Editing All-rounder (section)

==Categorisation by use of statistics==
One commonly used statistical rule of thumb is that a player's batting average (the higher the better) should be greater than their [[bowling average]] (the lower the better).<ref name=Karikeya-2022>{{cite web |last=Date |first=Karikeya |date=4 July 2022 |title=Who is a genuine allrounder? Do Kallis, Hadlee and Jadeja fit the bill? |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/who-is-a-genuine-allrounder-do-kallis-hadlee-and-jadeja-fit-the-bill-1322675 |website=ESPN cricinfo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704045747/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/who-is-a-genuine-allrounder-do-kallis-hadlee-and-jadeja-fit-the-bill-1322675 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> In Test cricket, only two players i.e., [[Garfield Sobers]] and [[Jacques Kallis]], have batting averages that are 20 greater than their bowling averages over their entire careers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=matches;qualmin1=2500;qualmin2=100;qualmin4=20;qualval1=runs;qualval2=wickets;qualval4=allround_average;template=results;type=allround|title=All-round records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> However, some other players have achieved such a differential over significant parts of their careers, such as [[Imran Khan]] who across 54 Test matches during the 1980s averaged 44 with the bat and 19 with the ball.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statsguru - Imran Khan - career summary |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/40560.html?class=1;spanmax1=31+Dec+1989;spanmin1=01+Jan+1980;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> [[Wally Hammond]] and [[Doug Walters]] managed differences of 20.7 and 19.2, respectively, between their batting and bowling averages, however, they were generally regarded as occasional bowlers who could break partnerships rather than genuine all-rounders. Based on an analysis of runs scored, balls bowled and wickets taken by batting position, it was suggested in a 2022 article that to be considered a genuine all-rounder, a player should average at least 49.3 runs and take at least two wickets per game – a record achieved by only 13 players in the history of test match cricket.<ref name=Karikeya-2022 /> 

In overall [[first-class cricket]], there are several players with significantly higher batting averages.  Statistically, few can challenge [[Frank Woolley]] who had a batting average of 40.77 and a bowling average of 19.87.  Woolley took over 2000 wickets in his career, scored more runs than anyone except [[Jack Hobbs]] and is the only non-wicketkeeper to have taken more than 1000 catches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283196.html|title=FC matches &#124; Bowling records &#124; Most wickets in career &#124; ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Many all-rounders are better at bowling than batting or ''vice versa''. Very few are equally good at both and hardly any have been outstanding at both. Thus the terms "bowling all-rounder" and "batting all-rounder" have come into use.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/glamorgan/8826071.stm|title=Maynard hopes for new all-rounder|date=2010-07-16|access-date=2019-04-12|language=en-GB}}</ref> For example, [[Richard Hadlee]] had an excellent bowling average of 22.29 in Tests and a passable (yet unspectacular) batting average of 27.16, leading him to be termed a "bowling all-rounder", while the same can be said about [[Jason Holder]] and [[Chris Woakes]]. Meanwhile, a player like [[Jacques Kallis]] (batting average of 55.37 and bowling average of 32.65 in Tests) is known as a "batting all-rounder".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/1875797/report-imran-khan-greatest-all-rounder-of-my-era-sir-richard-hadlee |title=Imran Khan greatest all-rounder of my era: Sir Richard Hadlee - Sport - DNA |website=www.dnaindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820065217/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/1875797/report-imran-khan-greatest-all-rounder-of-my-era-sir-richard-hadlee |archive-date=2013-08-20}} </ref>

Also, batting all-rounders may not bowl much due to injury concerns (e.g. [[Corey Anderson (cricketer)|Corey Anderson]], [[Angelo Mathews]]), or their batting skills are far better than their bowling to begin with (e.g. [[Kane Williamson]], [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]]) to the point they revert to being known as a batsman.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1074123.html|title=The problem with England's fondness for allrounders|newspaper=Cricinfo|access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref>