ALL TIME GREAT TEST MATCH ALL-ROUNDERS (BATTING / BOWLING)

The list of 25 all time great test match all rounders is given below, based on ‘per match’ performance in bowling and batting:

(1) GSA Sobers (2) GA Faulkner (3) Imran Khan (4) TL Goddard (5) IT Botham (6) KR Miller (7) MH Mankad (8) RJ Hadlee (9) CL Cairns (10) SM Pollock (11) Kapil Dev (12) JH Kallis (13) AW Greig (14) R Benaud (15) JM Gregory (16) AK Davidson (17) G Giffen (18) Wasim Akram (19) A Flintoff (20) MA Noble (21) HJ Tayfield (22) MD Marshall (23) MM Prabhakar (24) H Trumble (25) William Barnes.  

All time team strength – Test match cricket

All time team strengths of teams on a scale of 0-1,000 are given below. They indicate batting strength, bowling strength, fielding strength and overall strength.

(1) Australia – Batting 1000 – Bowling 953 – Fielding 1000 – Overall 1000

(2) West Indies – Batting 951 – Bowling 1000 – Fielding 928 – Overall 972

(3) England – Batting 955 – Bowling 909 – Fielding 970 – Overall 953

(4) South Africa – Batting 953 – Bowling 894 – Fielding 962 – Overall 929

(5) India – Batting 901 – Bowling 905 – Fielding 892 – Overall 926

(6) Pakistan – Batting 892 – Bowling 889 – Fielding 814 – Overall 899

(7) Sri Lanka – Batting 818 – Bowling 782 – Fielding 844 – Overall 844

(8) New Zealand – Batting 842 – Bowling 782 – Fielding 871 – Overall 822

(9) Zimbabwe – Batting 748 – Bowling 733 – Fielding 826 – Overall 732

(10) Bangladesh – Batting 565 – Bowling 495 – Fielding 491 – Overall 556 

Legends of Cricket – Greatest Career Contribution to Test Match Cricket – International

The 100 test match players who have contributed hugely to test match cricket are given below. The list is based on performances in batting, bowling, fielding and the number of matches played.

(1) Shane Warne (2) Kapil Dev (3) Stephen R Waugh (4) JH Kallis (5) Allan R Border (6) Anil Kumble (7) IT Botham (8) Muttiah Muralitharan (9) BC Lara (10) GSA Sobers (11) SM Pollock (12) Imran Khan (13) SR Tendulkar (14) RJ Hadlee (15) Wasim Akram (16) SM Gavaskar (17) Javed Miandad (18) IVA Richards (19) GD McGrath (20) Courtney A Walsh (21) Graham A Gooch (22) AJ Stewart (23) ME Waugh (24) Ricky Ponting (25) Wally Hammond (26) Rahul Dravid (27) CL Hooper (28) DI Gower (29) MC Cowdrey (30) Inzamam-ul-Haq (31) DL Haynes (32) Curtly E L Ambrose (33) Geoffrey Boycott (572) (34) Malcolm Marshall (35) CG Greenidge (36) GS Chappell (37) WPU Vaas (38) ST Jayasuriya (39) MA Atherton (40) CH Lloyd (41) MA Taylor (42) KF Barrington (43) DC Boon (44) DB Vengsarkar (45) RJ Shastri (46) S Chanderpaul (47) G Kirsten (48) SP Fleming (49) ML Hayden (50) L Hutton (51) JL Langer (52) PA DeSilva (53) DG Bradman (54) GP Thorpe (55) RB Richardson (56) Waqar Younis (57) Mohd. Azharuddin (58) RN Harvey (59) DK Lillee (60) Salim Malik (61) DCS Compton (62) CL Cairns (63) R Benaud (64) FS Trueman (65) AC Gilchrist (66) AA Donald (67) AW Greig (68) DL Vettori (69) DPM Jayawardene (70) GR Viswanath (71) RGD Willis (72) DL Underwood (73) A Flintoff (74) LR Gibbs (75) KD Walters (76) MD Crowe (77) Mudassar Nazar (78) A Ranatunga (79) KR Miller (80) CJ McDermott (81) PBH May (82) TW Graveney (83) RB Simpson (84) IA Healy (85) NJ Astle (86) JG Wright (87) ER Dexter (88) N Hussain (89) SC Ganguly (90) Mohammad Yousuf (91) RB Kanhai (92) M Ntini (93) JB Hobbs (94) APE Knott (95) Abdul Qadir (96) MH Mankad (97) JR Reid (98) MS Atapattu (99) IM Chappell (100) HH Gibbs.          

All time great test match bowlers – International

The list of 50 all time great test match bowlers is given below based on ‘per match’ performance. The minimum qualification for rating is 20 test matches. The ‘per match’ performance is based on amount of bowling done per match, runs conceded per match and wickets taken per match. The ratings are done in a relative manner, series after series. They do not include all series in which Bangladesh participated.

(1) Sydney F Barnes (2) Muttiah Muralitharan (3) Anil Kumble (4) CEH Croft (5) HJ Tayfield (6) MD Marshall (7) J Garner (8) RJ Hadlee (9) FS Trueman (10) GD McKenzie (11) DK Lillee (12) SK Warne (13) AA Donald (14) AME Roberts (15) WA Johnston (16) AV Bedser (17) LR Gibbs (18) WJ O’Reilly (19) MA Holding (20) DR Doshi (21) BS Chandrasekhar (22) BS Bedi (23) GD McGrath (24) Robert Peel (25) CEL Ambrose (26) CV Grimmett (27) Sonny Ramadhin (28) SP Gupte (29) AA Mailey (30) Imran Khan (31) SCG MacGill (32) AK Davidson (33) PM Pollock (34) JA Snow (35) NJN Hawke (36) AL Valentine (37) D Kaneria (38) R Benaud (39) B Lee (40) EAS Prasanna (41) Saqlain Mushtaq (42) RR Lindwall (43) WW Hall (44) IR Bishop (45) MHN Walker (46) NAT Adcock (47) DA Allen (48) SM Pollock (49) Wasim Akram (50) CA Walsh.