Overseas Specialists: 10 batsmen who performed better overseas in Test cricket

(3) Ken Barrington (England)

Ken Barrington averaged 69 overseas: Second only to Bradman.

Home- Matches: 46, Runs: 3347, Average: 50.71, Highest: 256, 100/50: 6/21.

Away- Matches: 36, Runs: 3459, Average: 69.18, Highest: 172, 100/50: 14/14.

Average Difference: 18.47.

Ken Barrington rarely gets a look in when we talk about the greatest Test batsman of all time, but Barrington is right up there with the very best. In fact, Barrington has the greatest resume of any batsman since Sir Donald Bradman. Barrington was a flamboyant stroke-maker in the early part of his career but shed his attacking instincts to become one of the greatest's stonewallers.

Barrington was one of the greatest No,4 in Test history, scoring 2367 runs at an average of 59. His highest score of 256 also came from this position. He was even better at No.3, scoring 2626 runs at a ridiculous average of 77.

Barrington played 46 tests in England where he scored 3347 runs at an average of 50.71. He was even better away from home, scoring 3459 runs at an average of 69. Barrington scored 500+ runs in a series 4 times, 3 of those were away from home.

14 of Barrington's 20 hundreds also came away from home. England batsmen do not well in Asia, but Barrington was different. He scored 674 runs at an average of 96 in India which included 3 hundreds and 3 half-centuries. He was equally brilliant in Pakistan where he scored 229 runs at an average of 76.

The only place Barrington did not do that well was in West Indies, he scored 708 runs at an average of 44 with 3 hundreds in the Caribbean.

England batsmen will always be judged on how they perform in Australia, and Barrington was fantastic in that regard. He played 10 Tests in Australia and scored 1046 runs at an average of 70. It included 4 hundreds and 6 half-centuries, the only place where Barrington did not score a hundred in Australia was at the Gabba.

He performed even better in New Zealand where he scored 294 runs at an average of 73. His painfully slow 126 at Eden Park got him dropped from the team. Barrington saved his best for South Africa where he scored 508 runs at an average of 101, including 2 hundreds and 2 half-centuries.