4 players who averaged the highest for their sides in four or more consecutive Test series

#2 Len Hutton

Len Hutton was one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time

Len Hutton's most glorious days came as an England captain when he led them to Ashes glory in Australia after a 22-year gap. Moreover, raising a few eyebrows, he was the first professional captain to do so.

A few years before that, he announced himself as the most consistent run-scorer in the world. He averaged highest for England in four consecutive series, once again two away and two at home.

Against South Africa (1948-49): This series had a couple of thrilling Test matches and England won them both and by virtue of that, won the five-Test series 2-0. Hutton scored 577 runs in the series at a very impressive average of 64. Cyril Washbrook was second in the average-list with 60.

Against New Zealand (1949): The New Zealand team of 1949 impressed one and all. They played four Test matches and managed to hold on to a 0-0 draw. But Walter Hadlee's men couldn't stop the run-machine named Len Hutton from scoring heavily. He scored 469 runs at an average of 78. Reg Simpson and Cyril Washbrook averaged more but both of them played in only two of the Tests.

Against West Indies (1950): The series marked the rise of West Indian spin duo Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. The two of them took 59 wickets between them in the four Test matches to inflict a 1-3 defeat on the hosts. However, Hutton scored his runs. His epic 202* helped him get 333 runs from this series, thus putting him at the top of the averages among English batsmen.

Against Australia (1950-51): England, under Freddie Brown, were defeated by Australia in a convincing manner. The English batsmen had no clue against Jack Iverson's mystery spin and even though Hutton too took some time to pick him, he got back to his fluent best once he was able to sort out Iverson. Hutton scored 533 runs which was close to 30% of all what England could score in the series. His average of 89 was 50 higher than the next best average.