Who was the best middle order batsmen against genuine pace bowling?

[Harsh Thakor]

This is my list of the best middle-order batsmen against genuine or express pace in order of merit.It does not asess overall merit.My order of placings maybe controversial and tentative.Really hard where to place Bradman,Tendulkar and Lara or the likes of Pieterson and Gower.Read my earlier articles to asess merit of batsmen listed.

1.Viv Richards
2.Rohan Kanhai
3.Gary Sobers
4.Don Bradman
5.Colin Cowdrey
6.Ian Chappel
7.Inzamam Ul Haq
8.Ricky Ponting
9.David Gower
10.Kevin Pieterson
11.Gundappa Vishwanath
12.Sachin Tendulkar
13.Alan Border
14.Greg Chappell
15.Clive Lloyd
16.Brian Lara
17.Ted Dexter
18.Alvin Kalicharan
19.Mark Waugh
20.Mohinder Amarnath
21.Wasim Raja
22.Javed Miandad
23.Dilip Vengsarkar
24.Aravinda de'silva
25.Kim Hughes




Maybe controversially left out Tendulkar or Lara

 

[sl-fan-of-pak]

Aravinda De Silva

 

[Asif khan]

Ricky Ponting

 

[Proactive_]

Inzamam.. has legendary records in Aus and SA to boot.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Inzamam.. has legendary records in Aus and SA to boot.

One thing is for certain tho, the man's legs never shook

If you know what I mean

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Ponting and Lara below Inzamam?

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Wasim Akram's XI:

Sunil Gavaskar
Desmond Haynes
Martin Crowe
Mark Taylor
Sanath Jayasuriya
Alec Stewart
Andy Flower
Carl Hooper
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist
Inzamam-ul-Haq

Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/562279.html

 

[msb314]

Ponting

 

[Godhelpma]

Brain Lara closely followed by Rickey ponting in last 25 years ' period .

 

[Hasan123]

The best I have seen are,

ABD
KP
Ponting
Sachin


Its not in order, just 4 of the best I have seen versus pace.