Best All-Rounder ever

[The Battlers Prince]

you're right davidson isn't an all rounder, i'd still pic him before benaud tho

 

[Faisal1985]

My sig says it all.

 

[Himannv]

Think Lindwall was better than Davidson personally. Wasn't too bad with the bat as well.

 

[smash84]

My sig says it all.

what does your sig say????

 

[M0rphin3]

what does your sig say????

Be ********, Be very ********. In bold.

 

[Faisal1985]

Be ********, Be very ********. In bold.

Good one.

 

[Faisal1985]

what does your sig say????

BE AFRIDI!
Be VERY AFRIDI!!

 

[smash84]

Be ********, Be very ********. In bold.

LOL.......hahahahhaha.....sorry bro....didn't see the sig

I thought he was referring to his avatar and mistakenly called it his sig....his avatar is the great khan arguably the greatest all rounder ever.

 

[cricket100%]

The more I see of Kallis the more I feel that he is probably the most massively under-rated cricketer ever. I don't see why he shouldn't be treated the same as Gary Sobers.

Even Tendulkar and Ponting. He has now scored the second highest amount of Test centuries EVER although he is still 12 behind Tendulkar's 51 centuries.

 

[cricket100%]

Harbhajan Singh

Gimme a break. Harbhajan Singh. Given he scored 2 Test centuries lately but it would be a bit far fetched to classify him as a all-rounder. He is too inconsistent too really play a all-rounders role. AND DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER EVER!!!

 

[Teja.]

Gimme a break. Harbhajan Singh. Given he scored 2 Test centuries lately but it would be a bit far fetched to classify him as a all-rounder. He is too inconsistent too really play a all-rounders role. AND DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER EVER!!!

Was in jest, I'm pretty sure.

 

[Champ]

Best genuine all rounders (match winning ability with both bat & bowl)

Imran Khan
Keith Miller
Ian Botham

 

[ankitj]

Best genuine all rounders (match winning ability with both bat & bowl)

Imran Khan
Keith Miller
Ian Botham

Kapil Dev qualifies on that criterion.

 

[GotSpin]

Was in jest, I'm pretty sure.

Nah i dunno, Gihoe is a fairly woeful person so you don't know for sure

 

[dhillon28]

true allrounder= pure batsmen + pure bowler

world class pure batmens= avg > 50

world class pure bowler= avg < 24

therefore .........

ideal allrounder = batting avg >50 + bowling avg <24

imran khan in the last ten years of his career.........

batting avg> 50
bowling avg <20

as a true allrounder, surely no one comes close to imran

 

[Winsome]

best all rounder

Dear you've missed one most important name that is, Imran Khan. Imran is the ever best all rounder both in test and ODIs. He can bowl where he wishes and can bat when needed. Other than he there is ian botham and Razzak.

 

[Winsome]

Mine would be

Imran Khan
Garfield Sobers
Jacques Kalis
Keith Miller
Richard Hadlee
Ian Botham
Abdur Razzak
Kapil Dev
Shaun Pollock
Daniel Vettori
Shakib Hassan

 

[Howe_zat]

WAG

 

[Zinzan]

if you're talking test cricket (which is generally taken as a given on this forum unless stated otherwise) then you really need to look at batting & bowling all-rounders separately based on the fact there's yet to be a test allrounder who's world-class with both bat & ball throughout their entire test careers i.e >40 batting average & <25 bowling average.

For me, there's only four in the debate; the top 2 batting allrounders; sobers & kallis & the 2 best bowling allrounders; miller & imran

if you are looking at the shorter term however, botham was genuinely world-class with both bat & ball early in his career. After his first 25 tests was averaging 40.48 & 18.52 respectively

^ Awta, top post

 

[kyear2]

If you're talking Test cricket (which is generally taken as a given on this forum unless stated otherwise) then you really need to look at batting & bowling all-rounders separately based on the fact there's yet to be a test allrounder who's world-class with both bat & ball throughout their entire test careers i.e >40 batting average & <25 bowling average.

For me, there's only four in the debate; the top 2 batting allrounders; Sobers & Kallis & the 2 best bowling allrounders; Miller & Imran

If you are looking at the shorter term however, Botham was genuinely world-class with both bat & ball early in his career. After his first 25 tests was averaging 40.48 & 18.52 respectively

Would also add Aubrey Faulkner to that list, and possibly Wilfred Rhodes. Additionally, I never undrerstood why All Rounders are always limited to batsman/bowlers. Possibly the second greatest All Rounder of All Time could very well be Adam Gilchrist, and if we are admitting the glovemen who bat, then Matt Prior is the best all rounder right now in cricket and Kumar Sangakkara and Clyde Walcott deserve some consideration for the short time they held both duties.