Can bat, can bowl

In our previous column, we published lists of the best top-order allrounders in Test cricket. In the week since, Shahid Afridi produced a compelling performance in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, scoring 75 and taking 5 for 35. He did not bat in the top five in that game - he doesn't regularly anymore - but for a significant part of his career Afridi used to be a top-order ODI allrounder. It's what we've looked at this week: allrounders who batted in the top five and bowled a sizeable number of overs as well in one-day internationals.

The first table contains in chronological order all players who batted in the top five for more than half their ODI careers and bowled at least 30 balls a match. The first allrounder on the list is Greg Chappell, who played the first-ever ODI, between Australia and England at the MCG in January 1971. Though he did not bowl and batted only at No. 6 in that match, Chappell went on to bat in the top five in 65 out of 72 innings and bowled five or more overs in 56 out of 72 innings. He finished with a batting average of 40.18 and a bowling average of 29.12, having scored 2331 runs and taken 72 wickets.

Viv Richards batted in the top five in all but six of his 167 ODI innings, and was called upon to bowl his offbreaks with regularity. He was the only allrounder to score a century and take five wickets in a one-day international - 119 at No. 5 and 5 for 41 against New Zealand - until Paul Collingwood did it against Bangladesh in 2005. Richards finished with 6721 runs at an average of 47, and 118 wickets at less than 36 apiece.

List of top-order allrounders (over half of career in top 5, average of 30 balls per match, minimum of 20 ODIs)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	50	Balls	Conc	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
GS Chappell (Aus)	1971-1983	74	72	14	2331	138*	40.18	3	14	3108	2097	72	5/15	29.12	2
M Amarnath (India)	1975-1989	85	75	12	1924	102*	30.53	2	13	2730	1971	46	3/12	42.84	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	11	45	5644	4228	118	6/41	35.83	2
P Willey (Eng)	1977-1986	26	24	1	538	64	23.39	0	5	1031	659	13	3/33	50.69	0
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1977-1989	122	115	10	2653	95	25.26	0	16	4855	3432	111	5/28	30.91	1
M Prabhakar (India)	1984-1996	130	98	21	1858	106	24.12	2	11	6360	4534	157	5/33	28.87	2
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	227	206	43	5761	113*	35.34	7	29	9573	6958	193	4/34	36.05	0
TM Moody (Aus)	1987-1999	76	64	12	1211	89	23.28	0	10	2797	2014	52	3/25	38.73	0
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2011	445	433	18	13430	189	32.36	28	68	14874	11871	323	6/29	36.75	4
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	1990-2000	156	155	5	4780	134	31.86	5	31	4836	3703	85	4/22	43.56	0
CL Cairns (ICC/NZ)	1991-2006	215	193	25	4950	115	29.46	4	26	8168	6594	201	5/42	32.80	1
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2011	317	303	53	11372	139	45.48	17	84	10558	8481	267	5/30	31.76	2
TBM de Leede (Neth)	1996-2007	29	25	1	400	58*	16.66	0	2	1139	999	29	4/35	34.44	0
MO Odumbe (Kenya)	1996-2003	61	59	5	1409	83	26.09	0	11	2237	1807	39	4/38	46.33	0
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak)	1996-2011	329	306	18	6814	124	23.65	6	32	14289	10921	327	6/38	33.39	6
NC Johnson (Zim)	1998-2000	48	48	2	1679	132*	36.50	4	11	1503	1220	35	4/42	34.85	0
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC)	1999-2009	141	122	16	3394	123	32.01	3	18	5624	4121	169	5/19	24.38	2
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	1999-2011	228	223	16	8087	153*	39.06	19	43	6936	5473	156	5/46	35.08	1
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	1999-2011	196	175	21	5206	143	33.80	7	31	6450	4923	135	4/19	36.46	0
SB Styris (NZ)	1999-2011	188	161	23	4483	141	32.48	4	28	6114	4839	137	6/25	35.32	1
SR Watson (Aus)	2002-2011	140	121	24	4186	185*	43.15	6	25	5036	4078	138	4/36	29.55	0
JM Davison (Can)	2003-2011	32	32	2	799	111	26.63	1	5	1435	1067	36	3/15	29.63	0
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	2003-2011	86	86	4	2251	139*	27.45	3	12	3269	2320	70	3/17	33.14	0
AC Botha (Ire)	2006-2011	42	38	4	666	56	19.58	0	2	1560	1134	42	4/19	27.00	0
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	2006-2011	33	32	9	1541	119	67.00	5	9	1580	1327	55	4/31	24.12	0
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	2006-2011	119	114	19	3340	134*	35.15	5	22	6034	4328	150	4/16	28.85	0
RM Haq (Scot)	2006-2011	31	24	0	445	71	18.54	0	3	1541	1196	38	4/28	31.47	0
AR Cusack (Ire)	2007-2011	42	34	9	650	71	26.00	0	2	1272	948	41	5/20	23.12	1
Rizwan Cheema (Can)	2008-2011	31	30	1	707	94	24.37	0	5	1240	1029	32	3/25	32.15	0

The three heavyweight top-order allrounders in the table above are Sanath Jayasuriya, Jacques Kallis and Afridi. All of them have played more than 300 ODIs, scored more than 6000 runs (Jayasuriya and Kallis have more than 10,000) and taken more than 250 wickets (Jayasuriya and Afridi have more than 300). The only other player in the table to pass either of those landmarks is Chris Gayle. He has 8087 runs but only 156 wickets, and whether he will add to either tally is uncertain.

Our second table is a list of allrounders with the best averages while batting in the top five in ODIs in which they bowled at least 45 balls. Shane Watson averages 55.65 with three hundreds and six fifties in the 28 ODIs in which he has bowled at least 45 balls. He has taken 42 wickets at 30 apiece in those games.

Pakistan have such a wealth of all-round riches at present in Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez and Abdul Razzaq, that Shoaib Malik played only one out of the first four ODIs against Sri Lanka in the UAE. Malik averages nearly 47 in the 33 one-dayers in which he has bowled at least 45 balls. He has taken 52 wickets in those games at less than 26 apiece.

Best batting average in the top 5 when bowling more than 45 balls in the same ODI (minimum of 20 matches)

Player	Span	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	50	Balls	Conc	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
SR Watson (Aus)	2002-2011	28	5	1280	161*	55.65	3	6	1476	1249	42	4/36	29.73	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1991	62	8	2767	189*	51.24	7	14	3526	2508	79	6/41	31.74	2
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	2002-2010	33	3	1405	143	46.83	3	10	1920	1341	52	4/19	25.78	0
CH Gayle (WI)	1999-2011	76	7	3216	153*	46.60	11	12	4302	3148	94	5/46	33.48	1
PD Collingwood (Eng)	2001-2011	29	6	1071	112*	46.56	2	5	1590	1205	38	6/31	31.71	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1988-2003	39	4	1590	122	45.42	2	13	2213	1622	49	4/45	33.10	0
JH Kallis (Afr/SA)	1997-2011	93	10	3640	111	43.85	5	24	4995	3861	135	5/30	28.60	2
SC Ganguly (India)	1997-2007	26	4	942	153*	42.81	1	6	1423	930	49	5/16	18.97	2
WJ Cronje (SA)	1993-2000	35	5	1274	100*	42.46	1	9	1964	1363	43	3/10	31.69	0
SR Tendulkar (India)	1990-2007	63	7	2368	141	42.28	5	16	3442	2523	87	5/32	29.00	2
GS Chappell (Aus)	1972-1983	37	5	1293	138*	40.40	2	7	2157	1304	51	5/15	25.56	2
A Symonds (Aus)	2000-2009	35	7	1076	107*	38.42	1	6	1962	1589	34	3/48	46.73	0
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2011	27	2	944	100*	37.76	1	9	1534	1155	31	3/25	37.25	0
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	2006-2011	82	13	2579	134*	37.37	5	17	4689	3267	115	4/33	28.40	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1983-1995	39	7	1191	85*	37.21	0	10	2196	1529	41	3/23	37.29	0
A Flintoff (Eng)	2002-2008	41	6	1296	99	37.02	0	10	2236	1595	62	4/14	25.72	0
V Sehwag (India)	2001-2009	26	3	849	95	36.91	0	8	1415	1079	30	3/37	35.96	0
ME Waugh (Aus)	1991-2002	22	0	792	126	36.00	2	3	1211	834	34	4/37	24.52	0
SR Waugh (Aus)	1986-1998	42	7	1242	83*	35.48	0	7	2399	1774	51	4/33	34.78	0
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	1992-1998	47	2	1584	97*	35.20	0	13	2676	1890	49	4/22	38.57	0

The third table contains allrounders with the best bowling averages when batting in the top five in the same ODI. Watson's in distinguished company here too, in third place, below Wasim Akram and Andrew Flintoff and above Ian Botham. Watson averages 25.88 for his 92 wickets in the 85 matches where he has batted in Australia's top five, scoring 3577 runs at an average of 47.

Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate owns the best batting average in one-dayers - 67. In the 31 matches in which he has batted higher than No. 6, ten Doeschate's batting mean rises to 67.40, and he has taken 48 wickets at 26.39 apiece in those games as well.

Best bowling average when batting in the top 5 in the same ODI (minimum of 20 matches, 1000 balls)

Player	Span	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	50	Balls	Conc	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1987-2002	20	2	276	39	15.33	0	0	1003	699	32	4/22	21.84	0
A Flintoff (Eng)	2000-2008	67	11	2146	123	38.32	3	13	2734	1976	80	4/14	24.70	0
SR Watson (Aus)	2002-2011	85	9	3577	185*	47.06	6	23	2918	2381	92	4/36	25.88	0
IT Botham (Eng)	1978-1992	52	2	1258	79	25.16	0	8	2623	1827	70	4/31	26.10	0
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	2006-2011	31	9	1483	119	67.40	5	8	1473	1267	48	4/31	26.39	0
DS Lehmann (Aus)	1998-2005	76	12	2589	119	40.45	4	14	1220	978	36	4/7	27.16	0
N Kapil Dev (India)	1981-1993	46	6	792	72	19.80	0	3	2210	1472	53	4/30	27.77	0
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	2006-2011	103	18	3156	134*	37.12	5	21	5303	3802	131	4/33	29.02	0
GS Chappell (Aus)	1972-1983	65	11	2246	138*	41.59	3	14	2830	1871	64	5/15	29.23	2
TM Odoyo (Kenya)	1997-2008	24	2	531	54	24.13	0	2	1076	852	29	3/13	29.37	0
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	46	7	1195	103*	30.64	2	7	2021	1663	56	6/49	29.69	3
JM Davison (Can)	2003-2011	30	1	780	111	26.89	1	5	1345	1011	34	3/15	29.73	0
M Prabhakar (India)	1987-1996	48	4	1506	106	34.22	2	11	2408	1876	62	5/33	30.25	2
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1977-1989	96	3	2511	95	27.00	0	16	3832	2695	89	5/28	30.28	1
AR Border (Aus)	1979-1993	183	24	5246	127*	32.99	3	35	1738	1365	44	3/20	31.02	0
KJ O'Brien (Ire)	2007-2011	35	6	950	142	32.75	1	4	1222	1000	32	3/18	31.25	0
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2011	292	50	11166	139	46.14	17	83	9874	7946	252	5/30	31.53	2
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	136	17	4495	107*	37.77	4	32	1176	831	26	2/17	31.96	0
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	2003-2011	82	3	2185	139*	27.65	3	12	3146	2189	68	3/17	32.19	0
RJ Shastri (India)	1983-1992	62	5	1729	109	30.33	4	11	2420	1680	52	5/15	32.30	1

Who had to do the most bowling in ODIs in which he batted in the top five? This is one list in which Watson doesn't rank in the top 20. Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan bowls an average of 51.4 balls in matches in which he bats in the top five. Fast bowlers Botham and Manoj Prabhakar, who used to open the bowling and batting for India, are second and third, having bowled a little more than 50 balls on average.

Highest rate of balls bowled per ODI when batting in the top 5 (minimum of 20 matches)

Player	Span	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	50	Balls	Conc	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	B/I
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	2006-2011	103	18	3156	134*	37.12	5	21	5303	3802	131	4/33	29.02	0	51.4
IT Botham (Eng)	1978-1992	52	2	1258	79	25.16	0	8	2623	1827	70	4/31	26.10	0	50.4
M Prabhakar (India)	1987-1996	48	4	1506	106	34.22	2	11	2408	1876	62	5/33	30.25	2	50.1
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1987-2002	20	2	276	39	15.33	0	0	1003	699	32	4/22	21.84	0	50.1
N Kapil Dev (India)	1981-1993	46	6	792	72	19.80	0	3	2210	1472	53	4/30	27.77	0	48.0
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	2006-2011	31	9	1483	119	67.40	5	8	1473	1267	48	4/31	26.39	0	47.5
IK Pathan (India)	2005-2008	21	2	493	83	25.94	0	3	946	783	33	4/41	23.72	0	45.0
TM Odoyo (Kenya)	1997-2008	24	2	531	54	24.13	0	2	1076	852	29	3/13	29.37	0	44.8
JM Davison (Can)	2003-2011	30	1	780	111	26.89	1	5	1345	1011	34	3/15	29.73	0	44.8
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	155	27	4731	112*	36.96	6	27	6912	4953	140	4/34	35.37	0	44.5
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	46	7	1195	103*	30.64	2	7	2021	1663	56	6/49	29.69	3	43.9
GS Chappell (Aus)	1972-1983	65	11	2246	138*	41.59	3	14	2830	1871	64	5/15	29.23	2	43.5
Abdul Razzaq (Pak)	1998-2011	39	3	1047	112	29.08	1	6	1689	1249	38	6/35	32.86	1	43.3
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2011	35	6	1026	112*	35.37	1	4	1431	1385	40	3/32	34.62	0	40.8
A Flintoff (Eng)	2000-2008	67	11	2146	123	38.32	3	13	2734	1976	80	4/14	24.70	0	40.8
Rizwan Cheema (Can)	2008-2011	21	1	610	94	30.50	0	5	855	663	22	3/25	30.13	0	40.7
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1977-1989	96	3	2511	95	27.00	0	16	3832	2695	89	5/28	30.28	1	39.9
Shahid Afridi (Asia/Pak)	1996-2011	184	5	4223	109	23.59	4	24	7238	5657	156	5/11	36.26	2	39.3
RJ Shastri (India)	1983-1992	62	5	1729	109	30.33	4	11	2420	1680	52	5/15	32.30	1	39.0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1990-2004	23	1	474	130	21.54	1	1	892	668	17	3/43	39.29	0	38.7