Cricket -- Hall Of Fame

[Ikki]

Miller, is a freak.

 

[GIMH]

SS, what is the basis of you leaving out Botham?

 

[Uppercut]

I'd have Botham in every single time, because he's a legend in the literal sense of the word. The old fogies of 2020 England (the year, not the game) will undoubtedly hark back to the days of Botham routing the crims with bleary eyes, moaning about how none of today's new-fangled cricketers hold a candle to him.

 

[zaremba]

Leaving aside wins against Bang and Zim and keeping 3 scores of 50+ and 3 hauls of 4 wickets + as minimum requirement statsguru threw up close to 50 names. i chose genuine all-rounders from that list and came up with this.

1. Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1974-1990 22 790 99 30.38 0 173 9/52 13.06 17 8
2. IT Botham (Eng) 1977-1991 33 1951 149* 43.35 8 172 8/34 20.09 15 47
3. Imran Khan (Pak) 1976-1992 26 900 117 36.00 1 155 8/58 14.50 11 10
4. R Benaud (Aus) 1952-1963 24 892 121 30.75 2 128 7/72 18.32 10 27
5. Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2001 34 1059 100 25.82 1 178 7/119 18.27 10 17
6. MA Noble (Aus) 1898-1909 21 890 65 26.17 0 87 7/17 18.36 8 15
7. SM Pollock (SA) 1996-2008 42 1317 111 32.12 1 193 6/30 18.82 8 34
8. KR Miller (Aus) 1946-1956 31 1779 147 43.39 4 113 7/60 19.60 7 23
9. CL Cairns (NZ) 1996-2004 10 654 158 43.60 1 41 7/27 22.24 4 3
10. AW Greig (Eng) 1972-1977 17 1064 139 53.20 3 59 8/86 20.84 4 27
11. TL Goddard (SA) 1955-1970 11 630 74 31.50 0 47 6/53 19.08 3 14
12. JM Gregory (Aus) 1920-1925 13 682 100 37.88 1 62 7/69 26.48 3 29
13. N Kapil Dev (India) 1979-1994 23 888 109 34.15 1 89 7/56 18.04 3 18
14. Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 1973-1979 9 728 201 56.00 3 30 5/28 20.96 3 14
15. W Rhodes (Eng) 1902-1930 24 1155 179 38.50 2 45 8/68 21.33 3 30
16. GS Sobers (WI) 1956-1974 31 3097 365* 77.42 12 104 6/73 24.04 3 58
17. FE Woolley (Eng) 1910-1932 26 1356 154 41.09 3 42 5/20 22.33 3 28
18. GA Faulkner (SA) 1906-1911 8 578 123 48.16 2 32 6/87 22.37 2 11
18. JH Kallis (SA) 1996-2008 52 4190 186 58.19 13 123 6/54 25.49 2 77

Thanks for that, a very interesting list. I think that this puts Botham's performances into perspective a bit though. The records shown by this list are without exception, er, exceptional. Fittingly, it's hard to choose between Hadlee, Botham, Kapil and Imran. And there are some other extraordinary figures from Miller, Grieg, Sobers - pretty much all of them in fact.

 

[NUFAN]

Tony Greig was an underrated player wasn't he.

Tremendous stats in wins for big Tony who looked terrific today in his pink hat.

 

[JBH001]

Leaving aside wins against Bang and Zim and keeping 3 scores of 50+ and 3 hauls of 4 wickets + as minimum requirement statsguru threw up close to 50 names. i chose genuine all-rounders from that list and came up with this.

1. Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1974-1990 22 790 99 30.38 0 173 9/52 13.06 17 8
2. IT Botham (Eng) 1977-1991 33 1951 149* 43.35 8 172 8/34 20.09 15 47
3. Imran Khan (Pak) 1976-1992 26 900 117 36.00 1 155 8/58 14.50 11 10
4. R Benaud (Aus) 1952-1963 24 892 121 30.75 2 128 7/72 18.32 10 27
5. Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2001 34 1059 100 25.82 1 178 7/119 18.27 10 17
6. MA Noble (Aus) 1898-1909 21 890 65 26.17 0 87 7/17 18.36 8 15
7. SM Pollock (SA) 1996-2008 42 1317 111 32.12 1 193 6/30 18.82 8 34
8. KR Miller (Aus) 1946-1956 31 1779 147 43.39 4 113 7/60 19.60 7 23
9. CL Cairns (NZ) 1996-2004 10 654 158 43.60 1 41 7/27 22.24 4 3
10. AW Greig (Eng) 1972-1977 17 1064 139 53.20 3 59 8/86 20.84 4 27
11. TL Goddard (SA) 1955-1970 11 630 74 31.50 0 47 6/53 19.08 3 14
12. JM Gregory (Aus) 1920-1925 13 682 100 37.88 1 62 7/69 26.48 3 29
13. N Kapil Dev (India) 1979-1994 23 888 109 34.15 1 89 7/56 18.04 3 18
14. Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 1973-1979 9 728 201 56.00 3 30 5/28 20.96 3 14
15. W Rhodes (Eng) 1902-1930 24 1155 179 38.50 2 45 8/68 21.33 3 30
16. GS Sobers (WI) 1956-1974 31 3097 365* 77.42 12 104 6/73 24.04 3 58
17. FE Woolley (Eng) 1910-1932 26 1356 154 41.09 3 42 5/20 22.33 3 28
18. GA Faulkner (SA) 1906-1911 8 578 123 48.16 2 32 6/87 22.37 2 11
18. JH Kallis (SA) 1996-2008 52 4190 186 58.19 13 123 6/54 25.49 2 77

Great work Bagapath, I took the liberty of sorting out stats of players who are usually discussed on these boards and using code to make it more readable.

Cricket has really been blessed by some fantastic all-around performers.

R J Hadlee

M  R   Hs  Avg  C Wk  B/B   Avg 5wi C
22 790 99 30.38 0 173 9/52 13.06 17 8

I T Botham

33 1951 149* 43.35 8 172 8/34 20.09 15 47

I Khan

26 900 117 36.00 1 155 8/58 14.50 11 10

K Dev

23 888 109 34.15 1 89 7/56 18.04 3 18

K Miller

31 1779 147 43.39 4 113 7/60 19.60 7 23

G Sobers

31 3097 365* 77.42 12 104 6/73 24.04 3 58

J Kallis

52 4190 186 58.19 13 123 6/54 25.49 2 77

S Pollock

42 1317 111 32.12 1 193 6/30 18.82 8 34

C Cairns

10 654 158 43.60 1 41 7/27 22.24 4 3

And finally

Tony Greig

17 1064 139 53.20 3 59 8/86 20.84 4 27

Those are exceptional figures. He really seems to have been under-rated.

A differential exercise, comparing bowling and batting averages (and perhaps catching) in wins to overall figures would be interesting, I think.