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Top 10 Greatest Cricketers in the World of All Time
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Cricket is a batsman’s game. Some batsmen paint beautiful pictures with their strokes and score runs. Some make runs with patience and grit. Some destroy bowling attacks with an onslaught.
At the end of the match, what counts is how many runs are scored, no matter how they come.
Players can win matches with their batting. They also can save matches.
These are the best match-winners/savers with the bat in cricket history.
Note: To qualify, batsmen must have a minimum of 5,000 runs in international cricket. For players who played before the introduction of One Day International (ODI) matches on Jan. 5, 1971, only Tests are considered.
Bradman
Bradman
Experience: 1928-48
Country: Australia
Other teams: New South Wales, South Australia
Career stats in Tests: 52 matches, 6,996 runs, 99.94 average, 334 highest score, 29 100s
Bradman is the greatest batsman of all time. His average of 99.94 in Tests — 38.07 ahead of the next best, Adam Voges (61.87) —is one record that is certainly not to be broken.
When Bradman went to bat for the final time, he needed to score only four runs to mark a phenomenal average of 100. But he was bowled by a “googly” off Eric Hollies.
Still, Bradman’s consistency and ability to play long innings were unmatchable. He notched 12 200-plus scores and scored six hundred in six consecutive matches in the 1937-38 season.
The Australian legend also holds the record of most runs in a Test series as he scored 974 runs from seven innings at an incredible average of 139.14 in the Ashes in 1930.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar
Experience: 1989-2013
Country: India
Other major teams: Mumbai, Mumbai Indians
Career stats in Tests: 200 matches, 15,921 runs, 53.78 average, 54.08 strike rate, 248 highest score, 51 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 463 matches, 18,246 runs, 44.83 average, 86.23 strike rate, 200 highest score, 49 100s
Sachin Tendulkar is known as the “God of Cricket.” He made his debut at age 16 against Pakistan and never looked back, amassing the most runs in both ODIs and Tests.
He has scored 100 international centuries, 29 more than second-best Ricky Ponting, and scored the most runs in World Cups, 2,278, at an incredible average of 56.95.
He played many memorable knocks and won many games single-handedly. He also experienced losing several games because of a lack of support from the other end.
Tendulkar carried the hopes of millions every time he walked up to bat and didn’t disappoint. He was the reason people made cricket a profession, and many started watching cricket just to see him bat. It was no surprise that cricket viewership dipped after his retirement.
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting
Experience: 1995-2012
Country: Australia
Other major teams: Mumbai Indians, Somerset, Surrey, Tasmania
Career stats in Tests: 168 matches, 13,378 runs, 51.85 average, 58.72 strike rate, 257 highest score, 41 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 375 matches, 13,704 runs, 42.03 average, 80.39 strike rate, 164 highest score, 30 100s
Ricky Ponting is the biggest match-winner with the bat for Australia in the modern era. The Aussies posted a mammoth 359-2 in the World Cup final against India in 2003, thanks to an excellent 140 (128) by Ponting.
The right-hander is the second-highest run-getter in Tests, third-highest run-getter in ODIs, and second-highest run-getter in World Cups.
He also was the Man of the Match in the inaugural T20I against New Zealand, scoring an unbeaten 98 in just 55 balls.
Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Experience: 1990-2007
Country: West Indies
Other major teams: Northern Transvaal, Southern Rocks, Trinidad & Tobago, Warwickshire
Career stats in Tests: 131 matches, 11,953 runs, 52.88 average, 60.51 strike rate, 400 highest score, 34 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 299 matches, 10,405 runs, 40.48 average, 79.51 strike rate, 169 highest score, 19 100s
Who was the toughest to ball to? If you ask this question to premier bowlers of the 1990s and early 2000s, most would say it was Brian Lara. The elegant left-hander played pace and spin equally well.
His 400 against England in 2004 is the highest individual score in Tests. His 375 against England in 1994 is third on the list of highest individual scores in the longest format of the game.
Lara was the only player who appeared twice in the list of ESPNCricinfo’s top 25 Test batting performances of all time, with his 153 and 213 against Australia in 1999.
Viv Richards
Viv Richards
Experience: 1974-91
Country: West Indies
Other major teams: Combined Islands, Glamorgan, Leeward Islands, Queensland, Somerset
Career stats in Tests: 121 matches, 8,540 runs, 50.66 average, 50.23 strike rate, 294 highest score, 24 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 187 matches, 6,721 runs, 47.00 average, 90.20 strike rate, 189 highest score, 11 100s
Viv Richards was way ahead of his contemporaries — he had a strike rate of 90.2 in ODIs in the 1970s and 1980s when most batsmen scored at a rate of 60-70.
The swashbuckling right-hander, one of the five Wisden cricketers of the 20th century, held the record for the fastest 100 off 56 balls in Tests for 40 years, before Brendon McCullum broke the record in 2015.
In 1976, Richards scored a whopping 1,710 runs at an average of 90 with seven centuries from 11 Tests.
Richards had a good record in World Cups — 1,013 runs at an average of 63.31. He guided West Indies to a World Cup win in 1979, making an unbeaten 138 off 157 balls against England in the final. In addition, he was the second-highest run-getter in the 1979 and 1983 editions of the showpiece event of the 20th century.
Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Experience: 1927-47
Country: England
Other major teams: Gloucestershire, South Africa Air Force
Career stats in Tests: 85 matches, 7,249 runs, 58.45 average, 336 highest score, 22 100s
To average over 50 in Tests is considered excellent, and Wally Hammond averaged 58.46. But he had to stay satisfied as to the second-best since he played in the era of Bradman, who averaged an unbelievable 99.94. Hammond’s average in Tests is the best among batsmen who made 7,000-plus runs.
He holds the record of the fastest player to score 7,000 runs in terms of innings played. He also was the first player to cross the 7,000-run mark and was the highest run-getter when he retired.
The English middle-order batsman was the first player to aggregate 900-plus runs in a series when he made 905 runs against Australia at an average of 113.12 in the Ashes in 1928. He also amassed 50,551 runs in first-class cricket (third-best of all time), including 167 hundred.
Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs
Experience: 1908-30
Country: England
Other major teams: Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram’s XI, Surrey
Career stats in Tests: 61 matches, 5,410 runs, 56.94 average, 42.51 strike rate, 211 highest score, 15 100s
When Jack Hobbs hung up his boots, he was the highest run-getter in Tests, 1,998 ahead of Clem Hill, and Hobbs made those runs at an excellent average of 56.94.
His average as an opener, 56.37 is the third-best of all time (with at least 4000-plus runs). He also is the oldest player to score a hundred, posting 142 against Australia in Melbourne in 1929 when he was 46 years and 82 days old.
The former England opener is the only player to score 60,000-plus runs in first-class cricket. He also hit 199 centuries in first-class cricket, 29 ahead of Patsy Hendren.
Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis
Experience: 1995-2014
Country: South Africa
Other major teams: Cape Cobras, Glamorgan, Kolkata Knight Riders, Middlesex
Career stats in Tests: 166 matches, 13,289 runs, 55.37 average, 45.97 strike rate, 224 highest score, 45 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 328 matches, 11,579 runs, 44.36 average, 72.89 strike rate, 139 highest score, 17 100s
Jacques Kallis amassed 10,000-plus runs in both Tests and ODIs and is the third-highest run-getter in Tests and seventh-highest run-getter in ODIs. He is known as the greatest all-rounder of the modern era, picking up 250-plus wickets in both formats.
The South Africa player has scored 45 centuries in Tests, second-most by any batsman behind Tendulkar. Also, Kallis holds the record of the most Man of the Match awards in Tests with 23.
Kallis scored five centuries in five consecutive Tests in the 2003-04 season — second only Bradman, who scored six centuries in consecutive matches — and the right-hander ended his Test career on a high note by scoring 115 in his last match.
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara
Experience: 2000-2015
Country: Sri Lanka
Other major teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad, Surrey, Warwickshire
Career stats in Tests: 134 matches, 12,400 runs, 57.40 average, 54.19 strike rate, 319 highest score, 38 100s
Career stats in ODIs: 404 matches, 14,234 runs, 41.98 average, 78.86 strike rate, 169 highest score, 25 100s
Bottom line: These are Kumar Sangakkara’s last five innings in his ODI career: 105, 117, 104, 124, 45. He stopped playing when he was at his peak. He is the only player to hit four consecutive centuries in ODIs and did it in a World Cup.
He is the second-highest run-getter in ODIs and sixth-highest run-getter in Tests. His Test average, 57.40, is the highest among batsmen who made 10,000-plus runs.
Big players perform on big stages, and “Sanga” did exactly that in the 2014 WT20 final. He was struggling throughout the tournament but scored a match-winning 52 (35) against India in the final.
These are Kumar Sangakkara’s last five innings in his ODI career: 105, 117, 104, 124, 45. He stopped playing when he was at his peak. He is the only player to hit four consecutive centuries in ODIs and did it in a World Cup.
He is the second-highest run-getter in ODIs and sixth-highest run-getter in Tests. His Test average, 57.40, is the highest among batsmen who made 10,000-plus runs.
Big players perform on big stages, and “Sanga” did exactly that in the 2014 WT20 final. He was struggling throughout the tournament but scored a match-winning 52 (35) against India in the final.
Gary Sobers
Gary Sobers
Experience: 1954-74
Country: West Indies
Other major teams: Barbados, Nottinghamshire, South Australia
Career stats in Tests: 93 matches, 8,032 runs, 57.78 average, 365 highest score, 26 100s
Gary Sobers is arguably the greatest all-rounder of all time. Bradman once called him a “five in one cricketer” because Sobers excelled in all cricketing skills with wicket-keeping as the only exception.
He broke the record of the highest individual score against Pakistan in 1958 by scoring 365, a record which stood for 36 years. It’s still the fourth-highest individual score in Tests. His average of 57.78 is the best among players who have made 8,000-plus runs.
The southpaw is the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket. He started his career as a bowler, which makes these batting records all the more impressive.
Gary Sobers is arguably the greatest all-rounder of all time. Bradman once called him a “five in one cricketer” because Sobers excelled in all cricketing skills with wicket-keeping as the only exception.
He broke the record of the highest individual score against Pakistan in 1958 by scoring 365, a record which stood for 36 years. It’s still the fourth-highest individual score in Tests. His average of 57.78 is the best among players who have made 8,000-plus runs.
The southpaw is the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket. He started his career as a bowler, which makes these batting records all the more impressive.
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An expected 1.61 billion individuals on Earth are Muslim, so rigorously off of numbers alone we will undoubtedly have a lot of extraordinary competitors who are devotees of Islam. As we mark the beginning of the Islamic Ramadan month, we’re getting some down time to give a salute to a portion of those mind boggling competitors as they fire up their vacation. We make them box greats, a couple HOF NBA focuses, and, surprisingly, a cricket hotshot.
So here are 10 Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah!
Marat Safin
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Marat Safin
Sport: Tennis
Years: 1997-2009
Awards: 421-266 vocation record and two Grand Slam titles
The hot-tempered Russian tennis incredible Marat Safin was brought up as a Muslim. Of Tatar drop, Safin was a previous No. 1 who grabbed a couple Grand Slams, has the record for broken racquets in a season (87), and is presently an individual from the Russian parliament. Let us know you saw this person becoming fruitful legislator after his tennis profession.
Naseem Hamed
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Naseem Hamed
Sport: Boxing
Years: 1992-2002
Awards: 36-1-0 (31 KOs); previous World Featherweight Champion
Sovereign Naseem Hamed rambled of junk in his day yet he could likewise back it up. He was one of the most mind-blowing featherweight champions in ongoing history, holding a title in that division from 1995 until 2001. With 31 KOs in his profession, Prince Naseem given out his reasonable part of discipline yet he actually showed empathy for his rivals. Try not to trust us? Peep the clasp above where he requests that Allah safeguard the fella he simply KO’d. #classic
Imran Khan
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Imran Khan
Sport: Cricket
Years: 1971-1992
Honors: 1992 Word Cup, ICC Hall of Fame, 3x Player of the Year
Viewed as one of the best all over cricketers ever, Khan’s most desirable characteristics his bowling and administration. Quite possibly of cricket’s quickest bowler, he drove the Pakistani National Team to their sole World Cup in 1992. Imran hand-picked that group, including future stars Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-haq, and Mushtaq Ahmed. After his retirement, Khan began his own ideological group, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which centers around removing debasement in the Pakistani government. Khan keeps on heading the party and is one of the country’s most well known pioneers because of his solid Islamic qualities.
Bernard Hopkins
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Bernard Hopkins
Sport: Boxing
Years: 1988-Present
Honors: 52-6-2 (32 KOs); previous undisputed World Middleweight Champion
Quite possibly of the best warrior in late history nearly passed up his vocation in the wake of being condemned to 18 years for an outfitted burglary at 17 years old. During his bid, Hopkins found his adoration for boxing and furthermore switched over completely to Islam. He turned star upon his delivery in 1988. From that point forward, the Executioner has piled up north of 50 wins, and turned into the principal contender to bind together each of the four world middleweight titles (WBA, WBO, WBC, and The Ring). His triumph over Jean Pascal in 2011 made him the most seasoned title holder in boxing history at 46 years of age. Hopkins keeps on battling today and is a certain fire Hall of Famer once he chooses to hang them up.
Zinedine Zidane
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Zinedine Zidane
Sport: Soccer
Years: 1988-2006
Awards: Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, 1998 World Cup Champion
Seemingly truly outstanding to at any point bind up the spikes, Zidane is a Frenchman of Algerian plunge who wowed the soccer world for a really long time and brought forth quite possibly of the most preposterous crossroads in World Cup history when he went Gus Frerotte all over Italy.
Sadly Zidane will always be associated with that play, yet we like to feature his particular smile subsequent to making a few protectors look senseless. Brazil figured out what’s up in the ’98 Cup last and Double Z pushed it along for quite a long time into the future.
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Mike Tyson
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Mike Tyson
Sport: Boxing
Years: 1981-2005
Honors: 50-6 (44 KOs); WBC, WBA, IBF Heavyweight Champion
The Baddest Man on the Planet switched over completely to Islam while carrying out his jail punishment for an assault conviction in 1992. Whenever he was delivered in 1995, Iron Mike got back to the ring to win the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Then came the Bite Fight, a few captures, venereal illnesses, and a chronic drug use. Tyson returned to turn into a mainstream society symbol and has apparently warded off his past evil presences. Acclaim Allah!
Shaquille O’Neal
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Shaquille O’Neal
Sport: Basketball
Years: 1989-2011
Awards: 1990 NCAA AP Player of the Year, 4x NBA Champion, 3x NBA Finals MVP, 15-time NBA All-Star, 1993 NBA Rookie of ther Year
Better believe it you read that right, Shaquille O’Neal, the one who upset the NBA throughout recent years, is as a matter of fact a Muslim. Raised with both a Christian impact (mother) and Muslim impact (step-father), Shaq has never been too vocal about his strict connection yet he has referenced it in certain meetings and has taken the Muslim journey to Mecca called Hajj.
Shaq won three straight in L.A., captured one more in Miami, gave the world Kazaam, and presently he’s Charles Barkley’s street canine on TNT teasing NBA players on a daily premise. Any rundown of Muslim competitors wouldn’t be finished without the Shaq Daddy, that and he’ll have a spot when we drop our “Most noteworthy Players That Got Old and Joined Any Team That Would Take Them” list. #ondeck
Hakeem Olajuwon
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Hakeem Olajuwon
Sport: Basketball
Years: 1981-2002
Awards: 1983 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, 2x NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 2x NBA Finals MVP, 2x NBA Champion, Leading Shot-Blocker in NBA History, 12x NBA All-Star
Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon is point of fact quite possibly of the best place and players in NBA history. The 7-foot Nigerian has a clothing rundown of achievements, his protected “Dream Shake” is utilized right up to the present day by NBA players like Kobe Bryant, and he’s hardened up as much as $100 million since resigning thanks to land interests in Houston. During the entirety of his prosperity, Hakeem stays a passionate Muslim. He changed over almost immediately in his NBA vocation and was so committed to his confidence that he’d quick during Ramadan regardless of the way that the sacred period would frequently fall during the NBA season. #beast
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sport: Basketball
Years: 1966-1989
Awards: 3x NCAA Champion at UCLA, All-Time Leading Scorer in NBA History, 6x NBA Champion, 6x NBA MVP, 2x NBA Finals MVP, 19x NBA All-Star
Kareem has forever been perfect at b-ball. He overwhelmed in secondary school, school and the aces. He imagined one of the most unguardable shots in NBA history and, surprisingly, named it. The “skyhook” assisted him with turning into the NBA’s record-breaking driving scorer with 38,387 places — the nearest dynamic player is Kobe with 29,484 places.
Kareem switched over completely to Islam and chose to change his name from Lew Alcindor in 1971 as an individual from the Milwaukee Bucks since it was a piece of his legacy — the offseason preceding Milwaukee’s sole NBA title. When he went to L.A. he established his heritage by winning five MVP grants, five NBA titles, and gave Bruce Lee some work in The Game of Death.
Muhammad Ali
Best Muslim Athletes Who Pray To Allah-Muhammad Ali
Sport: Boxing
Years: 1960-1981
Honors: 1960 Light Heavyweight Olympic Gold Medal, Three-time World Heavyweight Champion
Effectively the most unmistakable Muslim games figure within recent memory, Muhammad Ali caught the hearts of Americans with his promise play and incomparable boxing expertise — until he changed his name that is. He transformed it during the Civil Rights Movement and promised devotion to the Nation of Islam. He stood up fervently against the Vietnam War and was ousted from enclosing for quite some time 1967 in view of these convictions and his refusal to joing the Army.
Incidentally, a portion of the American public started to get used to Ali during this time since they too went against the conflict. In the wake of winning two battles when he got back to the ring, he had a title chance against Joe Frazier, yet lost in an unbelievable match considered “The Fight of the Century.” He ultimately turned into a boss again subsequent to being treacherously deprived of his belts back in ’67. Ali crushed each top heavyweight in the brilliant time of heavyweight boxing making him “The Greatest.”
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