9 All Time Great Cricketers

 Throughout the history of cricket, there have been some who are special, who were slightly different from their fellow cricketers and forced the crowd to sit down whenever they reached the pitch. Of course, there are heroes in every sport and cricket is no exception. And each nation has its own legend of cricketers who they think were better than other teams. This article will introduce you to 9 great cricketers of the past and present world.

Imran Kahn was a great Pakistani cricketer who first played at a high level in 1971 for more than twenty years. He was a great all-rounder who led the Pakistani team to its first World Cup before retirement. Always beautiful in both action and speech, he was one of the best all-rounders in the game so far. He is now a politician and leader of a major political party in Pakistan. He played 88 Tests at an average of 37.69. He took 362 wickets at an excellent bowling average of 22.81.

Shane Warren is the Australian spin bowler who is not the biggest spin bowler ever seen in the game. He was born in Victoria in 1969 and has played Test cricket since 1990. He retired in 2007. He took more Test wickets than any other player in history. He was also the first player to take more than 600 Test wickets. He played 140 Tests and took 685 wickets at a bowling average of 25.25.

Gary Sobers was a very talented cricketer who was born in 1936 in Barbados. He played 93 Tests for the West Indies and scored 8032 runs. His batting average is 57.78. He was also a very good left-arm bowler with 235 Test wickets at an average of 34.03. He is best known for being the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in a first-class cricket match in 1968, playing for notice against Glasgorgan.

Ian Botham was a great English all-rounder. He was the curse of bowlers with his excellent batting ability and he was as skilled as a fast medium pace bowler. He was born in Cheshire in 1955 and played primarily for Somerset. He was as good an all-rounder in bowling as he was in batting. He played 102 Test matches and scored 5200 runs at an average of 33.34 and took 383 wickets at an average of 28.40.

Many people think of WG Grace as the most influential cricketer in the game. He was born in 1848 at a time when cricket was not as big a sport as it is today. One of the reasons for his batting prowess is that cricket has become so popular. Once he got out on the first ball of a match, he refused to let the umpire go, saying, "The crowd is here to watch the bat and the umpire is not watching you!" There were not many Test matches at that time so he played only 22 and scored 1098 runs at an average of 32.29. He took 9 wickets at an average of 26.22. That's lower than average even though he was playing in his late fifties!

Alan Border was born in Sydney in 1955 and was an Australian captain. He holds the world record for the largest number of uninterrupted Test matches. He had a record at that time, at that time, he had the most runs at 11174 in 156 Test matches. He was the most notable hitter of centuries with 27 runs in Test matches. He also took 39 wickets at an average of 39.10.

Sean Pollack is a South African medium fast bowler who is known for his accuracy and reliability. He is also a very good batsman who has scored 3406 runs in 100 Test matches at an average of 31.24. He took 395 wickets at an average of 23.25. He is South Africa's highest wicket-taker in ODIs and Tests.

Viv Richards has always been one of the greats of West Indian cricket. He was one of the best captains of the West Indies team so far. He was a strong batsman and averaged 50.23 runs, 8450 runs in 121 matches. He lost only 8 matches in 50 runs in which he captained.

Don Bradman was born in New South Wales in 1908 and was not only the best Australian but also considered by many to be the best batsman ever. His batting skills were so good that the England cricket team resorted to bowling instead of wickets to try to win. This was known as the body line series. The dispute was so bad that it almost caused a diplomatic dispute between England and Australia. He played 52 Tests and scored 6996 runs so he has an incredible average of 99.94. These statistics make him the best batsman ever.