10 Cricketers who batted on all five days of a Test match

#5. Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri batted on all 5 days of the 1984 Kolkata Test against England

The current Indian coach became the second Indian player to bat on all five days of a Test in 1984. Shastri scored 111 in his first innings and 7 not out in the second. The Test was against England at Kolkata in 1984.

The five-match Test series was delicately poised with both teams winning a Test each. India won the first Test at Mumbai by a margin of eight wickets and England came back strongly in the second Test at Delhi to win by the same margin of eight wickets.

The third Test was at Kolkata and was largely affected by rain and bad light. Batting first, India scored 437 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 200 overs. The innings was played across the first four days. Shastri ended day 1 on 26, could not open his account on day 2, scored another 82 on day 3 and was finally dismissed on 111 on the fourth day. He added 214 runs with Mohammad Azharuddin and guided India to a score of 437 for 7 when they declared the innings on day 4.

England were bowled out for 276 runs in their first innings and India had 18 overs to negotiate on the fifth day. Shastri opened the batting in India's second innings on day 5 and scored an unbeaten 7 of 50 balls.

The two teams would play at Chennai and Kanpur next -- England winning the first and the series by a margin of 2-1 with the Kanpur Test ending in a draw.

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#6. Adrian Griffith

West Indies were way past their prime in 1999 and were expected to struggle in the two-match Test series against hosts New Zealand.

West Indies got off to a blazing start in the first Test as the openers added 276 runs in 89.1 overs at Hamilton. A tall left-handed opener, Griffith scored 114 while his opening partner Sherwin Campbell scored 170. He was dismissed on the second day of the Test. Despite the start provided by the openers, West Indies were bundled out for just 365 in their first innings. New Zealand would score 393 as a reply in their first innings.

The West Indies openers came in to bat at the end of day 3 and Griffith survived the solitary over. The fourth day was affected by rain and only 29.1 overs were bowled and Griffith ended the day unbeaten on 14. He was dismissed on 18 by Chris Cairns on day 5 and West Indies were bowled out for 97 in the third innings. New Zealand won the Test by 9 wickets and subsequently the series by a margin of 2-0.

Griffith scored 638 runs in 14 Tests from the year 1997 to 2000.

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#7 Andrew Flintoff

Flintoff batted on all 5 days of the 2006 Mohali Test

The Test series between India and England in India in 2006 saw some exciting cricket being played by both sides. The first Test in Nagpur ended in a high-scoring draw and attention shifted to Mohali for the second Test.

Batting first, England scored 300 with Flintoff scoring 70 runs. He scored four runs on day 1, 22 runs on a rain-affected day 2 and 44 on the third day. He added 103 runs with keeper-batsman Geraint Jones and led England to a respectable total. India would reply with 338 runs in their first innings.

Flintoff would then score another half-century in England's second innings -- 16 runs on day 4 and 35 on day 5. England would lose the Mohali Test, but came back strongly to beat India in Mumbai and draw the series 1-1.