Players with at least 100 Tests whose average never dropped below 40

#4David Gower

David Gower

Gower is often regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have been produced by England and in his 117 Test career, David Gower enthralled crowds with his silken strokeplay. Over the course of his career, he became typecast as a moody sort of player, who might end up doing poorly for no discernible reason.

Gower acknowledged as much in an interview, "I was never destined to be on the ball 100% of the time. I don't have the same ability that Graham Gooch has, to produce something very close to his best every time he plays.”

Naturally, he had his bad patches in his career but the left-hander never let his career average dip below 40.53 and therein lies one of the reasons for his greatness. Even when he was not in his best touch he was better than many but at the same time, his temperamental streak perhaps meant that he could only clock a career average of only 44.25.