Test cricket is over 14 decades old. However, there are only a handful of cricketers who have managed to achieve the unique double of scoring 2500 runs with the bat and bagging 250 or more wickets in red-ball cricket. The following list contains the names of such unique cricketers, or all-rounders. The list includes some of the premier all-rounders to have played the game, like Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Wasim Akram, Jacques Kallis, and many more. From India, apart from Kapil Dev, spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are also a part of this unique club. Take a look at the complete list below.
List of Cricketers with 2500 runs and 250 wickets in Test Cricket
|
Name |
Matches |
Runs |
Bat Avg |
Wickets |
Bowling Avg |
|
Shane Warne (Australia) |
145 |
3154 |
17.32 |
708 |
25.41 |
|
Anil Kumble (India) |
132 |
2506 |
17.77 |
619 |
29.65 |
|
Stuart Broad (England) |
160 |
3552 |
18.30 |
567 |
27.80 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin (India) |
90 |
3066 |
27.37 |
460 |
24.01 |
|
Kapil Dev (India) |
131 |
5248 |
31.05 |
434 |
29.64 |
|
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) |
86 |
3124 |
27.16 |
431 |
22.29 |
|
Shaun Pollock (South Africa) |
108 |
3781 |
32.31 |
421 |
23.11 |
|
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) |
104 |
2898 |
22.64 |
414 |
23.62 |
|
Ian Botham (England) |
102 |
5200 |
33.54 |
383 |
28.40 |
|
Imran Khan (Pakistan) |
88 |
3807 |
37.69 |
362 |
22.81 |
|
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) |
113 |
4531 |
30 |
362 |
34.36 |
|
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) |
111 |
3089 |
24.32 |
355 |
29.58 |
|
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) |
166 |
13289 |
55.37 |
292 |
32.65 |
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
62 |
2608 |
37.26 |
252 |
24.32 |
