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Over the next few months you will be able read feature profiles of each of the 20 contenders for the title of the greatest allrounder. Each time a new feature is published it will, of course, be available on the homepage, but for reference purposes you will be able to access all archived features below... The Greatest Allrounder Sobers named as Cricinfo's greatest allrounder He was the most natural cricketer you would ever want to see and quite simply he could do it all. He is in the top ten greatest batsmen of all time, he took over 200 Test wickets and was a sensational fielder who could field in multiple positions. "Sobers is not just the greatest allrounder ever, but the greatest player," explained Sambit Bal, Cricinfo's editor. Imran Khan topped the user poll, and by a surprisingly big margin  Allrounder, No. 20 - Sir Richard Hadlee New Zealand's lone ranger The old quotes are always the best. When Graham Gooch summed up the challenge of batting against the New Zealand team of the 1980s, he described it thus: "Richard Hadlee at one end, Ilford 2nds at the other." If that was harsh, it also hinted at an unavoidable truth. For most of the 17 years Hadlee was a Test cricketer, he singlehandedly carried his side's attack like no other bowler had managed before Allrounder, No. 19 - Sir Garry Sobers Nothing he couldn't do When Wisden Cricketers' Almanack invited 100 experts around the world to vote for their five top players of the 20th century, a few grumbled that two names were shoo-ins: Don Bradman and Sir Garfield Sobers. Because if Bradman is the greatest batsman of all time, Sobers remains peerless as an all-rounder: 8,032 Test runs at an average of nearly 58, a total of 235 wickets taken with a mixture of left-arm seam bowling plus two types of spin - orthodox and wrist - and a close-catching ability second to few Primus inter pares Allrounder, No. 18 - Wilfred Rhodes In an era where most players are labeled as either batsmen or bowlers and handled accordingly, it is unlikely the game will ever throw up another Wilfred Rhodes... more Lord and Master Allrounder, No 17 - Learie Constantine He was the first superstar of West Indies cricket. He bowled furiously, batted aggressively and was an outstanding fielder... more The player behind the voice Allrounder, No 16 - Richie Benaud Few cricketers have played the game and enjoyed as much respect as Richie Benaud without breaking down doors and throwing up flamboyantly eye-catching performances... more The golden 'Nugget' Allrounder, No. 15 - Keith Miller Keith Miller had the golden touch whether hitting sixes into the stands, bowling unplayable offerings or thrilling people with his pastime... more The lost diamond Allrounder, No. 14 - Mike Procter At his peak, Mike Procter's all-round talents were like a force of nature: roaring in like a hurricane, he was the type of fast bowler to give you goose bumps; his batting had all the lethal power of a volcanic eruption. But he also showed the finer skill... more India's Cricketer of the Century Allrounder, No. 13 - Kapil Dev Kapil Dev is the finest all rounder to have played for India, and one of the best to have pulled on a pair of coloured trousers anywhere. He was more than a cricketer, he was an inspiration.... more India's unsurpassed allrounder Allrounder, No. 12 - Vinoo Mankad Suresh Menon profiles Vinoo Mankad, one of India greatest allrounders ... more The stumpy stopper Allrounder, No. 11 - Alan Knott While Alan Knott was keeping wicket for England in 65 successive Tests in the 1970s, there was not a gloveman in the world to touch him. But he was not merely a keeper of impish brilliance: Knott was England's lower-order not-so-secret weapon... more The king of swing Allrounder, No 9 - Wasim Akram Osman Samiuddin profile Wasim Akram in the latest Greatest Allrounder feature... more Cricket's great pioneer Tony Greig is one of the most colourful and least pigeon-holeable cricketers in the modern game... more Keeping it in the family Allrounder, No 7 - Shaun Pollock Blessed with a loose-limbed effortlessness that adds elegance to anything he does, Shaun Pollock glides through his aesthetically soothing action with silky deception and wields a bat as if he were adding a flourish to an autograph... more Sharing space with Sir Garry Allrounder, No. 6 - Jacques Kallis South Africa's leading Test run scorer by the age of 30, Jacques Kallis has established himself amongst the elite in world cricket - and there is plenty more to come... more Master of the spin-swerve Allrounder, No. 5 - Monty Noble The first Monty to be a crowd favourite, M.A. Noble was the most complete player of the late 1800s and early 1900s... more Pakistan's cornered tiger To restrict Imran Khan to mere cricket is to heap an injustice upon him. Undoubtedly, he was a giant on the field... more Nothing less than a phenomenon At his peak, he was - for Englishmen of a certain generation - nothing less than a phenomenon... more India's lost captain Allrounder, no.2 - Ravi Shastri A dour customer capable of bursts of flair on the field, Ravi Shastri was a debonair, straight-speaking individual off it, qualities that didn't exactly endear him to an Indian society... more The world is his oyster Allrounder, no 1 - Andrew Flintoff In the first in our series of feature profiles of each of the 20 contenders for the title of the greatest allrounder, we begin with England's colossus, Andrew Flintoff. Click the link below to view the full feature... more |
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