9 All Time Great Cricketers Of World.
Throughout the history of cricket there were those who were special, who were slightly different from their counterparts and made the crowds sit down when they arrived on the field. Yes every game has its heroes and cricket is no different. And each country has its own cricket legends that they believe were better than other teams. This article will introduce the world's top nine and current cricket players.
Imran khan was a fine Pakistani cricket player who played at the highest level for more than two decades since his inception in 1971. He was a top player who led the Pakistani team to the first World Cup just before retiring. Always good at both action and speech he was one of the best athletes ever to have a game. He is now a Pakistani politician and the leader of a major political party. He played in 88 tests with a strikeout of 37.69. He took 362 wickets for a bowling bowler at 22.81.
Shane Warne is an Australian spinner who is one of, if not the most, spin bowlers ever seen in a game. He was born in 1969 in Victoria and has played cricket since 1990, retiring in 2007. He took more practice wickets than any other player in history. He also became the first player to take more than 600 test wickets. He has played in 140 tests and has taken 685 wickets with a bowling average of 25.25.
Gary Sobers was a talented cricket player born in Barbados in 1936. He has played 93 tests in the West Indies and won an astonishing 8032 runs. He had a strike rate of 57.78. He also became an excellent left-handed swimmer, taking 235 test wickets, and an average of 34.03. He is best known for being the first batsman to ever score six in one over in 1968 in a first-class cricket match while playing for the Notts against Glamorgan.
Ian Botham was an English traveling player. He was a master at throwing them with his amazing ability to strike and was as skilled as a fast bowler in the middle. He was born in Cheshire in 1955 and played extensively for Somerset. He has been a very real player as he has the ability to throw like a bat. He played 102 Test matches and scored 5200 runs, with an average of 33.34 and took 383 wickets with an average of 28.40.
WG Grace is considered by many to be the most influential cricket player ever seen in a game. He was born in 1848 at a time when cricket was not as big a sport as it is today. He is one of the reasons, with his great battering skills, that cricket became very popular. When he came out of the ball for the first time in a game, he refused to go and tell the referee, "The crowd is here to watch me beat and not to watch the referee!". It was not a lot of test matches at the time so he only played 22 and got 1098 runs with an average of 32.29. He took 9 wickets with an average of 26.22. This rate is low even though he was playing in his late 50's!
Allan Border was born in 1955 in Sydney and was an Australian captain. You already have the world record for the largest number of uninterrupted test games. He also had a record, at the time, of running the most in 11174 test matches in 156 tests. He has also been one of the greatest batsmen in the 27th century in test sports. He also took 39 wickets with an average of 39.10.
Shaun Pollock is a South African fast bowler known for his accuracy and reliability. He is also an excellent batsman who has hit more than 3406 runs in 100 Test matches with an average of 31.24. He has taken 395 wickets at a rate of 23.25. He is a South African wrestler who has played an amazing wicket in both one-day and one-day Test matches.
Viv Richards is one of the West Indian cricket stars. He was the most successful captain of one of the best teams in West India. He was a strong batsman and scored 50.23 points, scoring 8450 runs in 121 games. He has lost just eight of the 50 games he has captained.
Don Bradman was born in 1908 in New South Wales and was not only Australia's best batsman but also considered by many, to be the best batsman of all time. His batting ability was so good that the English cricket team in the 1928-1929 trials turned to hitting the batsmen rather than wickets in an attempt to win. This was known as the bodyline series. The conflict from this was so bad that it almost caused a communication conflict between England and Australia. He played in 52 tests and scored 6996 runs so he had an impressive average of 99.94. These statistics make him the best hitter ever.
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