Your best batsmen who averaged between 40-45 in Test cricket?

[Harsh Thakor]

1.Graham Gooch
2.Ian Chapell
3.Colin Cowdrey
4.David Gower
5.Gordon Greenidge

Gooch at top because of mastery against express pace as an opener.Ian Chappell rated so high because he was the best batsmen of his time in a crisis overshadowing even brother Greg and Viv Richards,averaging 50.94 at one down position.Colin Cowdrey could bat like a magician on his day and was outstanding on fast track or against genuine pace. Gower was simply elegance personified who took the art of batting to it's sublime depth.For a period in the 80's Greenidge was arguably the best batsmen in the world and emulated compatriot Barry Richards more than any one.At his best he blended technical skill and attacking agression better than anyone of his time which arguably made him him the 1st choice for an opening batsmen in a test xi of the 1980s.

Just missed out were Dilip Vengsarkar,Zaheer Abbas,Gundappa Vishwanath,Mark Waugh and Majid Khan.

 

[Ab Fan]

1.Graham Gooch
2.Ian Chapell
3.Colin Cowdrey
4.David Gower
5.Gordon Greenidge

Gooch at top because of mastery against express pace as an opener.Ian Chappell rated so high because he was the best batsmen of his time in a crisis overshadowing even brother Greg and Viv Richards,averaging 50.94 at one down position.Colin Cowdrey could bat like a magician on his day and was outstanding on fast track or against genuine pace. Gower was simply elegance personified who took the art of batting to it's sublime depth.For a period in the 80's Greenidge was arguably the best batsmen in the world and emulated compatriot Barry Richards more than any one.At his best he blended technical skill and attacking agression better than anyone of his time which arguably made him him the 1st choice for an opening batsmen in a test xi of the 1980s.

Just missed out were Dilip Vengsarkar,Zaheer Abbas,Gundappa Vishwanath,Mark Waugh and Majid Khan.

Gooch
Greenidge
Chappell
Gower
Waugh

 

[ExpressPacer]

Including Gower and Cowdrey, and maybe even Chappel over Zaheer Abbas is criminal.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Including Gower and Cowdrey, and maybe even Chappell over Zaheer Abbas is criminal.

Zaheer was the best stylist,best on flat wickets and against spin bowling but was not at his best facing genuine pace.Ian Chappell was far more durable in a crisis while Gower and Cowdrey had better records against top pace.Remember Cowdrey's centuries in West Indies and Gower's batting against the top Aussie quicks as well as 154 at Kingston against top Calypso quicks.Ian averaged over 50 at one down which was sremarkable.Also see run aggregate and no of centuries of Cowdrey and Gower and then make this statement.

 

[QalandarFan]

Hanif Mohammad definitely has to be in my list,

Few others who were pretty good - Alec stewart, Micheal Slater, Gary Kristen, Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Mark Taylor.