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Keith Miller
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Miller, a wartime fighter pilot, opened the bowling with Ray Lindwall for Bradman's 1948 Invincibles and batted in the top six, averaging over 36 with the bat and under 23 with the ball in Tests. His attacking batting and fast bowling were both selectable on their own. He is the first great modern all-rounder, and he played with a carefree style that made him a crowd favourite.
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Garfield Sobers
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Sobers, who died in July 2026 aged 89, is usually named the greatest all-rounder of all: 8,032 Test runs at 57, including the then-record 365 not out, and 235 wickets bowling left-arm seam, orthodox spin and wrist spin as the match needed. He was also a superb close fielder and captain. No player has offered a side so many different skills at world-class level.
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Richard Hadlee
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Hadlee was first and foremost a great fast-medium bowler, the first to 400 Test wickets, with a shortened run-up and remarkable accuracy. But he also made two Test hundreds and averaged around 27 with the bat, often rescuing New Zealand's innings. His 15 wickets at Brisbane in 1985, with a fifty too, sum up how one player could carry a small cricket nation.
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Imran Khan
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Imran Khan's batting matured late, and in the last part of his Test career he averaged around 50 with the bat while still taking wickets at about 20, a balance few have managed. He captained Pakistan to the 1992 World Cup, top-scoring in the final. His career, before politics, shows an all-rounder whose batting grew to match his fast bowling.
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Ian Botham
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Botham reached the Test double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets faster than anyone in terms of matches, and his 1981 Ashes, with 149 not out at Headingley and 5 for 1 at Edgbaston, remains the most famous all-round summer in English cricket. His swing bowling and aggressive batting were both match-winning in his first years; later, injuries reduced his bowling.
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Kapil Dev
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Kapil Dev was India's first great fast bowler and a hard-hitting lower-order batter, the only player with 400 Test wickets and 5,000 Test runs. His 175 not out against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells, from 17 for 5, rescued the 1983 World Cup campaign that he then captained to victory. He bowled on unhelpful Indian pitches for years, which makes the wickets more impressive.
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Jacques Kallis
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Kallis is the statistical case for the greatest all-rounder: over 13,000 Test runs, 45 hundreds and 292 wickets, plus over 11,000 one-day runs and 273 wickets. He batted in the top four and bowled genuinely fast-medium, often as South Africa's fourth seamer. The workload is the point: he did both for nearly two decades in Tests and one-day cricket.
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Andrew Flintoff
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Flintoff's 2005 Ashes, with 402 runs and 24 wickets and the reverse-swing over to Ricky Ponting at Edgbaston, is one of the great all-round series. His fast, bouncing bowling was his stronger suit; his aggressive batting made him a genuine all-rounder at his peak. Injuries shortened his career, so his peak years from 2004 to 2006 are where the case rests.
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Shaun Pollock
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Pollock's accurate seam bowling made him South Africa's leading Test wicket-taker of his era, with over 400 wickets, while his batting brought two Test hundreds and a career average above 30. He was a bowler first, but the lower-order runs were consistent rather than occasional. In one-day cricket his economy rate was among the best of his generation.
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Shakib Al Hasan
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Shakib was for years the top-ranked all-rounder in all three formats at the same time, a rare feat, as a top-order left-handed batter and left-arm spinner for Bangladesh. At the 2019 World Cup he scored over 600 runs and took 11 wickets. Carrying a developing team in both roles makes his record more impressive, though his later career was clouded by suspensions and controversy.
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Ben Stokes
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Stokes's 135 not out at Headingley in 2019 and his innings in the World Cup final weeks earlier are the batting highlights, but he has also bowled long, hostile spells as a fourth seamer and later captained England's attacking Test side. Knee injuries have limited his bowling in recent years, the caveat to his all-round case.
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Ravindra Jadeja
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Jadeja began as a left-arm spinner who batted a little and became a genuine Test all-rounder, scoring hundreds at No. 6 and No. 7 while taking over 300 Test wickets, mostly on turning Indian pitches. He is also one of the best fielders of his generation. His case is strongest in home Tests and in white-ball cricket, where his economy and finishing both matter.
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Ellyse Perry
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Perry was the first cricketer, man or woman, to reach 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in T20 internationals, and she has matched it in one-day internationals, alongside a Test double hundred. A fast-medium opening bowler and a top-order batter for most of her career, she also played football for Australia at a World Cup. Her longevity across formats is the women's game's benchmark.
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Marizanne Kapp
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Kapp opens or takes the new ball with skilful seam and swing and bats in South Africa's middle order, and she has been one of the world's top-ranked all-rounders for years. Her 150 against England at Taunton in 2022 came in a rare women's Test, and she helped South Africa reach World Cup finals. She is the model of a seam-bowling all-rounder in the women's game.
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Nat Sciver-Brunt
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Sciver-Brunt is one of England's leading batters, with a hundred in the 2022 World Cup final, and a useful seam bowler who has taken over 100 one-day international wickets. She was named the ICC's women's cricketer of the year more than once. Her all-round value is strongest in one-day cricket, where she carries both a top-order and a bowling workload.
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Deepti Sharma
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Deepti Sharma's 2025 Women's World Cup was one of the great all-round tournaments: 215 runs and 22 wickets, the first player, man or woman, past 200 runs and 20 wickets at a single World Cup, capped by 58 and 5 for 39 as India beat South Africa in the final. Her off-spin and middle-order batting both earn her place, and she was player of the tournament.
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