Top 5 number 5s in Tests for England

#1 Graham Thorpe

The left-hander was England's finest batsman in the 1990s and the early noughties and in a 12-year career (1993-2005) in which Graham Thorpe played 100 Test matches, he went on to become his country's greatest ever number 5 batsman.

Thorpe was essentially a superb counterattacking stroke-maker, who could take on the best bowlers in the world and also defend stoutly when the need arose. On the other hand, he had no trouble against spin and his ability to cut and sweep came to the fore on many of those occasions.

As a number 5, he played in 52 Tests and made the most of those opportunities, as he plundered runs against most oppositions. Thorpe made 3373 runs in those games and averaged a brilliant 56.21 (as opposed to his career average of 44.66).

He also made 10 centuries and 18 half-centuries during those course of those games at number 5.