Tripple Threats

[kyear2]

Players that were Great, or very good in multiple disiplines and as such were in-valuable to their respective teams. Some of them would not have met the requisites to be called genuine All-Rounders, but still contributed in various ways. Greats such as Hammond and Greg Chappell, were great batsmen and slip fielders, and very good part time bowlers. Others like Imran, Lloyd and Worrell added their captaincy to their other talents.

 

[Straight Drive]

Dhoni is a triple threat to India:

Dire Captaincy
Terrible Batsmen
Poor Wicket keeper

A handy combo for the opposition.

 

[robelinda]

Dhoni is a triple threat to India:

Dire Captaincy
Terrible Batsmen
Poor Wicket keeper

A handy combo for the opposition.

Hah gold! Also, he gives worse interviews than Inzamam.

 

[kyear2]

They have been various combinations, and the players should be great at at least two of the disiplins.
Bat, Bowl, Captaincy:
Imran Khan, Frank Worrell, Richie Benaud, Steve Waugh, Kapil Dev,
Bat, Bowl, Slip Fielder:
Gary Sobers, Ian Botham, Jacques Kallis, Wally Hammond, Greg Chappell, Shane Warne?, Viv Richards?
Bat, Captaincy, Slip
Clive Lloyd, Mark Taylor, Stehen Flemming, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Mahela Jayawardeane

Dont know if I left anyone out, let me know.

 

[marc71178]

Depends what your definition of great is really, same as ranking players as great in 2 disciplines. Would certainly debate some of your choices as greats with the bat.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Hah gold! Also, he gives worse interviews than Inzamam.

What's wrong with Inzy? Just because his English wasn't any good.

 

[kyear2]

Depends what your definition of great is really, same as ranking players as great in 2 disciplines. Would certainly debate some of your choices as greats with the bat.

Which ones in particular, was really skirting on the definition of great, would gladly make any adjustments. Looking forward to your suggestions.

 

[kyear2]

Removed Tony Greig, and the first three players in the bottom row were rated as great captains and slip fielders, not so much as batsmen, especially Taylor and Flemming. Only players who were great at all three of their skills were possibly Botham at his peak, LLoyd and Ponting, unless anyone considered Lara to be a great captain.

 

[Blakus]

Interesting question. A few of my picks

Monty Noble - bowling, batting and captaincy

Stanley Jackson - batting, captaincy and bowling

Eddie Barlow - batting, bowling and captaincy

Frank Woolley - batting, bowling and slips fielding

 

[smash84]

Dhoni is a triple threat to India:

Dire Captaincy
Terrible Batsmen
Poor Wicket keeper

A handy combo for the opposition.

Khatmal falls in the same category too. He was more of a double threat. I do think he was Vice captain at some point in his career wasn't he?

 

[weldone]

What's wrong with Inzy? Just because his English wasn't any good.

Haha Inzamam's interviews were super-funny. I always waited for his post-match interviews after India-Pakistan matches. His interviews went something like this:

'yes bad batting ok bowling india good batsmen so play well next match pakistan do well inshallah'

 

[Athlai]

Kamran Akmal:

Ugly
**** bat
**** keeper

 

[smash84]

Kamran Akmal:

Ugly
**** bat
**** keeper

awta

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Scott Muller?

 

[weldone]

Ajit Agarkar:

1. Record-breaking batsman
2. Recrd-breaking bowler
3. Big ears

 

[marc71178]

Which ones in particular, was really skirting on the definition of great, would gladly make any adjustments. Looking forward to your suggestions.

Just from the first list it is definitely stretching it to call any of Imran, Benaud or Kapil great batsmen, and Waugh or Worrell a great bowler.

I think you'd struggle to find any player in history that would make such a triple threat as it is too much of a stretch to be great in more than one discipline really.

 

[kyear2]

Benaud and Kapil were included as great bowlers and captains, likewise Waugh and Worrell were listed as great batsmen and captains.
I did say great in two catergories only.

 

[ankitj]

Warwick Armstrong

 

[weldone]

WG Grace (quadraple threat)

1. ATG batsman
2. Great bowler
3. Potential match fixer / spot fixer
4. Intimidates the umpires

 

[smash84]

the 3rd point is funny