All-rounders with equal bowling/batting skill?

[mr_mister]

Players you find it truly hard to class as either a batting all-rounder or a bowling all-rounder


They don't have to neccesary be world class either, perhaps both their batting and bowling averages hover around the early thirties?


Keiron Pollard?
Lance Kluesner?

 

[mr_mister]

Oh and Steve Waugh for the first however many years of his test career before he became a batting god

 

[91Jmay]

Flintoff's numbers look similar, although clearly his bowling was more consistent.

 

[Spark]

Batted top six, though. He'd be a good shout.

 

[Daemon]

in b4 dan says vijay

 

[weldone]

Although numbers aren't similar, Ravi Shastri will be a good shout.

 

[fredfertang]

This is a thread tailor made for that great CW favourite, Ajit Agarkar

 

[Howe_zat]

Struggling to think of a better example than Freddie tbh

Maybe Stokes with time

 

[Coronis]

Going on test stats you could maybe say Aubrey Faulkner? Averaged 40.79 with the bat, 4 centuries, 26.58 with the ball 4 five wicket hauls.

 

[smash84]

was jimmy adams also in the same category? (**** at both?)

 

[smash84]

or phil simmons? or carl hooper?

 

[Pothas]

Shakib?

 

[Gob]

andy flintoff was a far better bowler imo. not the best stats but boy he could bowl when fit

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shakib?

Yeah, was thinking about him. He's probably the closest you can get to a "balanced" AR, even though his bowling is more important.

 

[sledger]

Freddie's bowling was miles better than his batting for mine, particularly in the final few years of his career. I think from any point around 2003 or 2004 onwards he would have been good enough to get in the team as a bowler. Apart from around 2005 I can't think of many others occasions where his place in the team would have been justfiied on batting alone.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Even Keith Miller might be worth a mention.

 

[sledger]

Chris Jordan

 

[Prince EWS]

I nominate Trevor Goddard.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shane Watson?

 

[Howe_zat]

Going on test stats you could maybe say Aubrey Faulkner? Averaged 40.79 with the bat, 4 centuries, 26.58 with the ball 4 five wicket hauls.

Given the lower scoring when he played I think he was much more a kallis than pollock