73 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MEK Hussey (AUS) [/td][td]2005-2013 [/td][td]79 [/td][td]6235 [/td][td]195 [/td][td]51.52 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]29 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]B Mitchell (SA) [/td][td]1929-1949 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]3471 [/td][td]189* [/td][td]48.88 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]21 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]VS Hazare (INDIA) [/td][td]1946-1953 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]2192 [/td][td]164* [/td][td]47.65 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) [/td][td]2001-2017 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]5222 [/td][td]161* [/td][td]46.62 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]39 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AL Hassett (AUS) [/td][td]1938-1953 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3073 [/td][td]198* [/td][td]46.56 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]F du Plessis (SA) [/td][td]2012-2017 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]2839 [/td][td]137 [/td][td]46.54 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DR Martyn (AUS) [/td][td]1992-2006 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]4406 [/td][td]165 [/td][td]46.37 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Leyland (ENG) [/td][td]1928-1938 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]2764 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]46.06 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WM Woodfull (AUS) [/td][td]1926-1934 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]2300 [/td][td]161 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NCL O'Neill (AUS) [/td][td]1958-1965 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]2779 [/td][td]181 [/td][td]45.55 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Anwar (PAK) [/td][td]1990-2001 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]4052 [/td][td]188* [/td][td]45.52 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]25 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Azharuddin (INDIA) [/td][td]1984-2000 [/td][td]99 [/td][td]6215 [/td][td]199 [/td][td]45.03 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]21 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Katich (AUS) [/td][td]2001-2010 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]4188 [/td][td]157 [/td][td]45.03 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]25 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MH Richardson (NZ) [/td][td]2000-2004 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]2776 [/td][td]145 [/td][td]44.77 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AI Kallicharran (WI) [/td][td]1972-1981 [/td][td]66 [/td][td]4399 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]44.43 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]21 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RB Richardson (WI) [/td][td]1983-1995 [/td][td]86 [/td][td]5949 [/td][td]194 [/td][td]44.39 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]27 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AH Jones (NZ) [/td][td]1987-1995 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]2922 [/td][td]186 [/td][td]44.27 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AD Mathews (SL) [/td][td]2009-2017 [/td][td]72 [/td][td]4914 [/td][td]160 [/td][td]44.27 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AM Rahane (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2017 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]2826 [/td][td]188 [/td][td]44.15 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MC Cowdrey (ENG) [/td][td]1954-1975 [/td][td]114 [/td][td]7624 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]44.06 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]38 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]LD Chandimal (SL) [/td][td]2011-2017 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]3296 [/td][td]164 [/td][td]43.94 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]S Dhawan (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2017 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]2014 [/td][td]190 [/td][td]43.78 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RA Smith (ENG) [/td][td]1988-1996 [/td][td]62 [/td][td]4236 [/td][td]175 [/td][td]43.67 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IR Redpath (AUS) [/td][td]1964-1976 [/td][td]66 [/td][td]4737 [/td][td]171 [/td][td]43.45 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]31 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CJL Rogers (AUS) [/td][td]2008-2015 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]2015 [/td][td]173 [/td][td]42.87 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]C Washbrook (ENG) [/td][td]1937-1956 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]2569 [/td][td]195 [/td][td]42.81 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Amarnath (INDIA) [/td][td]1969-1988 [/td][td]69 [/td][td]4378 [/td][td]138 [/td][td]42.5 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RC Fredericks (WI) [/td][td]1968-1977 [/td][td]59 [/td][td]4334 [/td][td]169 [/td][td]42.49 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]26 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IM Chappell (AUS) [/td][td]1964-1980 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]5345 [/td][td]196 [/td][td]42.42 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]26 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JB Stollmeyer (WI) [/td][td]1939-1955 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]2159 [/td][td]160 [/td][td]42.33 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]D Elgar (SA) [/td][td]2012-2017 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]2623 [/td][td]199 [/td][td]42.3 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DL Haynes (WI) [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]116 [/td][td]7487 [/td][td]184 [/td][td]42.29 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]39 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DB Vengsarkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1976-1992 [/td][td]116 [/td][td]6868 [/td][td]166 [/td][td]42.13 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]35 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ME Waugh (AUS) [/td][td]1991-2002 [/td][td]128 [/td][td]8029 [/td][td]153* [/td][td]41.81 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]47 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CG Macartney (AUS) [/td][td]1907-1926 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]2131 [/td][td]170 [/td][td]41.78 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AG Prince (SA) [/td][td]2002-2011 [/td][td]66 [/td][td]3665 [/td][td]162* [/td][td]41.64 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Vijay (INDIA) [/td][td]2008-2017 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]3700 [/td][td]167 [/td][td]41.57 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MP Vaughan (ENG) [/td][td]1999-2008 [/td][td]82 [/td][td]5719 [/td][td]197 [/td][td]41.44 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KC Wessels (AUS/SA) [/td][td]1982-1994 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]2788 [/td][td]179 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TM Dilshan (SL) [/td][td]1999-2013 [/td][td]87 [/td][td]5492 [/td][td]193 [/td][td]40.98 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AJ Strauss (ENG) [/td][td]2004-2012 [/td][td]100 [/td][td]7037 [/td][td]177 [/td][td]40.91 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]27 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HW Taylor (SA) [/td][td]1912-1932 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]2936 [/td][td]176 [/td][td]40.77 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]LEG Ames (ENG) [/td][td]1929-1939 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]2434 [/td][td]149 [/td][td]40.56 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]W Bardsley (AUS) [/td][td]1909-1926 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]2469 [/td][td]193* [/td][td]40.47 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AW Greig (ENG) [/td][td]1972-1977 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]3599 [/td][td]148 [/td][td]40.43 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Ahmed (PAK) [/td][td]1958-1973 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]2991 [/td][td]172 [/td][td]40.41 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MJ Prior (ENG) [/td][td]2007-2014 [/td][td]79 [/td][td]4099 [/td][td]131* [/td][td]40.18 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sarfraz Ahmed (PAK) [/td][td]2010-2017 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]2208 [/td][td]112 [/td][td]40.14 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BL D'Oliveira (ENG) [/td][td]1966-1972 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2484 [/td][td]158 [/td][td]40.06 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
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[Mamoon]

It is remarkable to note that Kallis scored his first double-ton in 2010, after 130+ Tests.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Sorry pakpassion readers I forgot the names of Herbert Sutcclife and Colin Cowdrey.They were simply batting maestros.I also forgot Mohinder Amarnath and Alvin Kalicharan.Cowdrey at his best was in the Sobers class playing pace bowling beter than anyone in his day.For a while Kalicharan was arguably the best batsmen in the world before the arrival of Viv Richards.Kali could mesmerize the best of pace and spin attacks resembling a left -handed Kanhai.No batsmen tackled the great Calypso quartet as competently as Amarnath did in the 1983 series.Sorry to forget the blistering Saed Anwar and the fleet-footed Asif Iqbal.




My revised list in order of merit of batsmen who did not score a double century.

1.Herbert Sutcliffe
2.Colin Cowdrey
3.Ian Chappell
4.Majid Khan
5.Mark Waugh
6.Alvin Kalicharan
7.Mohammad Azharrudin
8.Dilip Vengsarkar
9.Saed Anwar
10.Asif Iqbal
11.Mohinder Amarnath
12.Keith Miller

Herbert Sutcliffe was the ultimate man to stick out in the middle and hi test average spoke for itself..lan Chappell was the best batsmen in a crisis even ahead of Viv and brother Greg.Cowdrey and Majid were the most talented with Waugh and Azhar just a notch behind.For a while Vengsarkar in the mid 1980's was the best batsmen in the world,scoring abundantly against the great Calypso pace attack and in England.Asif Iqbal became great no 6 batsmen late in his career when scoring sucesive centuries in Australia and West Indies in 1976-77.I rank Keith Miller a better batsmen than Kapil Dev or Imran Khan.

Rated Cowdrey so high because of his being so prolific against West Indies as well as Ian Chappell who was arguably at one juncture the best batsmen in the world.From 1972 to 1977 Majid was close to the Greg Chappell class.

 

[Rightarmfast]

Some names that came into mind:

- Saeed Amwar
- Mohammad Azharuddin
- Mark Waugh
- Damien Martyn
- Imran Khan
- Michael Vaughan
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Michael Hussey

Feel free to add more

Imran Khan, a great batsman? No way, he can't be in that list at all.

Dhawan and Rahane are too new to be in that list.