Only Two Genuine C- All-rounders!!
**Keith Miller Is Lone All Rounder in Real **
( Marginal difference between two giants of all-rounder world )
The figures let though marginally that Imran is bigger all-rounder than Keith Miller. But in real sense Keith is bigger than Imran . Why… because K Miller apart from the speedy and striker bowler was the up front batsman while Imran was not frontier down batsman. He used to bat almost at number 6 down.
The critics adjudged G Soberse as the greatest all-rounder of the Test cricket but he can be said the batting all-rounder . G Soberse’s batting performance is very high then his bowling. His average is above 36 in bowling and it can’t be said good . And for a genuine all-rounder the bowling and batting average must be 25/35 at least in the observed philosophical perception. In this criteria Imran Khan and Keith Miller are neck to neck or so nearer and only matchable figures than others all-rounders. For a batsman in the Test arena the average of 35 is generally good as I heard saying by cricketer turned cricket expert and commentator Sanjay Manjarekar. But according to me the criteria is different in this aspect. Yeah for the openers 35 is good , 45 is better and 55 the best and 65 extraordinary. For the 1st down batter 40, 50, 60 and 75 such as the middle order 2nd 3rd and 4th down — 45 , 55, 65 , 75 but the 4th down slot is bit tougher to play because most of the time the batsman has to face new ball so the things must be attended that the 4th down batsman has faced new ball or not. And if the cricketer is the all-rounder then at least he has to come before 5th down . And we have seen that a genuine batting all-rounder has batted before 5 th down. If the all-rounder batsman comes after 5th down then he is freed to pick the onus as the batsman. And at that point he plays freely or without responsibility . Yeah in this regard Kapil Dev ‘s example is fitted because he always played freely as the entertainer. He wasn’t the batsman .He was just hitter. Hitting the ball freely was his nature and his hitting the ball ability or his strike was good and the team and the captain stamped or enforced him as the All-rounder. He was genuine bowler and batting for him the entertainment. And when he been stamped as the all-rounder he understood his ability to bat and despite attacking and aggressive style later he got success in batting and at the end of career has 8 centuries ans 27 fifties on his worthy name. But bowling was his strength. Kapil often used to come at the 6 th down and at that stage most of the time nothing would have had left and Kapil as per his nature used to hit and hit to use his power and reaching the ball ability. And due to aggressive and imperfect batting style he could keep 32.04 batting average. But okay due to 5 thousand runs , 450 plus wicket and 67 catches in Test put in the contest among the great all-rounders list. And it’s great for nation india that he is considered as the greatest all-rounder with Imran Khan , R Hadlee and I Bothom and the phrase is used – Famous Four for these four greatest Test All-rounders of their time and come in the list of ever greatest all rounders of the world.
Here I am discussing about the genuine all rounder .
On the batting-bowling combination and balance based performance only two Test cricketers are proven genuine all-rounders. Yeah. These are Keith Miller and Imran Khan. Up to observance so far in the balance concerned 35 batting average and 25 bowling average is appropriate. And these two allrounders really deserve to be the greatest all-rounder of the Test arena. If we talk about other great all-rounders then they do not fitted on the criteria because some ones batting average is good but bowling average is weak and some ones have reverse to it.
Let observe the figures of both the Test greats —
*Imran Khan
Test –88
- Batting Arena
Runs–3807
Batting Ave.– 37.69
Test hundred — 6
Test fifty — 18
Top score-136
Catch -28
+Bowling arena
Ball Bowled -19458
Test wicket- 362
Bowling ave- 22.81
5fers -23 times
10ters- 6 times
Best bowling – 8/58
Catch- 28
*Keith Miller
+Batting arena
Test -55
Test Run- 2958
Run Ave- 36.97
Test100 – 7
Test 50 – 13
Highest -147
+Bowling arena
Ball bowed–10461
Test Wicket-170
Bowling Av -22.97
5fer — 7 times
10ter — 2 timed
Best bowling- 7/60
Catch — 38
In batting 0.72 margin yes so thinner
In bowling 0.16
Also thinner margin
In catching K Miller is well ahead. Yes by 10 catches .
Imran played 88 Test while K Miller played 55 . So here the margin is much in numbers that is 33 Test.
Imran Khan’s Test career spanned out almost 21 year and K Miller’s 11 year . So longevity is also a big issue here and in this regard Imran is far ahead. As the speedster to rest 21 years is itself a big task.
Imran Khan ‘s career begun at the age of almost 19 while K Miller’s career started at the age of 26 so here Imran trails by 7 years because the nature of the game reveals what importance the age 18 to 26 have . Yeah up to 19 to 26 age what pick the cricketers have if they endorse out the opportunity well in right direction. Sachin Tendulkar got chance only in 17 ,Nawab Pataudi too in 19 and their achievement up to 26 proven them great . So I do conclude K Miller is bit greater than Imran Khan but evaluating in the divine sense both the veteran all-rounder are matched and by equal points both are not less than other. If the list is made of the ever greatest allrounders then
The rank would start as —
- Imran – K Miller
2.
3.
4.
5……To 10
No genuine all-rounder so far born except these both.
Yeah great to hear or know that a New Zealander has shown great indication to be shape of all-rounder of my criteria.
♀ The All-rounder Of My Criterion
(If it could take longevity with stable and constant uppish performance then certainly he would be the bestest ever all-rounder of the World Cricket. In my sense Gary Soberse wasn’t genuine all-rounder because he was batting dominating allrounder than the bowling . In bowling and batting there is a huge difference in the performance. And all the allrounder who are counted as the greatest either the bowling or batting all-rounder and in this way the world cricket hasn’t produced the genuine all-rounder on the hearth of bowling-batting ratio maintained equally. Yeah only Imran and K Miller are only the genuine allrounder on the best available figure that at least the critic point of view measured or should be.
Yes I am pointing about Kyle Jamieson of New Zealand whose beginning is stunning and if he coukd maintain it long up to 50 Test then wow the generation world be so lucky to watch and enjoy his giant feat. God bless him and being a great lover of the game wish him a brilliant future.
*NK Sevak “Sanatan”