Top 8 cricket batsmen of all time - the ultimate list

Published on: Oct 19, 2020

Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the entire world only surpassed by football on the list of total numbers of fans. The games can be as nerve wracking as a game of poker at an online casino. However, despite being one of the most popular sports in the world based on total number of fans, the sport is not necessarily as widespread as football, golf or tennis. It is primarily in Great Britain, Asia and Australia where the game has the majority of its fanbase, despite multiple efforts to bring the sport to the U.S. - The American sports media outlet ESPN’s live coverage of cricket and CNN’s efforts in this article trying to explain cricket to Americans has not really caught the attention of the American sport fans. In this article we have picked out eight players that have put their personal touch on the game of cricket. The common denominator is, that they all are batsmen and all have transformed the game we play and love today. Sit back and enjoy the list of top eight greatest batsmen of all time.

Sir Don Bradman

Probably the greatest Australian athlete of all time is Sir Don Bradman from the national team of Australia in Cricket. He has by far the craziest statistics of all players with a whooping 99.94 average accuracy. He was so insanely good that he led the national team of Australia, that was known as “the invincibles” during his reign. This led to the royal family of Great Britain honouring him by giving him the “Sir” title. In 2009 he was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame and is most likely one of the greatest players to have ever played the game.

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar made a name for himself during the 00’s by playing outstandingly and performed like very few before him had done. The Indian was a major player in the 2011 World Championship triumph, where he crowned his amazing career with the ultimate prize - winning the world cup trophy with his national team. A lot of the current records in regards to batting in Cricket now belongs to this guy and he is a must-include on every cricket batsmen list for his amazing understanding and execution of the game.

Gary Sobers

Gary Sobers is like no other player in the entire history of cricket. He was an incredible all-round player and dominated every single game he stepped into. However, this guy’s professional sports career started out as a bowler, later being promoted to the batting section. This guy held multiple records that are now surpassed but he was without a doubt, one of the greatest batsmen in cricket ever.

Vivian Richards

Vivian Richards has also been a fan favorite and has been voted as one of the most charismatic and at the same time extremely skilled batsmen of all time. He was voted one of the five best batsmen of the decade by fans in the period of 2000-2010, and has multiple interesting statistics that makes him one of the greatest batsmen in the game of cricket.

Imran Khan

The Pakistani team captain from 1971 to 1992 is undoubtedly also a member of this list. He is regarded as one of the best leaders in the game. He won the 1992 world championship with Pakistan and holds a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets, making him an absolute monster on the playing field, thus he is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time

Jacque Kallis

Probably the greatest all-round South African player to have ever played a game of cricket. Jacque Kallis is an absolute machine on the playing field and has statistics like very few. He is also one of the only players to make it to this list who still has an active career going for him. As of 2020 it is only Sachin Tendulkar that beats him in innings. In general, this guy is also one of the greatest players of all time.

Muttiah Muralitharan

The best Sri Lankan player of all-time also makes it into this list. Muttiah retired in 2010 with an impressive bank of great statistics and a lot of titles in his resumé. He therefore deserves a spot as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

Brian Lara

Brian Lara is the greatest left-handed batsmen of all-time. There are not crazy many players who are left-handed in the professional scene, but Brian Lara made it look fantastic, when he played. He holds several records that are still kept as of today, but most impressive is the highest individual score of 501 in first-class cricket. Therefore Lara makes the last spot on this list.

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