Ashes: Best Batting Performances in History

2. Sir Jack Hobbs

Sir John Berry Hobbs, popularly known as Jack Hobbs, is the only English cricketer to feature in the all-time leading run scorers list in Ashes. He's one of the most prolific batters in cricket, as he scored a surreal 61,760 runs in First-Class cricket while 5,410 runs in Tests, in what was an illustrious career spanning over 30 years. If World War didn't intervene, he would have added many more runs to his run tally. 

Hobbs made his Ashes debut way back at MCG on New Year's Eve in 1908. After playing 41 tests against Australia, he scored 3,636 runs at an astonishing average of 54. Keeping in account the bare pitches and rules back then; it was a top-notch batting effort from him. With twelve centuries and fifteen half-centuries to his name, Hobbs delivered his best Ashes score of 187 at the Adelaide Oval. 

Sir Jack was a batter of all sorts of wickets, especially bad ones. His ability to take the shine off the ball and counter-attack the bowlers was second to none. Even some of the yester years cricket experts helm him close to Sir Don Bradman.