Ranking 5 most under-rated cricketers of all-time

3. Justin Langer

Justin Langer is one of the best batsmen to have come out of Australian cricket. However, when people talk about the Australian batting legends in the late 1990s and through the 2000s, it is not every time that we hear Langer’s name pop up. But, during the entire period, Langer was not just an important batsman, but a lot of the batting responsibilities depended on him as well. And it wasn’t too often that he disappointed his side.

JL, as we have often heard being called, was one of the fiercest competitors in our game. Even though he didn’t look very intimidating as a player, it was his grit and perseverance on the crease which made him look like a strong-spirited human being. Clearly, that was the reason why he was chosen to save Australian cricket and revive it when the chips were down.

Now, let us talk about some stats which present our case of JL. The Western Australian played 105 Test matches and managed to score 7696 runs with an excellent average of 45.27. He managed to play only eight ODIs, but had he been born in some other era, surely he would have played more white-ball cricket.