Top 5 Things
With Hardik Pandya and Ben Stokes showing the world how it it done in a limited overs match and proving that they have it in themselves to be called as impact full all-rounder. We at 'Top 5 Things' started fiddling around with statistics and checked out of if these players can be termed as the best all-rounders ever. The result just said these two have a long way to go.
Today at 'Top 5 Things' we are going to talk about the Top 5 greatest all-rounders of all time. We are mainly taking into account first the test performance and the ODI performance. This top 5 will be purely statistics driven. So batting average, total runs wickets, economy rate, etc. have all been taken into consideration to come up with this top 5. Before we get on with the list, the missed by that much segment.
He should have got as much popularity as ABD is getting now. This player scored 13289 runs at an average of 55.37 with 45 centuries second best only to Sachin Tendulkar and 292 test wickets in 166 games gives an adequate glimpse of the powerhouse that Kallis was. In the limited format as wellthe South African score dover 10000 picking upto 72 wickets in 328 matches. Some unbelievablestuff and after that one of the safest pair of hand in slip.
If Don Bradman is the cricketers who has set the standards for batsmen in sport, Sir Garry Sobers stands as the pinnacle of the all-rounder list setting the example for his achievements in all spheres of the game. The most fearful of the West Indies squad of the 1970's and 18's Sebers both statistically and with the kind of impact he had over the opposition established a benchmark in consistency by picking up 235 wickets in93 test test matches and scoring 8032 runs with the highest of 365 not out at an average of 57.78 which was that time second only to Bradman.
With almost 9000 international runs and almost 200 international wickets to his credit this all-rounder stands tall and is easily the best all-rounder in India ever. This Hariyana Hurricane became only the second bowler in world history to cross 400 test wickets ending with 434.
With the bat he scored 800 at an average of 31.05. Dev snatched 253 wickets and his knock of 175 against Zimbabwe. During the 1983 World Cup year marked him as one of the greatest all-rounder and a spectacular fielder as well.
One of the finest all-rounder of all time. Ian Botham was the player achieves the record of fastest 2000 runs and 100 wickets. An english icon full of endless self-belief. He could change the course a game in an afternoon. Beefy as he is popularly called was known to be hard hitter. Scoring runs at a fearless rate. His average was 33.54 with the bat in test matches and picked up 383 wickets. The highest by english batsman till Jame Anderson surpassedd it. He is best known for changing game single handedly. The Ashes in 1980-81 when he when he scored 399 runs and picked up 34 wickets in a series that has come to be referred as Bothams Ashes.
Sanath Jayasuriya became a force to reckon with as one of the most devasting ODI batsman scored more than 1300 runs. But let people know the statistics Sanath had as a spin bowler. He had 323 wickets in ODI alone and if you add in the test figures of 6973 runs and a possible 98 wickets. He can hardly call himself apart time bowler. He was indeed a genuine all-rounder.
What do you think of this ranking? Do you agree with it? This is just our ranking. Your ranking surely will differ.
