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Cricket can be played by all and physicality has little to do with performances. If fitter cricketer is always better but then look at Shane Warn record and David Boons. So does height do somehow influences your performance? Absolutely not.
Today we are going to talk about the Top 5 shortest cricketers who have ever played the game. Let's get on with the list then.
kruger Van Wyk completes the list of shortest cricketer in cricket history. kruger Van Wyk is the shortest cricketer ever. This Kiwi wicketkeeper batsman was born in South Africa played 9 tests and 56 T-20 matches so far. He has played professional cricket in South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland and Holland
Nicknamed as stitched due to his shorter height (5feet). This english batsman who also kept wickets. Played just 4 matched in 1930. The piled 6554 runs in 496 first class matches.
Alfred Percy Freeman was an English with height 5feet 2inches. He played 12 tests and he scored 154 runs and took a total 66 wickets. It is a notable that in those 12 tests he took 5 wickets in an inning 5 times and 10 wickets in a match 3 times.
The current Bangladeshi player Mushfiqur Rahim is the 4th shortest cricketer who has height 5feet 4inches. Mushfiqur Rahim is a dynamite behind or in front of the stump and he is the first batsman to start a double tonne for Bangladesh in cricket history.
Parthiv Patel has height 5feet 3inches. Parthiv Patel is wicketkeeper-batsman and a member of the Indian national cricket team. He became the youngest wicketkeeper in test history when he replaced Ajay Ratra in a tour to England in 2002. He has played for four different franchises in Indian Premier League. Currently he is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL as wicketkeeper opening batsman. He has seen many ups and downs in his cricket history. Parthiv was called many a times to replace wicketkeeper like M.S. Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha.
