Famous/Best cricket Australian Cricket player: Dean Jones

Dean Jones is  a retired cricketer of the Australian cricket team and is presently working as a coach. Jones stepped in the first-class cricket arena in the season of 1981-82 and it wasn’t long that he made his first test debut against West Indies cricket team in 1984. From 1984 to 1992, Dean Jones was a part of 52 Test matches wherein he scored 3,631 runs at an average of 46.55 inclusive of 11 centuries.

Of his most recognized innings was in his third test that Jones played against India in 1986. Given the weak condition that Jones underwent and was seen vomiting on the pitch, he ruthless comment by Allan Border, the captain then that if he didn’t had the energy to handle the circumstances, ‘let’s get a real Australian’ spurred in him an unbeaten energy that helped him score a 210 giving him his share of limelight in his entire career. From this point onwards, Jones remained a foundation of the middle-order over the span of the next 6 years and also won the Ashes tour of England in 1989.

He was also one of the best batsmen the Australian cricket team had in One Day international matches. Jones participated in 164 matches wherein he scored 6,068 runs at an average of 44.61 inclusive of seven total and forty-six half centuries. In the World Cup of 1987, his striking demeanor was a sight to watch and this won him the title of ‘favorite’ for the crowd.

Today, Dean Mervyn Jones is a coach and commentator, and is more renowned for his criticism of famous Sri Lankan cricket player Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan off spinner.

 

Famous cricket player of Australia: Allan Border

Better known for his contribution and play in test cricket, Allan Border was an important player for Australian cricket team in the ODIs. He was a left handed batsman and a smart player who was good at rotating the strike and excelled during an innings when it mattered.

Born in 1955, in Cremorne , Australia, Allan Border made his one day international debut against English cricket team in 1979. During an ODI career that spanned 15 years, border played a total of 273 ODIs in which he scored 6524 runs at an average of 30.62. He has 3 centuries and 39 fifties to his credit with his highest score being 127*. Allan Border was a slow left arm bowler and over the years took a few important wickets at crucial junctions of the match. He has a total of 73 wickets with his best bowling being 3/20.

Though Allan border participated in 4 world cups but the highlight of his career would have to be in 1987 Cricket World Cup in which he was the captain of the Australian side that won the tournament. Though with the bat and ball he might not have been very effective but his leadership skills certainly paid dividend. His team went into the 1992 Cricket World Cup tournament as the favorites but eventually finished 5^th.

It has been around two decades since Allan Border has hung up his boots but to this day he is regarded as one of the best cricketers to have come out Australia only may be second best to Don Bradman.

1975-2007 ICC Cricket World Cup: Best all-rounders world cup wise

There is no clear-cut prerequisite for a cricketer to be deemed as an all-rounder. However, the conventional criterion for an indisputable all-rounder is someone whose batting and bowling proficiency would aid his team to win a match. ICC Cricket World Cup has also seen some great performances by all rounders. Although the concept of an all-rounder was there since the early days of cricket, this position was solemnly acknowledged during 1983 Cricket World Cup once Mohinder Amarnath, Kapel Dev and Imran Khan changed the face of cricket by their outstanding bowling and batting capabilities. Though it’s difficult to report the best all rounders for 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cup due to lack of availability of statistics, following is the list of world cup wise best all-rounders of Cricket World Cup.

1983 ICC Cricket World Cup – Mohinder Amarnath

1987 ICC Cricket World Cup – Allan Border 1987

1992 ICC Cricket World Cup – Wasim Akram

1996 ICC Cricket World Cup – Sanath Jayasuriya

1999 ICC Cricket World Cup – Lance Klusener

2003 ICC Cricket World Cup – Sachin Tendulker

2007 ICC Cricket World Cup – Jaques Kallis

Top 10 ODI Catchers/Fielders

Fielding has recently come up to be a top priority as a catch dropped now could also mean a match lost much in advance. It has become an art and to master it, one requires a lot of hard work and dedication.
One Day Internationals are also known as Limited Over International due to the limit on the over bowls by each team, which is generally up to 50 overs, thus creating the rush to score well. It is played between two teams at national level.

One Day Internationals are far more exciting than test matches and they manage to attract a decent amount of attention and crowd as not everyone is ready to hang in around for 3-5 days.

Top Ten catchers/fielders in ODI are:

1. Mahela Jayawardene
2. Mohammad Azharuddin
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Stephen Fleming
6. Muttiah Muralitharan
7. Allan Border
8. Rahul Dravid
9. Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
10. Carl Hooper

Top Ten Fielders in International Test Cricket

Test Cricket is a variant of Cricket which is based on figures. Test Cricket requires a lot of passion as the matches are conducted over a period of 5 days, which can prove to be very taxing if the interest in the game is not present.

Test Cricket is the longest sport in its kind and it can get very boring for the audience, but this is the form of cricket which helps in finding out the player’s ability in the sport.

The many aspects of cricket are batting, bowling and fielding, fielding being the most important, as it doesn’t only mean catching hold of the ball, but also requires the fielder to be alert all the time and on their toes.

International Test Cricket was earlier slated to be played only among nations, but this aspect was also recently changed by the International Cricket Council.

Top Ten Catchers/Fielders in International Test Cricket are:

1. Rahul Dravid
2. Mark Waugh
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Stephen Fleming
5. Brian Lara
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Mark Taylor
8. Allan Border
9. Mahela Jayawardene
10. Matthew Hayden