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==Definition== There is no precise qualification for a player to be considered an all-rounder and use of the term tends to be subjective. The generally accepted criterion is that a "genuine allrounder" is someone whose batting or bowling skills, considered alone, would be good enough to win them a place in the team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ellyse Perry is Australia's greatest cricketer of the last 50 years|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ellyse-perry-is-the-greatest-cricketer-of-australia-in-the-last-50-years-1234225 |date=29 Oct 2020 |access-date=2021-03-13|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> Another definition of a "genuine all-rounder" is a player who can, through both batting and bowling (though not necessarily both in the same match), consistently "win matches for the team" (i.e., propel their team to victory by an outstanding individual performance). By either definition, a genuine all-rounder is quite rare and extremely valuable to a team, effectively operating as two players. Confusion sometimes arises when a specialist bowler performs well with the bat. For example, [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] pace bowler [[Malcolm Marshall]] achieved ten scores of 50 or above in 107 [[Test cricket|Test]] innings between 1978 and 1991, but had a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of less than 19. He would be termed a "useful lower-order batsman", or indeed "a bowler who bats a bit". Equally, a specialist batter may be termed a "useful change bowler" and a good example of this is [[Australia national cricket team|Australian]] [[Allan Border]], who in a Test match against the West Indies in [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]] in January 1989 took 11 wickets for 96 runs (7/46 in the first innings and 4/50 in the second) as the conditions suited his occasionally used left-arm spin.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63499.html| title = AUS vs WI Cricket Scorecard, 4th Test at Sydney, January 26 - 30, 1989 |website= ESPNcricinfo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805071815/http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63499.html |archive-date= Aug 5, 2010 }}</ref> One of the main constraints to becoming a recognised all-rounder is that batters and bowlers "peak" at different ages. Batters tend to reach their peak in their late twenties after their technique has matured through experience. Conversely, fast bowlers often peak in their early to mid twenties at the height of their physical prowess. Other bowlers, mostly spinners but also fast bowlers who can "swing" the ball, are still effective in their later careers. In 2013, [[Ali Bacher]] used statistical analysis to argue that there had only been 42 genuine all-rounders in the history of Test cricket. He rated [[Garry Sobers]] as the best, followed by [[Jacques Kallis]].<ref>"[http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/669737.html Celebrating South Africa's two-in-ones]", Firdose Moonda, [[ESPNcricinfo]], 10 September 2013.</ref>
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