The best all-rounder

[GVGjr]

Who's been the best all-rounder you have seen? EJ Smith will no doubt nominate Sobers but I'd be interested to see who else gets selected.

Pick 2 if you have to.

[dog town]

Re: The best all-rounder

Didnt see Sobers so I have to go with Kallis. Pretty bloody underrated player if you ask me. Sobers looked amazing from the footage I have seen. I saw Kahn, Botham and Akram and still have Kallis ahead of them. His batting is amazing and his bowling is better than most think.

[GVGjr]

Re: The best all-rounder

Kapil Dev for me. Extremely quick and could move the ball around with his swing. Thumping batsman as well. He played most of his cricket in the sub continent often with no real new ball partner to keep the pressure on and his record is still great.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: The best all-rounder

Kapil Dev for me. Extremely quick and could move the ball around with his swing. Thumping batsman as well. He played most of his cricket in the sub continent often with no real new ball partner to keep the pressure on and his record is still great.

I agree. I can't believe I forgot about Kapil when selecting my era All time XI. Botham you're out, welcome in Kapil.

[The Doctor]

Re: The best all-rounder

I'd go

Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Kapil Dev
Ian Botham
Jaques Kallis

in that order although I flipped a coin over Botham and Kallis

[The Coon Dog]

Re: The best all-rounder

Imran Khan for me. Loved his inswinging yorker.

Hadlee, whilst acknowledged as a strike bowler could bat well enough to be classed as an all rounder in my view.

[GVGjr]

Re: The best all-rounder

Hadlee, whilst acknowledged as a strike bowler could bat well enough to be classed as an all rounder in my view.

I just feel that his batting wasn't capable of holding down the number 7 spot or better. A bit like Akram in that regard.

[dog town]

Re: The best all-rounder

I suppose the difference between me going for Kallis and the rest of you going for Dev/Botham/Akram/Khan is that I have gone for more of a batting all rounder. I would class the other guys as bowling all rounders. All very dangerous hard hitting batsmen in there own right but more bowlers than batsmen. I really think Kallis is undervalued sometimes.

[GVGjr]

Re: The best all-rounder

I suppose the difference between me going for Kallis and the rest of you going for Dev/Botham/Akram/Khan is that I have gone for more of a batting all rounder. I would class the other guys as bowling all rounders. All very dangerous hard hitting batsmen in there own right but more bowlers than batsmen. I really think Kallis is undervalued sometimes.

Botham was more of the classical number 6 and first change bowler so he more than meets the criteria. I believe Dev's batting was underrated. Khan was a bowling all-rounder who's batting improved once he stopped bowling quick.
Even Sobers didn't bat at number 4 like Kallis has.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: The best all-rounder

Adam Gilchrist.

Why does an allrounder have to bowl?

[GVGjr]

Re: The best all-rounder

Adam Gilchrist.

Why does an allrounder have to bowl?

He just does We can do a thread about batting keepers later

[LostDoggy]

Re: The best all-rounder

Imran with the ladies - '.... like a tiger'

[LostDoggy]

Re: The best all-rounder

Keith Miller anyone?

[GVGjr]

Re: The best all-rounder

Keith Miller anyone?

Most of us never saw him play which was one of the criteria. On reputation alone he was an excellent all-rounder. He could bat in the top 5 and open the bowling.
Interesting that spinning all-rounders aren't getting a mention.

[dog town]

Re: The best all-rounder

Adam Gilchrist.

Why does an allrounder have to bowl?

Fair call.