Top 5 Test batsmen with most runs in winning causes

#2 Steve Waugh - 6460 runs

Steve Waugh has scored more runs than any No.5 and No.6 batsman in a winning cause in Tests

One of the greatest Test batsmen of all-time, Steve Waugh scored nearly 60% of his 10927 Test runs in a winning cause. Waugh scored 6460 runs from 120 innings at an impressive average of 69.46. Waugh scored 4244 of these runs while batting at No.5 which is the most number of Test runs by a No.5 batsman in a winning cause. Waugh scored 2016 runs while batting at No.6 which is the most number of Test runs by a No.6 batsman in a winning cause.

Several of Waugh’s massive Test knocks resulted in Australia winning the match. 25 of his 32 Test hundreds came in a winning cause. Waugh’s solitary Test double ton against West Indies at Kingston in 1995 also came in a winning cause.