Bettor.com top bowling all-round players in Test cricket (Part 4)
(Continuation of Part3)
Chris Cairns
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 cricketer Lance Cairns. Chris Cairns was one of the nominations for the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000, in the same year he was described to be the
best all-round player the cricketing World has ever seen by former Australian captain and leg-spinner Shane Warne.
Cairns 15 years of Test cricket allowed him to play 62 Test matches, as he scored 3,320 runs, at a modest average of 33.53. He also has 5 centuries and 22 half centuries to his name, with a best of 158 runs. In the bowling department he has maintained the
same commendable level of consistency in the Test cricket format, as he has taken 218 wickets, at an average of 29.40. Not to forget, his 13 five wicket hauls and one ten wicket haul in a match, with an innings best of 7 for 27.
The black caps veteran all-rounder has a tremendous first class Test cricket record to his name as well. He has a massive of 217 matches under his belt, scoring a massive of 10,702 runs, on an average of 35.32. He also has 13 centuries and 71 half-centuries,
with a best of 158 to his name. Not to forget, that the veteran also has 647 wickets, at an average of 28.31 in first-class cricket. He has 30 five wicket hauls and 6 ten wicket hauls in a match, with best bowling figures of 8 for 47.
His first-class cricket surely helped him in becoming a World-class all-rounder in the cricket fraternity. He deserves to be in the top bowling all-round Test cricketers of all time list as the veteran has an average difference of 4.13 among batting and
bowling disciplines.
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Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj is the finest all-rounder Indian cricket has ever produced. The former Indian captain and bowling all-rounder was born on 6th of January, 1959. He is famously known for leading the Indian team in the 1983 ICC World Cup
victory and the fact that he was named by the Wisden in 2002 as, “the Indian Cricketer of the Century”.
The veteran has a massive of 16 years of international cricket under his belt. He played 131 Test matches, scoring 5248 runs at an average of 31.05. The veteran also has 8 centuries and 27 half-centuries, with a batting best of 163 to his name.
His 131 Test matches also allowed him to take 434 wickets, at a modest average of 29.64. Not to forget, his 23 five wickets haul and 2 ten wicket hauls in a match, with a best figures of 9 for 83.
The veteran Indian captain has played 275 first class matches, scoring over 11,000 runs, at an average of 32.91, with 18 centuries and 56 half centuries, and a best of 193 runs in a single innings. His first class bowling credentials speak for themselves,
as he took 835 wickets, at a modest average of 27.09 as he played 275 matches. He has 39 five wicket hauls and 3 ten wicket hauls in a match, with a best of 9 for 83.
He is considered as the Indian version of Pakistani Imran Khan and has a rightful place on Bettor.com’s top bowling all-round players of the longer version of the game. With a difference of 1.41 between batting and bowling averages, he deserves a position
in the World’s best bowling all-round Test players.
The international cricket fraternity has produced World-class bowling all-round players. One can only hope for the cricketing World to see more talented all-round cricketers in the longer format of the game.
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