Players with at least 100 Tests whose average never dropped below 40

#3 Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

Once he finally hangs up his boots, Alastair Cook will go down in history as one of the great opening batsmen in the history of Test cricket. Much of it will have to do with his technique, temperament, defensive excellence, the ability to play marathon innings and also his consistency.

Needless to say, like all other batsmen he has had horrible patches of form as well and many of those have come in the past 5 years.

That being said, his heavy scoring during the good patches of form and general ability to dig in despite not being in good form has ensured that his average never dropped below 40.88 at any point in his career. He has recorded a career average of 45.73.

It is also important to point out that Cook has played as many as 154 Test matches in his career and hence, the fact that he never averaged below 40.88 is truly a remarkable achievement.