Top 10 Greatest All-Rounders in Cricket.
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1- Sir Garfield Sobers
2- Jacques Kallis
This average is the highest of any current player, higher than other present day superstars including Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Inzmam and very Sound batsman. Whilst most all-rounders tend to score their runs in rather unorthodox style, Kallis brings a very classical approach, playing a range of controlled shots. Indeed, there are few harder wickets to take than that of Kallis.
he is Also a fast-medium bowler, who can bowls heavy balls some time Kallis has taken 274 wickets at an average of 32.51. Whilst this may not rate quite as highly as his batting record, it is still impressive nonetheless, and he would be good enough to make many international sides as a bowler. he is rated as Greatest ever ODI all-rounder..
3- Imran Khan
Imran Won the World Cup 1992 for Pakistan, It was as a bowler that he’s best remembered, taking 362 test wickets at an average of 22.81. He was a genuine quick and opened the bowling for Pakistan for many years, he would rate as highly as any bowler from any era. He finished his test career with an average 37.69, including 6 centuries and 18 half-centuries, becoming one of only eight players to achieve the ‘all-rounders triple’ of 300 wickets and 3000 runs. .
4- Keith Miller
5- Richard Hadlee
It was as a bowler that he is best remembered, taking what was then a world record of 431 wickets at an average of 22.29. He began his career as a fast opening bowler, but as he matured, shortened his run-up and concentrated more on moving the ball, something at which he is arguably the greatest of all time.
At times, it seemed he had the ball on a piece of string in his heyday, best shown in his 9 for 52 effort was came against Australia.
He was a handy lower-order batsman who would come in and throw his bat at the ball, ending up with a reasonable average of 27.16 which included two centuries and 15 half-centuries.
he was undoubtedly a bowling all-rounder, capable batsman who could provide crucial runs nearer to the end of an innings..
6- Ian Botham
For his career, he averaged 33.54 with the bat, but showed on various occasions that he was capable of pushing on to build a big innings, scoring 14 centuries and 22 half-centuries. He tended to be a hard-hitter, shown by his high strike rate of 60.71. As a bowler, he took 383 wickets at 28.40, still holds the record for the highest number of Test wickets taken by an England player. his 149* against Australia rated as one of the top 10 greatest test inningof all time..
7- Shaun Pollock
Pollock was a bowling all-rounder who was, for a time, one of the most consistent bowlers in the world while also being capable of chipping in with the bat. He took 421 test wickets at 23.11, but his best bowling attribute came in that he was consistent and very economical, generally hard to score runs off. As a batsman, he was capable of giving a solid performance with the bat but often struggled to push on to a big score this is shown by only having two centuries to his name. he still averages 32.31..
8- Kapil Dev
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9- Andrew Flintoff
He was also a fast scoring batsman capable of some decent performances, averaging 31.07, including five centuries and 26 half-centuries. Watching him to bat is a sheer entertainment for the crowd.
10- Sanath Jayasuriya
He was not as prolific in Tests with close to 7000 runs and 100 wickets to his name. But in the shorter format, he was one of the very best of his generation as scoring over 13000 runs and picking over 300 wickets.
Jayasuriya was unbelievably a bowler in the initial part of his career but he gradually focused on his batting to become a batting all-rounder which his team needed him to be. He will always be remembered for his powerful cut shots and crunchy off-side shots which made him so dangerous to his opponents. With the ball too, he could do a lot not just a bit and that has been seen so many times.
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