Ranking each test playing nation’s classiest test batsman in the last 10 years

8- Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan)

The stalwart of Pakistan cricket, Misbah retired in 2017 after playing for 13 years at the top level. A graceful and elegant batsman, Misbah scored 5222 runs from his 75 tests with a very respectable 46.62 batting average. Misbah scored 10 hundreds and 39 fifties. The most memorable has to be his record breaking hundred against Australia in Dubai. At the time was the fastest hundred in test match history. In his career Misbah has only played 2 test matches at home in Pakistan. This means that 73 of his 75 tests have been played away from home. Misbah has been able to compile some very solid averages around the world, something not common among Pakistani batsman outside the sub continent. He averages 37 in New Zealand, 40.89 in England, and 64 playing in the West Indies. To have spent so much time away from home and faced so much adversity, but still put up these numbers is the reason Misbah ul Haq makes this list.

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7- Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)

As a 164-test veteran, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has always looked classy. Despite his unorthodox technique, his ability to time the ball and never look rushed at the crease has put Chanderpaul among the greats of modern day test cricket . Chanderpaul played his first test in 1994, and his last in 2015. In between he scored 11867 runs at an average of 51.37. this includes 30 hundreds and 66 fifties. When Chanderpaul first came into international cricket no one outside of the Caribean thought he would last in test cricket. His stance was more open than anyone to have played test cricket before him. Experts thought he would have all sorts of technical issues. However, Chanderpaul went on to become one of the most consistent batsman in test history all over the world. In a period where the West Indies were abysmal away from home, Chanderpaul averaged 66.62 in England. He averaged 46 in New Zealand to go with 37 in South Africa and 52 in India. Chanderpaul's ability to score runs all around the world with such an unorthadox technique is the reason he makes this list.