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All-rounders categories

bagapath

bagapath

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Taking a leaf out of Anantha Narayanan and S Rajesh's play books I decided to use stats to categorise all rounders into different slots.

I am using the ratio of RPM and WPM as a metric for this

For example, If a player takes 1 wkt and scores 100 runs that is a batsman who could bowl.
in a match

If one takes 5 wickets and scores 30 runs that is a bowler who could bat.

3 wickets and 60 runs in a match should make someone a 50:50 allrounder.

Using this logic I filtered out 119 cricketers with at least 50 wickets and 1000 runs in tests.

And this is what I got.

Batsmen who could bowl
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM

1 JE Root (ENG) 141 11751 83.34 68 0.48 172.81
2 ME Waugh (AUS) 128 8029 62.73 59 0.46 136.08
3 SR Waugh (AUS) 168 10927 65.04 92 0.55 118.77
4 CH Gayle (WI) 103 7214 70.04 73 0.71 98.82
5 NJ Astle (NZ) 81 4702 58.05 51 0.63 92.20
6 WR Hammond (ENG) 85 7249 85.28 83 0.98 87.34
7 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 110 6973 63.39 98 0.89 71.15
8 Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) 55 3652 66.40 53 0.96 68.91
9 RB Simpson (AUS) 62 4869 78.53 71 1.15 68.58
10 ER Dexter (ENG) 62 4502 72.61 66 1.06 68.21
11 Asif Iqbal (PAK) 58 3575 61.64 53 0.91 67.45
12 Mudassar Nazar (PAK) 76 4114 54.13 66 0.87 62.33
13 CG Borde (IND) 55 3061 55.65 52 0.95 58.87
14 BE Congdon (NZ) 61 3448 56.52 59 0.97 58.44
15 FMM Worrell (WI) 51 3860 75.69 69 1.35 55.94
16 Wasim Raja (PAK) 57 2821 49.49 51 0.89 55.31
17 CL Hooper (WI) 102 5762 56.49 114 1.12 50.54


Batting all rounders
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM

1 SR Watson (AUS) 59 3731 63.24 75 1.27 49.75
2 Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK) 57 3643 63.91 79 1.39 46.11
3 JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 166 13289 80.05 292 1.76 45.51
4 GJ Whittall (ZIM) 46 2207 47.98 51 1.11 43.27
5 JR Reid (NZ) 58 3428 59.10 85 1.47 40.33
6 FE Woolley (ENG) 64 3283 51.30 83 1.30 39.55
7 GS Sobers (WI) 93 8032 86.37 235 2.53 34.18
8 WW Armstrong (AUS) 50 2863 57.26 87 1.74 32.91
9 BA Stokes (ENG) 103 6316 61.32 199 1.93 31.74
10 GRJ Matthews (AUS) 33 1849 56.03 61 1.85 30.31
11 KD Mackay (AUS) 37 1507 40.73 50 1.35 30.14


50:50 all rounders
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM

1 JDP Oram (NZ) 33 1780 53.94 60 1.82 29.67
2 C Kelleway (AUS) 26 1422 54.69 52 2.00 27.35
3 RL Chase (WI) 49 2265 46.22 85 1.73 26.65
4 BM McMillan (SA) 38 1968 51.79 75 1.97 26.24
5 DJ Bravo (WI) 40 2200 55.00 86 2.15 25.58
6 AW Greig (ENG) 58 3599 62.05 141 2.43 25.52
7 RJ Shastri (IND) 80 3830 47.88 151 1.89 25.36
8 L Klusener (SA) 49 1906 38.90 80 1.63 23.83
9 GE Gomez (WI) 29 1243 42.86 58 2.00 21.43
10 GA Faulkner (SA) 25 1754 70.16 82 3.28 21.39
11 TL Goddard (SA) 41 2516 61.37 123 3.00 20.46
12 G Miller (ENG) 34 1213 35.68 60 1.76 20.22


Bowling all rounders
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM

1 DG Phadkar (IND) 31 1229 39.65 62 2.00 19.82
2 Abdul Razzaq (PAK) 46 1946 42.30 100 2.17 19.46
3 Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 67 4505 67.24 237 3.54 19.01
4 W Rhodes (ENG) 58 2325 40.09 127 2.19 18.31
5 C White (ENG) 30 1052 35.07 59 1.97 17.83
6 JO Holder (WI) 65 2797 43.03 158 2.43 17.70
7 KR Miller (AUS) 55 2958 53.78 170 3.09 17.40
8 TE Bailey (ENG) 61 2290 37.54 132 2.16 17.35
9 A Flintoff (ENG/ICC) 79 3845 48.67 226 2.86 17.01
10 JH Sinclair (SA) 25 1069 42.76 63 2.52 16.97
11 M Prabhakar (IND) 39 1600 41.03 96 2.46 16.67
12 MA Noble (AUS) 42 1997 47.55 121 2.88 16.50
13 RG Nadkarni (IND) 41 1414 34.49 88 2.15 16.07
14 SA Durani (IND) 29 1202 41.45 75 2.59 16.03
15 DN Patel (NZ) 37 1200 32.43 75 2.03 16.00
16 DJG Sammy (WI) 38 1323 34.82 84 2.21 15.75
17 CL Cairns (NZ) 62 3320 53.55 218 3.52 15.23
18 MM Ali (ENG) 68 3094 45.50 204 3.00 15.17
19 R Illingworth (ENG) 61 1836 30.10 122 2.00 15.05
20 S Madan Lal (IND) 39 1042 26.72 71 1.82 14.68
21 IT Botham (ENG) 102 5200 50.98 383 3.75 13.58
22 JM Gregory (AUS) 24 1146 47.75 85 3.54 13.48
23 N Boje (SA) 43 1312 30.51 100 2.33 13.12
24 MH Mankad (IND) 44 2109 47.93 162 3.68 13.02
25 DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 113 4531 40.10 362 3.20 12.52
26 N Kapil Dev (IND) 131 5248 40.06 434 3.31 12.09
27 G Giffen (AUS) 31 1238 39.94 103 3.32 12.02
28 Intikhab Alam (PAK) 47 1493 31.77 125 2.66 11.94
29 CC Lewis (ENG) 32 1105 34.53 93 2.91 11.88
30 CR Woakes (ENG) 49 1754 35.80 150 3.06 11.69
31 JE Emburey (ENG) 64 1713 26.77 147 2.30 11.65
32 IK Pathan (IND) 29 1105 38.10 100 3.45 11.05
33 Mohammad Rafique (BAN) 33 1059 32.09 100 3.03 10.59
34 Imran Khan (PAK) 88 3807 43.26 362 4.11 10.52
35 RA Jadeja (IND) 72 3036 42.17 294 4.08 10.33


Bowlers who could bat
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM

1 AF Giles (ENG) 54 1421 26.31 143 2.65 9.94
2 JG Bracewell (NZ) 41 1001 24.41 102 2.49 9.81
3 FJ Titmus (ENG) 53 1449 27.34 153 2.89 9.47
4 HH Streak (ZIM) 65 1990 30.62 216 3.32 9.21
5 IWG Johnson (AUS) 45 1000 22.22 109 2.42 9.17
6 SM Pollock (SA) 108 3781 35.01 421 3.90 8.98
7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 43 1470 34.19 164 3.81 8.96
8 R Benaud (AUS) 63 2201 34.94 248 3.94 8.87
9 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 111 3089 27.83 355 3.20 8.70
10 MDK Perera (SL) 43 1303 30.30 161 3.74 8.09
11 VD Philander (SA) 64 1779 27.80 224 3.50 7.94
12 MW Tate (ENG) 39 1198 30.72 155 3.97 7.73
13 Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 86 3124 36.33 431 5.01 7.25
14 KA Maharaj (SA) 50 1135 22.70 158 3.16 7.18
15 AK Davidson (AUS) 44 1328 30.18 186 4.23 7.14
16 Wasim Akram (PAK) 104 2898 27.87 414 3.98 7.00
17 MG Johnson (AUS) 73 2065 28.29 313 4.29 6.60
18 RR Lindwall (AUS) 61 1502 24.62 228 3.74 6.59
19 R Ashwin (IND) 100 3309 33.09 516 5.16 6.41
20 SCJ Broad (ENG) 167 3662 21.93 604 3.62 6.06
21 Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK) 55 1045 19.00 177 3.22 5.90
22 MA Starc (AUS) 89 2093 23.52 358 4.02 5.85
23 TG Southee (NZ) 100 2098 20.98 380 3.80 5.52
24 GP Swann (ENG) 60 1370 22.83 255 4.25 5.37
25 Harbhajan Singh (IND) 103 2224 21.59 417 4.05 5.33
26 PM Siddle (AUS) 67 1164 17.37 221 3.30 5.27
27 MG Hughes (AUS) 53 1032 19.47 212 4.00 4.87
28 PJ Cummins (AUS) 62 1295 20.89 269 4.34 4.81
29 MD Marshall (WI) 81 1810 22.35 376 4.64 4.81
30 JN Gillespie (AUS) 71 1218 17.15 259 3.65 4.70
31 B Lee (AUS) 76 1451 19.09 310 4.08 4.68
32 SK Warne (AUS) 145 3154 21.75 708 4.88 4.45
33 Abdul Qadir (PAK) 67 1029 15.36 236 3.52 4.36
34 KAJ Roach (WI) 81 1174 14.49 270 3.33 4.35
35 J Srinath (IND) 67 1009 15.06 236 3.52 4.28
36 A Kumble (IND) 132 2506 18.98 619 4.69 4.05
37 Z Khan (IND) 92 1231 13.38 311 3.38 3.96
38 HMRKB Herath (SL) 93 1699 18.27 433 4.66 3.92
39 CEL Ambrose (WI) 98 1439 14.68 405 4.13 3.55
40 NM Lyon (AUS) 129 1521 11.79 530 4.11 2.87
41 DW Steyn (SA) 93 1251 13.45 439 4.72 2.85
42 Waqar Younis (PAK) 87 1010 11.61 373 4.29 2.71
43 JM Anderson (ENG) 188 1353 7.20 701 3.73 1.93
44 M Muralidaran (ICC/SL) 133 1261 9.48 800 6.02 1.58
 
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Bolo.

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Boje and Emburey crack a nod as bowling ARs on this list due to being crap bowlers. Hadlee and Pollock are bowlers who could bat despite scoring a lot more RPT because they knew how to take wickets.
 
Starfighter

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Roston Chase in the 50:50 category due to being crap at both, 8-for against England aside. A no-rounder.
 
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Bolo. said:
Boje and Emburey crack a nod as bowling ARs on this list due to being crap bowlers. Hadlee and Pollock are bowlers who could bat despite scoring a lot more RPT because they knew how to take wickets.
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Sobers and Imran were both as good in their secondary discipline as Goddard's batting too.
 
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Bolo. said:
Looking at some of the other names on the 50:50 list, I'm going to assume this is a troll post.
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There's a fair few no-rounders in there which I didn't consider but to me Goddard, Sobers and Imran are all the same degree of all rounder. Big fan of all 3 along with Miller.
 
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trundler said:
There's a fair few no-rounders in there which I didn't consider but to me Goddard, Sobers and Imran are all the same degree of all rounder. Big fan of all 3 along with Miller.
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Fair enough if ignoring no rounders.

I don't think they were as good as Goddard in secondary. I was approaching the list on it's own parameters though. It doesn't measure quality, just output, in which Goddard is far ahead of Imran but pretty close to Sobers.

I dont think category matters much, at least as far as the 3 middle categories go. The best ARs are typically skewed to one suit, but there are a couple of good middle ones too. Falling into the bowler who can bat/bat who can bowl does imply a drop in quality to me though, especially when it means being grouped with genuine 11s. IDK. Maybe my problem is chiefly with the names of the groups, as it's really just a measure of output relative to oneself.

I guess I have an issue with using output as a direct proxy for quality too, but doing so is the reader injecting bias- we don't need to read it this way.
 
bagapath

bagapath

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introducing a minimum requirement of 1 WPM and 30 RPM to tighten the names in all categories


Batsmen who could bowl
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM
1 RB Simpson (AUS) 62 4869 78.53 71 1.15 68.58
2 ER Dexter (ENG) 62 4502 72.61 66 1.06 68.21
3 FMM Worrell (WI) 51 3860 75.69 69 1.35 55.94
4 CL Hooper (WI) 102 5762 56.49 114 1.12 50.54

Batting all rounders
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM
1 SR Watson (AUS) 59 3731 63.24 75 1.27 49.75
2 Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK) 57 3643 63.91 79 1.39 46.11
3 JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 166 13289 80.05 292 1.76 45.51
4 GJ Whittall (ZIM) 46 2207 47.98 51 1.11 43.27
5 JR Reid (NZ) 58 3428 59.10 85 1.47 40.33
6 FE Woolley (ENG) 64 3283 51.30 83 1.30 39.55
7 GS Sobers (WI) 93 8032 86.37 235 2.53 34.18
8 WW Armstrong (AUS) 50 2863 57.26 87 1.74 32.91
9 BA Stokes (ENG) 103 6316 61.32 199 1.93 31.74
10 GRJ Matthews (AUS) 33 1849 56.03 61 1.85 30.31
11 KD Mackay (AUS) 37 1507 40.73 50 1.35 30.14

50:50 all rounders
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM
1 JDP Oram (NZ) 33 1780 53.94 60 1.82 29.67
2 C Kelleway (AUS) 26 1422 54.69 52 2.00 27.35
3 RL Chase (WI) 49 2265 46.22 85 1.73 26.65
4 BM McMillan (SA) 38 1968 51.79 75 1.97 26.24
5 DJ Bravo (WI) 40 2200 55.00 86 2.15 25.58
6 AW Greig (ENG) 58 3599 62.05 141 2.43 25.52
7 RJ Shastri (IND) 80 3830 47.88 151 1.89 25.36
8 L Klusener (SA) 49 1906 38.90 80 1.63 23.83
9 GE Gomez (WI) 29 1243 42.86 58 2.00 21.43
10 GA Faulkner (SA) 25 1754 70.16 82 3.28 21.39
11 TL Goddard (SA) 41 2516 61.37 123 3.00 20.46
12 G Miller (ENG) 34 1213 35.68 60 1.76 20.22

Bowling all rounders
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM
1 DG Phadkar (IND) 31 1229 39.65 62 2.00 19.82
2 Abdul Razzaq (PAK) 46 1946 42.30 100 2.17 19.46
3 Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 67 4505 67.24 237 3.54 19.01
4 W Rhodes (ENG) 58 2325 40.09 127 2.19 18.31
5 C White (ENG) 30 1052 35.07 59 1.97 17.83
6 JO Holder (WI) 65 2797 43.03 158 2.43 17.70
7 KR Miller (AUS) 55 2958 53.78 170 3.09 17.40
8 TE Bailey (ENG) 61 2290 37.54 132 2.16 17.35
9 A Flintoff (ENG/ICC) 79 3845 48.67 226 2.86 17.01
10 JH Sinclair (SA) 25 1069 42.76 63 2.52 16.97
11 M Prabhakar (IND) 39 1600 41.03 96 2.46 16.67
12 MA Noble (AUS) 42 1997 47.55 121 2.88 16.50
13 RG Nadkarni (IND) 41 1414 34.49 88 2.15 16.07
14 SA Durani (IND) 29 1202 41.45 75 2.59 16.03
15 DN Patel (NZ) 37 1200 32.43 75 2.03 16.00
16 DJG Sammy (WI) 38 1323 34.82 84 2.21 15.75
17 CL Cairns (NZ) 62 3320 53.55 218 3.52 15.23
18 MM Ali (ENG) 68 3094 45.50 204 3.00 15.17
19 R Illingworth (ENG) 61 1836 30.10 122 2.00 15.05
20 IT Botham (ENG) 102 5200 50.98 383 3.75 13.58
21 JM Gregory (AUS) 24 1146 47.75 85 3.54 13.48
22 N Boje (SA) 43 1312 30.51 100 2.33 13.12
23 MH Mankad (IND) 44 2109 47.93 162 3.68 13.02
24 DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 113 4531 40.10 362 3.20 12.52
25 N Kapil Dev (IND) 131 5248 40.06 434 3.31 12.09
26 G Giffen (AUS) 31 1238 39.94 103 3.32 12.02
27 Intikhab Alam (PAK) 47 1493 31.77 125 2.66 11.94
28 CC Lewis (ENG) 32 1105 34.53 93 2.91 11.88
29 CR Woakes (ENG) 49 1754 35.80 150 3.06 11.69
30 IK Pathan (IND) 29 1105 38.10 100 3.45 11.05
31 Mohammad Rafique (BAN) 33 1059 32.09 100 3.03 10.59
32 Imran Khan (PAK) 88 3807 43.26 362 4.11 10.52
33 RA Jadeja (IND) 72 3036 42.17 294 4.08 10.33


Bowlers who could bat
S.No Player Match Runs RPM Wkts WPM RPM/WPM
1 HH Streak (ZIM) 65 1990 30.62 216 3.32 9.21
2 SM Pollock (SA) 108 3781 35.01 421 3.90 8.98
3 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 43 1470 34.19 164 3.81 8.96
4 R Benaud (AUS) 63 2201 34.94 248 3.94 8.87
5 MDK Perera (SL) 43 1303 30.30 161 3.74 8.09
6 MW Tate (ENG) 39 1198 30.72 155 3.97 7.73
7 Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 86 3124 36.33 431 5.01 7.25
8 AK Davidson (AUS) 44 1328 30.18 186 4.23 7.14
9 R Ashwin (IND) 100 3309 33.09 516 5.16 6.41
 
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