Former West Indies cricket veteran Brian Lara has named his ‘biggest all time’ (goat) players including Glenn McGrath, Jacques Kalis and Adam Gilchrist, including Indian pace Jasprit Bumrah. Lara revealed her selection during her recent presence on ‘Stick to Cricket’ podcast with former England cricketers Phil Tuffnell, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan and David Lillod.For India, T20 World Cup winner Bumrah has claimed 455 wickets in 206 matches at an average of 20.47. His best bowling figures are 6/19, and he has taken 17 five-viccles halls in formats. In Test cricket, he has been particularly impressive with 217 wickets in 47 matches at an average of 19.48.
McGrath stands as the fifth biggest wicket -taker in international cricket history, with 949 wickets at an average of 21.76. He is Australia’s most successful Test Pacer with 563 wickets and has won three World Cups, which holds the record for the most World Cup wicket with 71.Kalis’s all-round capabilities have earned him more than 10,000 runs and more than 500 international wickets in both formats. He is the sixth highest run-match in international cricket, with a average of 49.10, including 62 centuries, 25,534 runs. His bowling record shows 577 international wickets with the best figures of 6/54.Gilchrist changed the wicketkeeper-bating with 33 centuries at an average of 33.94 with 15,461 runs in 396 international matches. His test record is particularly impressive with 5,570 runs at an average of 47.60 and a strike rate of 81.95. She also has the second largest dismissal in formats with 905.Lara also nominated several players in his ‘Legend’ category, including Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Kevin Peterson and Kane Williamson.
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Rohit Sharma has scored 19,700 runs in 499 international matches at an average of 42.18. He has several records in limited overs cricket, including the most World Cup centuries and most T20I centuries.Chris Gayle revolutionized T20 cricket with 19,538 runs in international cricket. He holds record for most T20 runs with 14,562 and most sixes with 1,056.Shaheen Afridi has already taken 345 wickets in 174 matches at just 25 years old, who rank as Pakistan’s 12th biggest wicket -taker.Kane Williamson, who led New Zealand to his first ICC World Test Championship, scored 19,086 international runs at an average of 48.56. His test shows 9,276 runs at an average of 54.88 with a record 33 centuries.England’s third most successful batsman Kevin Pietersen scored 13,779 runs in international cricket at an average of 44.30. His test career scored an average of 8,181 runs at an average of 47.28 with 23 centuries.
