The Jacks of one trade
During the 1990s, cricket witnessed an increasing trend of players who featured prominently in one form of the game
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Player | Tests | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | ODIs | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | Diff | ||
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MG Bevan (Aust) | 18 | 785 | 29.07 | 91 | 0 | 232 | 6912 | 53.58 | 108* | 6 | -24.50 | ||
Saleem Elahi (Pak) | 13 | 436 | 18.95 | 72 | 0 | 48 | 1579 | 36.72 | 135 | 4 | -17.76 | ||
NV Knight (Eng) | 17 | 719 | 23.96 | 113 | 1 | 100 | 3637 | 40.41 | 125* | 5 | -16.44 | ||
RG Twose (NZ) | 16 | 628 | 25.12 | 94 | 0 | 87 | 2717 | 38.81 | 103 | 1 | -13.69 | ||
NC Johnson (Zimb) | 13 | 532 | 24.18 | 107 | 1 | 48 | 1679 | 36.50 | 132* | 4 | -12.31 | ||
HH Dippenaar (SAf) | 33 | 1511 | 31.47 | 177* | 3 | 86 | 2693 | 43.43 | 123 | 2 | -11.95 | ||
A Jadeja (India) | 15 | 576 | 26.18 | 96 | 0 | 196 | 5359 | 37.47 | 119 | 6 | -11.29 | ||
CZ Harris (NZ) | 23 | 777 | 20.44 | 71 | 0 | 250 | 4379 | 29.00 | 130 | 1 | -8.55 | ||
DR Pringle (Eng) | 30 | 695 | 15.10 | 63 | 0 | 44 | 425 | 23.61 | 49* | 0 | -8.50 | ||
CWJ Athey (Eng) | 23 | 919 | 22.97 | 123 | 1 | 31 | 848 | 31.40 | 142* | 2 | -8.43 |
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Player | Tests | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | ODIs | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | Diff | ||
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JDP Oram (NZ) | 17 | 1002 | 43.56 | 126* | 2 | 79 | 951 | 17.61 | 81 | 0 | 25.95 | ||
GRJ Matthews (Aust) | 33 | 1849 | 41.08 | 130 | 4 | 59 | 619 | 16.72 | 54 | 0 | 24.35 | ||
V Sehwag (ICC/India) | 38 | 3300 | 55.00 | 309 | 10 | 139 | 4148 | 32.15 | 130 | 7 | 22.84 | ||
GR Viswanath (India) | 91 | 6080 | 41.93 | 222 | 14 | 25 | 439 | 19.95 | 75 | 0 | 21.97 | ||
VG Kambli (India) | 17 | 1084 | 54.20 | 227 | 4 | 104 | 2477 | 32.59 | 106 | 2 | 21.60 | ||
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) | 45 | 2705 | 44.34 | 203* | 7 | 63 | 1269 | 24.40 | 126* | 1 | 19.94 | ||
AR Border (Aust) | 156 | 11174 | 50.56 | 205 | 27 | 273 | 6524 | 30.62 | 127* | 3 | 19.93 | ||
KD Walters (Aust) | 74 | 5357 | 48.26 | 250 | 15 | 28 | 513 | 28.50 | 59 | 0 | 19.76 | ||
MJ Slater (Aust) | 74 | 5312 | 42.83 | 219 | 14 | 42 | 987 | 24.07 | 73 | 0 | 18.76 | ||
JF Reid (NZ) | 19 | 1296 | 46.28 | 180 | 6 | 25 | 633 | 27.52 | 88 | 0 | 18.76 |
Player | Tests | Wkts | Ave | BBI | 5 | ODIs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | 5 | Diff | ||
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IVA Richards (WI) | 121 | 32 | 61.37 | 2/17 | 0 | 187 | 118 | 35.83 | 6/41 | 2 | 25.54 | ||
GW Flower (Zimb) | 67 | 25 | 61.47 | 4/41 | 0 | 219 | 104 | 40.25 | 4/32 | 0 | 21.22 | ||
AB Agarkar (India) | 23 | 53 | 47.20 | 6/41 | 1 | 150 | 232 | 27.26 | 6/42 | 2 | 19.94 | ||
Tapash Baisya (Bang) | 21 | 36 | 59.36 | 4/72 | 0 | 51 | 56 | 39.71 | 4/16 | 0 | 19.64 | ||
Mohammad Sami (Pak) | 24 | 65 | 46.12 | 5/36 | 2 | 70 | 102 | 28.00 | 5/10 | 1 | 18.12 | ||
CL Hooper (WI) | 102 | 114 | 49.42 | 5/26 | 4 | 227 | 193 | 36.05 | 4/34 | 0 | 13.37 | ||
GRJ Matthews (Aust) | 33 | 61 | 48.22 | 5/103 | 2 | 59 | 57 | 35.15 | 3/27 | 0 | 13.07 | ||
M Amarnath (India) | 69 | 32 | 55.68 | 4/63 | 0 | 85 | 46 | 42.84 | 3/12 | 0 | 12.83 | ||
CPH Ramanayake (SL) | 18 | 44 | 42.72 | 5/82 | 1 | 62 | 68 | 30.13 | 4/17 | 0 | 12.59 | ||
GS Chappell (Aust) | 87 | 47 | 40.70 | 5/61 | 1 | 74 | 72 | 29.12 | 5/15 | 2 | 11.57 |
Player | Tests | Wkts | Ave | BBI | 5 | ODIs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | 5 | Diff | ||
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JG Bracewell (NZ) | 41 | 102 | 35.81 | 6/32 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 57.09 | 2/3 | 0 | -21.27 | ||
DJ Nash (NZ) | 32 | 93 | 28.48 | 6/27 | 3 | 81 | 64 | 40.96 | 4/38 | 0 | -12.48 | ||
DS de Silva (SL) | 12 | 37 | 36.40 | 5/59 | 1 | 41 | 32 | 48.65 | 3/29 | 0 | -12.25 | ||
SB Doull (NZ) | 32 | 98 | 29.30 | 7/65 | 6 | 42 | 36 | 40.52 | 4/25 | 0 | -11.22 | ||
TBA May (Aust) | 24 | 75 | 34.74 | 5/9 | 3 | 47 | 39 | 45.43 | 3/19 | 0 | -10.68 | ||
BA Reid (Aust) | 27 | 113 | 24.63 | 7/51 | 5 | 61 | 63 | 34.96 | 5/53 | 1 | -10.33 | ||
Tauseef Ahmed (Pak) | 34 | 93 | 31.72 | 6/45 | 3 | 70 | 55 | 40.85 | 4/38 | 0 | -9.13 | ||
Mohammad Rafique (Bang) | 22 | 73 | 36.42 | 6/77 | 6 | 82 | 71 | 44.70 | 4/33 | 0 | -8.27 | ||
DN Patel (NZ) | 37 | 75 | 42.05 | 6/50 | 3 | 75 | 45 | 50.24 | 3/22 | 0 | -8.19 | ||
SD Anurasiri (SL) | 18 | 41 | 37.75 | 4/71 | 0 | 45 | 32 | 45.75 | 3/40 | 0 | -7.99 |
George Binoy is editorial assistant of Cricinfo