2025 Ranking of All Rounders Poll

[Qlder]

That's interesting: cricinfo has him as bowling an 8-run over that Howstat lacks. I wonder how and where that discrepancy crept in.

I found it. Luckily it was 2nd innings of his first test. Howstat has him bowling 11 overs for 3/28. Match scorecard has him bowling 12 overs for 3/36. So Oram's bowling average confirmed as 33.05

NZ vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Wellington, December 12 - 14, 2002

Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, NZ vs IND, India tour of New Zealand 2002/03 at Basin Reserve, Wellington dated December 12 - 14, 2002.

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[ataraxia]

I found it. Luckily it was 2nd innings of his first test. Howstat has him bowling 11 overs for 3/28. Match scorecard has him bowling 12 overs with 3/36. So Oram's bowling average cofirmed as 33.05

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NZ vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Wellington, December 12 - 14, 2002

Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, NZ vs IND, India tour of New Zealand 2002/03 at Basin Reserve, Wellington dated December 12 - 14, 2002.

www.espncricinfo.com

Yeah cricinfo's version agrees with Charles Davis'.

 

[Line and Length]

Changed to 33.05

Thanks for the research.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Take away that innings and he barely averages 20 in Tests.

That's like saying, "take away Viv's 1976, and he barely averages 45". Akram scored those runs, taking them away makes no sense. If minnow bashing is the problem here, Hammond averages 45 vs Australia, the only nation back then with a strong batting lineup of completely Test standard players.

 

[Line and Length]

That's like saying, "take away Viv's 1976, and he barely averages 45". Akram scored those runs, taking them away makes no sense. If minnow bashing is the problem here, Hammond averages 45 vs Australia, the only nation back then with a strong batting lineup of completely Test standard players.

Fair comment. I never regarded Akram's batting average (22.64) as being indicative of an all rounder anyway. The innings I mention (v Zimbabwe) is "Gillespiesque".

 

[honestbharani]

Wasim
CDG
McCartney

 

[capt_Luffy]

Fair comment. I never regarded Akram's batting average (22.64) as being indicative of an all rounder anyway. The innings I mention (v Zimbabwe) is "Gillespiesque".

Fair. I just think Wasim and Hammond have very comparable secondary skills, equal imho. Wasim has 2 more Test centuries (1 against Australia) and plenty of 50s as well. Don't think his Test batting record is much poorer than Davidson

 

[sayon basak]

Macartney
Akram
CDG

 

[Qlder]

Macartney
Jayasuriya
Akram

Jayasuriya is not an option. It's a tie-breaker with the other 2 and de Grandhomme

 

[Bitmap]

Macartney
CdG
Wasim

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Macartney
Lindwall
De Grandhomme

 

[Line and Length]

Macartney
Lindwall
De Grandhomme

Lindwall isn't an option. You have to rank Macartney, Akram & de Grandhomme. I can accept:
Macartney
de Grabnhomme
Akram

 

[Thala_0710]

De Grandhomme
Mccartney
Akram

 

[Coronis]

Akram
de Grandhome
McCartney

 

[Line and Length]

Thanks for the tie breaking votes:
Macartney 26
de Grandhomme 25
Wasim Akram 21

That completes our 2025 Test All Rounders Poll. Thanks for all the participation that made this an interesting exercise.
Here is the final table.

	All Rounders Poll
	* current player								5 for	10 in
		Tests	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	Wickets	Ave	Inns	match	WPM
1	G.Sobers	93	8032	57.78	26	30	235	34.04	6	0	2.53
2	Imran Khan	88	3807	37.69	6	18	362	22.81	23	6	4.11
3	K.Miller	55	2958	36.98	7	13	170	22.98	7	1	3.09
4	J.Kallis	166	13289	55.37	45	58	292	32.65	5	0	1.76
5	I.Botham	102	5200	33.55	14	22	383	28.40	27	4	3.75
6	R.Hadlee	86	3124	27.17	2	15	431	22.30	36	9	5.01
7	A.Faulkner	25	1754	40.79	4	8	82	26.59	4	0	3.31
8	S.Pollock	108	3781	32.32	2	16	421	23.12	16	1	3.90
9	Kapil Dev	131	5248	31.05	8	27	434	29.65	23	2	3.31
10	*R.Jadeja	80	3370	34.74	4	22	323	24.09	15	3	4.04
11	*Shakib al Hasan	71	4609	37.78	5	31	246	31.72	19	2	3.47
12	T.Greig	58	3599	40.44	8	20	141	32.21	6	2	2.43
13	T.Goddard	41	2516	34.47	1	18	123	26.23	5	0	3.00
14	C.Cairns	62	3320	33.54	5	22	218	29.40	13	1	3.52
15	*B.Stokes	110	6719	35.55	13	35	210	32.37	4	0	1.91
16	M.Noble	42	1997	30.26	1	16	121	25.00	9	2	2.88
17	V.Mankad	44	2109	31.48	5	6	162	32.32	8	2	3.68
18	*R.Ashwin	106	3503	25.76	6	14	537	23.91	37	8	5.06
19	W.Rhodes	58	2325	30.19	2	11	127	26.97	6	1	2.19
20	Mushtaq Mohammad	57	3643	39.17	10	19	79	29.23	3	0	1.39
21	A.Flintoff	79	3845	31.78	5	26	226	32.79	3	0	2.86
21	E.Barlow	30	2516	45.75	6	15	40	34.05	1	0	1.33
23	M.Procter	7	226	25.11	0	0	41	15.02	1	0	5.86
24	J.Gregory	24	1146	36.97	2	7	85	31.15	4	0	3.54
25	R.Benaud	63	2201	24.46	3	9	248	27.03	16	1	3.94
26	B.McMillan	38	1968	39.36	3	13	75	33.83	0	0	1.97
27	F.Worrell	51	3860	49.49	9	22	69	38.72	2	0	1.35
28	W.Armstrong	50	2863	38.69	6	8	87	33.60	3	0	1.74
29	D.Vettori	113	4531	30.01	6	23	362	34.37	20	3	3.20
30	W.Hammond	85	7249	58.46	22	24	83	37.81	2	0	0.98
31	A.Davidson	44	1328	24.59	0	5	186	20.53	14	2	4.23
32	T.Bailey	61	2290	29.74	1	10	132	29.21	5	1	2.16
33	J.R.Reid	58	3428	33.28	6	22	85	33.35	1	0	1.47
34	T.Dexter	62	4502	47.89	9	27	66	34.95	0	0	1.06
35	F.Woolley	64	3283	36.08	5	23	83	33.92	4	1	1.30
36	*J.Holder	69	3073	29.83	3	14	162	30.38	8	1	2.35
37	C.Kelleway	26	1422	37.42	3	6	52	32.37	1	0	2.00
38	S.Watson	59	3731	35.20	4	24	75	33.68	3	0	1.27
39	J.Oram	33	1780	36.33	5	6	60	33.05	0	0	1.82
40	C.Macartney	35	2131	41.78	7	9	45	27.56	2	1	1.29

 

[ataraxia]

Thanks for the tie breaking votes:
Macartney 26
de Grandhomme 25
Wasim Akram 21

That completes our 2025 Test All Rounders Poll. Thanks for all the participation that made this an interesting exercise.
Here is the final table.

	All Rounders Poll
	* current player								5 for	10 in
		Tests	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	Wickets	Ave	Inns	match	WPM
1	G.Sobers	93	8032	57.78	26	30	235	34.04	6	0	2.53
2	Imran Khan	88	3807	37.69	6	18	362	22.81	23	6	4.11
3	K.Miller	55	2958	36.98	7	13	170	22.98	7	1	3.09
4	J.Kallis	166	13289	55.37	45	58	292	32.65	5	0	1.76
5	I.Botham	102	5200	33.55	14	22	383	28.40	27	4	3.75
6	R.Hadlee	86	3124	27.17	2	15	431	22.30	36	9	5.01
7	A.Faulkner	25	1754	40.79	4	8	82	26.59	4	0	3.31
8	S.Pollock	108	3781	32.32	2	16	421	23.12	16	1	3.90
9	Kapil Dev	131	5248	31.05	8	27	434	29.65	23	2	3.31
10	*R.Jadeja	80	3370	34.74	4	22	323	24.09	15	3	4.04
11	*Shakib al Hasan	71	4609	37.78	5	31	246	31.72	19	2	3.47
12	T.Greig	58	3599	40.44	8	20	141	32.21	6	2	2.43
13	T.Goddard	41	2516	34.47	1	18	123	26.23	5	0	3.00
14	C.Cairns	62	3320	33.54	5	22	218	29.40	13	1	3.52
15	*B.Stokes	110	6719	35.55	13	35	210	32.37	4	0	1.91
16	M.Noble	42	1997	30.26	1	16	121	25.00	9	2	2.88
17	V.Mankad	44	2109	31.48	5	6	162	32.32	8	2	3.68
18	*R.Ashwin	106	3503	25.76	6	14	537	23.91	37	8	5.06
19	W.Rhodes	58	2325	30.19	2	11	127	26.97	6	1	2.19
20	Mushtaq Mohammad	57	3643	39.17	10	19	79	29.23	3	0	1.39
21	A.Flintoff	79	3845	31.78	5	26	226	32.79	3	0	2.86
21	E.Barlow	30	2516	45.75	6	15	40	34.05	1	0	1.33
23	M.Procter	7	226	25.11	0	0	41	15.02	1	0	5.86
24	J.Gregory	24	1146	36.97	2	7	85	31.15	4	0	3.54
25	R.Benaud	63	2201	24.46	3	9	248	27.03	16	1	3.94
26	B.McMillan	38	1968	39.36	3	13	75	33.83	0	0	1.97
27	F.Worrell	51	3860	49.49	9	22	69	38.72	2	0	1.35
28	W.Armstrong	50	2863	38.69	6	8	87	33.60	3	0	1.74
29	D.Vettori	113	4531	30.01	6	23	362	34.37	20	3	3.20
30	W.Hammond	85	7249	58.46	22	24	83	37.81	2	0	0.98
31	A.Davidson	44	1328	24.59	0	5	186	20.53	14	2	4.23
32	T.Bailey	61	2290	29.74	1	10	132	29.21	5	1	2.16
33	J.R.Reid	58	3428	33.28	6	22	85	33.35	1	0	1.47
34	T.Dexter	62	4502	47.89	9	27	66	34.95	0	0	1.06
35	F.Woolley	64	3283	36.08	5	23	83	33.92	4	1	1.30
36	*J.Holder	69	3073	29.83	3	14	162	30.38	8	1	2.35
37	C.Kelleway	26	1422	37.42	3	6	52	32.37	1	0	2.00
38	S.Watson	59	3731	35.20	4	24	75	33.68	3	0	1.27
39	J.Oram	33	1780	36.33	5	6	60	33.05	0	0	1.82
40	C.Macartney	35	2131	41.78	7	9	45	27.56	2	1	1.29

Well as you got 24 voters on that question, it appears as if it is worth continuing!

 

[Line and Length]

Well as you got 24 voters on that question, it appears as if it is worth continuing!

It was 12 voters giving 3, 2, 1 votes.
12 x 6 =72

 

[Qlder]

I just want to give a big thank you to @Line and Length for a well run poll. I really enjoyed it and loved how timely your vote updates were. It was nice knowing I could log in the same time every morning and there were last results with new vote open. Well done.

 

[shortpitched713]

Thanks Line and Length for running this. Very interesting, with fine results to show, especially in the upper part of the list.