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Cricket Legends
Wasim Akram (1966 -)
The Pakistani all-rounder is best known for bowling at the death in One Day Internationals. The left arm swing bowler would bowl fast, straight and full to lead his side to many victories. With over 400 test and 500 ODI’s wickets on his resumé – Akram can rightly be classed as a bowling legend in his own right – but he was also a fine batsman – compiling a top score of 257 not out at Test level.
Richie Benaud (1930 -)
Richie Benaud is affectionately known as the voice of cricket. His playing career was slow to start but it would end up with him being classed as the greatest leg spinner the world had ever seen – until the arrival of Shane Warne that is. Since retirement he has been a cricket broadcaster for Channel Nine in Australia, the BBC in the UK and also Channel Four in the United Kingdom.
Sir Ian Botham (1955 -)
Sir Ian Botham was an English all-rounder best known for his performances during the 1981 Ashes series in England. After resigning the captaincy after the second test – he performed miracles in the third test – smashing an unbeaten 149 to stave off an innings defeat to the tourists. With a lead of 129 to play with, England skittled out the Aussies for 111 to win the test match by just 18 runs. A career with over 100 tests for his country with 5000+ runs and nigh on 400 wickets taken sums up what a talent he was. He is also known for his charity work and his punditry for the Sky Sports network.
Sir Donald Bradman (1908 – 2001)
The Australian cricketer Don Bradman is acknowledged as the greatest cricketer of all time. To prove this accolade one has only to look at his test batting average of 99.94. Playing a style of attacking cricket he drew many fans and piled many runs. So successful was he that when England faced Australia during the times of the great depression a special tactic was created just to counter his finesse. This was known as ‘Bodyline’ where full length balls were delivered to the body of the batsman in hope of deflections to the leg side. This tactic was later outlawed. He also holds many test records including that for most double and triple centuries (12).
Andrew Flintoff (1977 -)
As modern day cricketers go – Andrew Flintoff probably stands hands and shoulders above his fellow players. The Lancastrian became a folk hero in the UK during the 2005 Ashes series as England took back the burnt bits of wood. His career has been dogged by injuries but he is still England’s talisman.
Wasim Akram (1966 -)
The Pakistani all-rounder is best known for bowling at the death in One Day Internationals. The left arm swing bowler would bowl fast, straight and full to lead his side to many victories. With over 400 test and 500 ODI’s wickets on his resumé – Akram can rightly be classed as a bowling legend in his own right – but he was also a fine batsman – compiling a top score of 257 not out at Test level.
Richie Benaud (1930 -)
Richie Benaud is affectionately known as the voice of cricket. His playing career was slow to start but it would end up with him being classed as the greatest leg spinner the world had ever seen – until the arrival of Shane Warne that is. Since retirement he has been a cricket broadcaster for Channel Nine in Australia, the BBC in the UK and also Channel Four in the United Kingdom.
Sir Ian Botham (1955 -)
Sir Ian Botham was an English all-rounder best known for his performances during the 1981 Ashes series in England. After resigning the captaincy after the second test – he performed miracles in the third test – smashing an unbeaten 149 to stave off an innings defeat to the tourists. With a lead of 129 to play with, England skittled out the Aussies for 111 to win the test match by just 18 runs. A career with over 100 tests for his country with 5000+ runs and nigh on 400 wickets taken sums up what a talent he was. He is also known for his charity work and his punditry for the Sky Sports network.
Sir Donald Bradman (1908 – 2001)
The Australian cricketer Don Bradman is acknowledged as the greatest cricketer of all time. To prove this accolade one has only to look at his test batting average of 99.94. Playing a style of attacking cricket he drew many fans and piled many runs. So successful was he that when England faced Australia during the times of the great depression a special tactic was created just to counter his finesse. This was known as ‘Bodyline’ where full length balls were delivered to the body of the batsman in hope of deflections to the leg side. This tactic was later outlawed. He also holds many test records including that for most double and triple centuries (12).
Andrew Flintoff (1977 -)
As modern day cricketers go – Andrew Flintoff probably stands hands and shoulders above his fellow players. The Lancastrian became a folk hero in the UK during the 2005 Ashes series as England took back the burnt bits of wood. His career has been dogged by injuries but he is still England’s talisman.