Top 5 number 5s in Tests for England

#2 David Gower

He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest English batsmen to have ever played and as much as anything, it was David Gower's effortless stroke-making that made him one of the most pleasing batsmen to watch.

Needless to say, he scored a lot of runs as well and some of it came while batting at number 5. He played 117 Tests for England between 1978 and 1992 and out of those, he played at number 5 in 34 Test matches.

Gower's comfort against pace, swing, seam and spin was well known but he has himself said that he was not often as fiercely focussed as someone like Graham Gooch. Perhaps he could have scored many more runs had he been like Gooch but even then he did not do too badly.

He made 2131 runs in those 34 games and averaged 49.55. In addition to that, the left-hander made 7 centuries and 8 half-centuries while batting at number 5.