Richard Hadlee

Daniel Vettori: The Jack of all trades from New Zealand

On January 27, 1979, one of New Zealand’s most intelligent cricketers breathed life for the first time. Prakash Govindasreenivasan looks back at the career of Daniel Vettori, arguably the best left-arm spinner in the world.

Dale Steyn: A genuine match-winner and game-changer

With scorching pace, copious movement and the burning fire to succeed, Dale Steyn has risen to become the best paceman in contemporary cricket.

Jacques Kallis – arguably the greatest all-rounder in the history of cricket

Jacques Kallis. That’s a name which every cricket team in the world would love to have in their playing eleven. Yet, it’s really surprising that despite his humungous achievements over the past decade he is not spoken of in the same league as a Sachin Tendulkar or a Ricky Ponting.

Why Shane Watson is the best all-rounder in cricket in over 50 years

There has been a lot of talk, especially amongst Australian fans, that Shane Watson isn't good enough to make the team, or they want him to bat at No 7 or 8, or lower. Let’s see how good Watson is, and why he is the Australia's best ever all-rounder.

When Richard Hadlee denied himself a 10-wicket innings haul

Three decades ago, international cricket featured some of the greatest all-rounders ever, whose presence elevated cricket of that era to exceptional heights. Imran Khan, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee could single-handedly win a game with the bat or ball. While there were other stalwarts in Pakistan, India and England, New Zealand depended heavily on Hadlee.

Dennis Lillee’s contribution to Indian cricket is unparalleled – TA Sekar

In conversation with CricketCountry s Correspondent, Nishad Pai Vaidya, TA Sekar discusses the MRF Pace Foundation. He talks about Dennis Lillee s contribution, the vision of the Pace Foundation, the difficulties they faced and the task before Glenn McGrath.

Five cricketers who moved into other sports before Andrew Flintoff

Cricketers who moved to other sports once their cricket careers were done and dusted.

Mark Greatbatch questions New Zealand’s ability to tackle spin

Former New Zealand coach, Mark Greatbatch has raised questions about the current crop of Kiwi batsmen's constant inability to cope with spin bowling after the Indian spinners’ wreaked havoc to beat them by an innings and 115 runs in the first Test in Hyderabad.

Brothers-in-arms 4: Cairns & Flintoff – brushes with greatness & authority

In this episode, Arunabha Sengupta writes about Chris Cairns and Andrew Flintoff - the two men related by exploits of willow, leather, promise, injury and indiscipline.

Kapil, Imran, Botham and Hadlee – icons in the golden era of all-rounders

By Aayush Puthran

In T20 cricket, it is almost imperative for a player to contribute to the team in more than one department. Before getting to the current players who fit the bill of an all-rounder perfectly, let us look back at some of the best all-rounders to have graced the game.