Top 5 part-time Test batters without half-centuries

In Test cricket, teams quite often require their specialist bowlers to step up and make vital contributions with their bats. There are numerous instances to recount when tailender batters came in as nightwatchmen and rescued their slide from difficult situations. Back in 2010, when India were eight down at a score of 124 against Australia in a Test match in Mohali while chasing 216, Ishant Sharma held his nerves and supported VVS Laxman with his 31 run-innings to help India emerge victorious. Like Ishant, there are several bowlers who emerged as rescuers for their team with their bats. However, in the history of red-ball cricket, bowlers’ batting efforts have gone unnoticed that's why it’s essential to discuss five part-time batters who notched up the most runs without fifties. Here are the five best part-time batters without half-centuries: 5. Morne Morkel Morne Morkel batting in Test. (Photo Source: Twitter) Morne Morkel served South Africa from 2006 to 2018 and in those 12 years, he played 86 Tests and took 309 wickets in 160 innings. The lanky pacer also scored 944 runs for his side in 104 innings. During his huge Test career, he scored these runs without playing a 50-run innings for once. In 2009, he recorded his best score of 40 against Australia in Sydney. After nine years of Sydney’s knock, Morkel scored 40 runs in the first innings against New Zealand in Wellington. He retired from international cricket after appearing against Australia in Johannesburg in March-April 2018. 4. Fred Trueman Fred Trueman batting Test. (Photo Source: Twitter) Fred Trueman played for England from 1952 to 1965 and in 1964, he also wrote history, becoming the first Test bowler to take 300 wickets. The right-arm bowler ended his red-ball career with 307 wickets in 127 innings of 67 matches. Trueman also displayed efficiency with his bat for the English side several times during his Test career. The right-handed player amassed 981 runs in 85 innings of 67 matches without a fifty. In August 1958, he registered his best batting innings of an unbeaten 39 against New Zealand at the Oval. 3. Waqar Younis Waqar-Younis. (Photo credit SENA VIDANAGAMA/AFP via Getty Images) Waqar Younis was known for outclassing batters with his fast-bowling skills. In Tests, he is the second-most successful bowler for Pakistan, clinching 373 wickets in 154 innings of 87 matches. Younis is also in the record books for being a part-time Test batter without a half-century. The former pacer piled up 1010 runs in 120 innings of 87 matches for Pakistan. In October 1997, he played his best batting innings of 45 runs against South Africa at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. 2. Kemar Roach Kemar-Roach. (Photo Source: Twitter) Kemar Roach has been active in the West Indies’ Test team since 2009 and in these 15 years, he has picked up 270 wickets in 147 innings of 81 matches. With these numbers, the speedster is the fifth-leading wicket-taker for the Windies team in the red-ball format of the sport. Roach has also scored 1174 runs for his side without any fifty and a hundred in 129 innings. The veteran produced his best knock with his bat in August 2012 against New Zealand in Kingston. In his side’s convincing five-wicket win, he contributed 41 runs in the second innings. 1. Nathan Lyon Nathan-Lyon. (Photo Source: Twitter) Nathan Lyon recently broke into the record books for becoming the third Australia bowler to bag 500 wickets in Tests. In his vast 13-year-old Test career, the spin wizard has delivered valuable numbers to his side with the ball several times but back in 2012, he also played an unbeaten 40-run knock against West Indies in his team’s three-wicket win in Bridgetown. Lyon is also among those batters who have scored more than 1000 runs in Tests without any hitting a single half-century in their careers. The 36-year-old has amassed 1455 runs in 160 innings of 127 matches with the highest score of 47 against South Africa in Cape Town in 2018.

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Top 5 part-time Test batters without half-centuries

In the history of Test cricket, bowlers’ batting efforts have gone unnoticed that's why it’s essential to discuss five part-time batters who notched up the most runs without fifties.

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