Top 5 number 5s in Tests for Australia

Throughout the course of their cricketing history, Australia have remained one of the world's truly great international teams and their success in Test cricket for over a century is no accident.

They have produced outstanding cricketers of varying roles for years and very few teams can come close to their record.

Whether they are openers, middle-order batsman, wicket-keepers, spin bowlers or fast bowlers, Australia have been blessed with an embarrassment of riches. The same goes for their middle-order batsmen tasked with the responsibility of batting at number 5.

Here is a look at 5 of Australia's finest number 5s.

#5 Doug Walters

He is often regarded as one of the best middle-order batsmen to have ever played Test cricket for Australia and was particularly well known for being a flamboyant stroke-maker. Walters scored a century on his Test debut as a 19-year-old and never looked back.

He went on to bat at number 6 for most of his career that spanned 74 Test matches from 1965 to 1981, but he batted at number 5 in 32 of them and remains the 4th highest run scorer in that position for Australia.

Walters' penchant for scoring quickly and his technical gifts made him the ideal number 5. In those 32 Test matches at the position, he made 2134 runs at an excellent average of 47.42 and scored 5 centuries, in addition to 14 half-centuries. 

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