A combined all-time Test XI from India and England

#5 Ken Barrington

Barrington ensured bowlers had to work incredibly hard to earn his wicket

Although there might have been slightly more attacking middle-order batsmen in the fray, Ken Barrington’s unrepentant accumulation of runs formed the bedrock of England’s batting from the mid-50s to late 60s.

He scored 6806 runs from 82 matches with 20 centuries and 35 fifties. More importantly, Barrington’s astounding consistency can be identified from the fact that his average of 58.67 is second only to Don Bradman’s 99.94 among batsmen with at least 5000 runs.