CW's Ranking of All-Rounders (Tests)

[The Sean]

Faulkner

 

[Line and Length]

Bit of a stretch voting him in at this stage, he’s more of a batsman who was a useful 5th or 6th bowler more in the Hammond mold than a true all rounder..

Fair enough. My vote stands but I'll overlook him in future voting rounds. As a matter of interest, my other choice was Tony Greg (batting @40; bowling @32 and 2.4 wpm). Thoughts before I place votes in his direction in the future.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Greig will be my next choice after Kapil. But it's looking like Faulkner and Shakib are getting in before Kapil so I'll probably opt out before it becomes dafter than the spinners thread.

 

[Pothas]

Pollock not getting any votes yet? Guess he wouldn't when Hadlee is still an option.

 

[gftw]

Hadlee - 5
Shakib - 7
Faulkner - 6
Dexter - 1
Kapil - 3

The List
1. Garry Sobers
2. Imran Khan
3. Jacques Kallis
4. Keith Miller
5. Ian Botham
6. Shakib Al Hasan

The vote for the #7 test all-rounder of all-time begins now.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Faulkner

 

[srbhkshk]

Kapil

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Kapil

 

[The Sean]

Well that was a surprise - expected Shakib to be top ten, but not top six.

 

[Coronis]

Guess we can’t call him underrated anymore

 

[trundler]

Kapil

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kapil

 

[Daemon]

Kapil

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Faulkner, then Hadlee

So Faulkner

 

[Daemon]

Personally can't understand Shakib ahead of Kapil

I've come around on the Hadlee thing, his batting was just a nice to have, sorta like Pollock's.

 

[Victor Ian]

Dev

 

[harsh.ag]

Kapil

 

[Coronis]

Personally can't understand Shakib ahead of Kapil

I've come around on the Hadlee thing, his batting was just a nice to have, sorta like Pollock's.

Eh both carrying their teams on their backs, Shakib a better batsman, and their bowling is quite comparable, especially considering the whole pace vs spin thing. One of only 3 blokes (the other 2 having already been picked) to score a century and take 10 wickets in a match. I’d say he’s at least a top 3 batsman and bowler for his side all time as well, pretty crazy.

 

[srbhkshk]

Kapil is the much better bowler - easily. Just that Shakib's the better batsman by an even more comprehensive margin.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shakib has more amazing bat+ball in the same test performances than almost anyone in this list bar Botham. I would still have Kapil a bit higher but unexpectedly pleasant to see I'm not fighting a lone battle for Shakib on CW anymore.