Who is the greatest bat with a sub-50 average?

[subshakerz]

Who is greatest with an average in the 40s?

 

[capt_Luffy]

W G Grace in Sub 50s overall
Ranjitsinhji in the 40s
Joe Root followed by Virat Kohli, Neil Harvey, Rohan Kanhai, Geoff Boycott, Frank Worrell and Peter May post WWI

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Kohli for now but I expect him to get back above 50 by the end of his career

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

21st Century: Kohli and Root

 

[subshakerz]

21st Century: Kohli and Root

I prefer not to use current cricketers.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Not including current players

30 - 34.99 WG Grace
35 - 39.99 Victor Trumper
40 - 44.99 Gordon Greenidge
45 - 49.99 Geoff Boycott

 

[BazBall21]

Post-war players with completed careers

1) Neil Harvey
2) Geoff Boycott
3) Peter May
4) Rohan Kanhai
5) Martin Crowe
6) Gordon Greenidge

 

[Burgey]

Doug Walters belongs in this discussion, as does Michael Clarke. I do like the list @BazBall21 put together though.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

I prefer not to use current cricketers.

Boycott, Crowe, Greenidge come to mind

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

1.Ranji
2.Trumper


WG if you include FC.

 

[kyear2]

Rohan Kanhai
Neil Harvey
Gordon Greenidge
Frank Worrell
Graeme Smith
Martin Crowe

 

[ankitj]

Frank Worrell

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Carl Hooper

 

[Prince EWS]

It's pretty clearly Grace but it's also pretty clearly not very interesting to say that.

In modern times I reckon it's Graeme Smith.

 

[James]

Given the era Wasim Akram played in and the fact he and Waqar rate Crowe as one of the toughest players they bowled to, Crowe takes it for me.

 

[Coronis]

Yeah Boycs for me.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Lloyd is another candidate

 

[BazBall21]

Lloyd and Amla would probably also make my post-war top 10 to average below 50.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Probably Amla among the ones I've seen. (Not counting active players)

Inzi, Sehwag, Clarke close enough too.

 

[Migara]

Aravinda definitely has a shout here. So is Richie Richardson.

This is the realm of flawed geniuses. Crowe, Aravinda, Azhar, Malik, Richardson, Shewag, MJ, Samaraweera, Dean Jones etc. Haven't seen much of Greenidge to pass on a comment.

Oh forgot Gower too.