Top 5 left-handed English Test openers of all time

#4 John Edrich

Opening batsman John Edrich was one of the pillars of the English top order in the 1960s and 1970s, during the course of which he played 77 Test matches for the team.

In 47 of those Test matches, the left-hander opened the innings for England and went on to become an excellent opening batsman.

Edrich was a highly driven and disciplined batsman, who did not try anything extravagant and held his end up for as long as he possibly could. He was excellent against fast bowling and proved to be an excellent cutter of anything marginally short.

In those 47 games, Edrich scored 3430 runs at an average of 44.54 and also notched up 8 centuries and 14 half-centuries. His highest score was a stupendous 310 not out against New Zealand in 1965.