
James Anderson Picks best all rounder in the world cricket : England’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson has selected the greatest all-rounder of world cricket. Anderson surprisingly has not taken the name of South African legend Jacques Kallis. Which has surprised the fans. Anderson has given his opinion about the greatest all-rounder of world cricket on the YouTube channel of talkSPORT Cricket. Anderson, one of the greatest bowlers in world cricket, was asked during the interview to choose the best all-rounder between Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff, to which Anderson reacted.
Former England fast bowler has declared Andrew Flintoff as the best all-rounder better than Jacques Kallis. Explaining the reason behind this, Anderson said, “No doubt Kallis has been a great cricketer. Be it bowling or batting, he has performed regularly. But when it comes to match winners, Andrew Flintoff has been very effective.”
James Anderson further said, “Callis is the greatest in world cricket but as far as Andrew Flintoff is concerned, he was more aggressive and I consider him a match winner, so here I will choose Flintoff over Kallis.”
Andrew Flintoff’s record
Talking about the career of Andrew Flintoff, this England cricketer was successful in scoring 3845 runs in 79 tests. Flintoff was successful in taking 226 wickets in Tests. At the same time, Flintoff has 3394 runs and 169 wickets in his name in ODI. In his T20I career, Andrew Flintoff has played 7 matches and has managed to take a total of 5 wickets. Andrew Flintoff has scored 76 runs in T-20 International.
How has been the record of Jacques Kallis?
Former South African legend Jacques Kallis played 166 matches in his Test career and was successful in scoring a total of 13289 runs. Kallis has 292 wickets in his name in Tests. In ODI, Kallis did the feat of scoring 11579 runs in 328 matches. At the same time, Kallis has a total of 273 wickets in his name in ODIs. Kallis is considered the best all-rounder in world cricket. Kallis included in the category of ‘Greatest of All Time’