Top 5 Greatest All-Rounders in Cricket.

1-  Sir Garfield Sobers

      Greatest West Indian All-Rounder in History, a threat for the opponents with both bat and ball he was also excellent fielder, captained theWest Indies for many years. the two most all-rounders can claim to be. He could bowl both fast-medium and spin, being effective with both. But it was as a spin bowler that Sobers was picked first time for the West Indies team, often batting low in the order. He would go on to take 235 wickets at an average of 34.03. His average of 57.78 is the 10th-best on the all time list and compares with any batsman in the history of the game, with the exception of the great Sir Donald Bradman. He scored 26 centuries and 30 fifties. But his most famous feat remains the 365 not out he scored in 1958 against Pakistan team. At the time, this was a world record, a record that would stand until it was broken by great Brain Lara in 1994. It still ranks as the fifth highest score ever in test cricket.

2- Jacques Kallis

    Jacques Kallis is unquestionably the greatest all-rounder of the today’s modern cricket rates highly on the all-time list too. As a batsman, there are few better than Kallis, averaging 57.02, including 41 centuries and 55 half-centuries.

This average is the highest of any current player, higher than other present day superstars including Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Inzmam and very Sound batsman. Whilst most all-rounders tend to score their runs in rather unorthodox style, Kallis brings a very classical approach, playing a range of controlled shots. Indeed, there are few harder wickets to take than that of Kallis.

he is Also a fast-medium bowler, who can bowls heavy balls some time Kallis has taken 274 wickets at an average of 32.51. Whilst this may not rate quite as highly as his batting record, it is still impressive nonetheless, and he would be good enough to make many international sides as a bowler.

3- Imran Khan

    Number four in our list of top 10 greatest All Rounders of all time goes to former Pakistan captain Imran Khan. Imran Khan is undoubtedly the greatest cricketer to play for Pakistan. He was a Right Handed batsman and a Right Arm Fast bowler. He was considered as Pakistan’s most successful cricket captain,

Imran Won the World Cup 1992 for Pakistan, It was as a bowlerthat he’s best remembered, taking 362 test wickets at an average of 22.81. He was a genuine quick and opened the bowling for Pakistan for many years, he would rate as highly as any bowlerfrom any era. He finished his test career with an average 37.69, including 6 centuries and 18 half-centuries, becoming one of only eight players to achieve the ‘all-rounders triple’ of 300 wickets and 3000 runs.

4-  Kapil Dev

     Nicknamed as “Haryana Hurricane” India’s greatest all-rounder ever, and indeed India’s greatest fast bowler, Kapil Dev is the first of the great 1980s all-rounders to appear on this list. became the first Indian captain who lifted World Cup trophy in 1983. He became just the second bowler in the history of the game to take 400 wickets, surpassing Richard Hadlee’s world record in his final test, to finish with 434 wickets at an average of 29.64. With the bat, he averaged 31.05 in a career which included eight centuries and 27 half-centuries. In ODI’s his 175 not out against Zimbabwe at the 1983 World Cup, best remembered for Kapil.

5- Ian Botham

     The great Englishman of the 1980′s, Ian Botham was a key figure in the revival of cricket’s sleeping lion. Botham nicknamed “BEEFY” made his debut for England in 1976 has been considered as the greatest ever All Rounder to have played for his country. He single handedly won England the 1981 Ashes series with his All Round performances which included 399 runs and 34 scalps. The series was later called as BOTHAM’S ASHES.

For his career, he averaged 33.54 with the bat, but showed on various occasions that he was capable of pushing on to build a big innings, scoring 14 centuries and 22 half-centuries. He tended to be a hard-hitter, shown by his high strike rate of 60.71.

As a bowler, he took 383 wickets at 28.40, still holds the record for the highest number of Test wickets taken by an England player.