SHORTEST PLAYERS: PICKING A TEAM OF CRICKET'S SHORTEST PLAYERS

PICKING A TEAM OF CRICKET'S SHORTEST PLAYERS

How tall are the short players of the cricket world in their game?

It feels like tall players are going through a constantly evolving change, with medium-sized players being found in teams around the world. If we look at the 70s and 80s, most of the cricketers were tall, but gradually their number decreased. Today our topic is about short cricketers. It is no wonder that short batsmen have always performed brilliantly in international cricket. If a cricket team of short cricketers is formed at the global level, it will be something like this.

• DAVID WARNER:

Team: Australia

27: Age

Height: 170 cm (56 inches)

Test runs: 1,401

Test batting average: 36.86

Despite his short stature, Australia's David Warner is one of the most destructive batsmen in Test cricket. After making his name in the T20, Warner made it to the Test team in 2011, scoring an unbeaten 123 in his second match to get everyone's attention. He is now a permanent member in Australia's XI.

• KRUGER VAN WYK:

Team: New Zealand

33: Age

Height: 145 cm (48 inches)

Test runs 341

Test batting average: 21.31

Although Kruger van Wyk was not an exceptional player, it was still impossible to take him off the list for height. A 33-year-old born in South Africa. Kruger van Wyk participated in the Test for New Zealand. A brilliant wicketkeeper-batsman, Kruger van Wyk was once considered the place of Mark Boucher but decided to play for New Zealand.

• MAHILA JAYEWARDENE:

Team Sri Lanka

Test Res: 10,806

Test batting average: 49.56

Mahila Jayewardene is a cricketer considered to be the backbone of Sri Lankan cricket. He is the newest highest run scorer in Sri Lanka's Test history. 10,806 runs are recorded in his account. He is the ninth player to score the most runs in a Test match. Mahila Jayewardene, who played right-handed, was also an excellent captain.

• SACHIN TENDULKAR:

Team India

Age: 40 years

Height: 165 cm (5'4 inches)

Test runs: 15,847

Test batting average: 53.71

He is affectionately known as The Little Master and is the best player of his generation. He is considered the second best batsman after Sir Donald Bradman. After playing 200 Test matches, he has said goodbye to 24-year-old Mir. His career started in 1989 at the age of 16 .Sachin Tendulkar's short physical stature is completely opposite to his game.

• SHIVNARAYAN CHANDRAPAL:

Team: West Indies

Age: 39 years

Height: 173 cm (157 inches)

Test runs: 10,897

Test batting average: 51.89

Shiv Narayan Chandrapal is second in the list of West Indies' most successful Test batsmen after Brian Lara.

Also left-handed Shiv Narayan Chandrapal played 11,000 Test runs and 150 Test matches. Chandrapal cemented West Indies' weak batting line after Lara's retirement and sought to make up for Lara's shortfall.

• ASAD SHAFIQ

Team: Pakistan

Age: 27 years

Height: 168 cm (5'5 inches)

Test runs: 1330 runs

Test batting average: 39.11

During his career, Asad Shafiq has proved himself to be an excellent middle order player. In his debut match, he scored 61 runs against a strong team like South Africa. During 2012 and 2013, three centuries gave Shafiq an important position in Pakistan XI . He had strengthened the middle order during the reign of Misbah-ul-Haq.

• ADNAN AKMAL

Team: Pakistan

Age: 28 years

Height: 170 cm (5'6 inches)

Test runs: 585 runs

Test batting average: 25.43

Test dismissal: 71 runs

Adnan Akmal is also an international Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who plays for the Agricultural Development Bank Limited cricket team and has represented his country at the Under-17 level. He was called up as a substitute for keeper Zulqarnain Haider against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates, where he played his Test debut on 12 November 2010.

• SAEED AJMAL:

Team: Pakistan

Age: 36 years

Height: 165 cm (5'4 inches)

Test wickets: 159

Test bowling average: 26.54

Saeed Ajmal is a classic late bloomer who made his Test debut at the age of 31. He has been a disastrous operator in limited overs formats. After taking five wickets in his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2015, Ajmal consistently proved that he is one of the world's leading spin bowlers.

• RANGANA HERATH

Team: Sri Lanka

Age: 35 years

Height: 168 cm (5'5 inches)

Test wickets: 200 wickets

Test bowling average: 29.52

Rangana Herath became Sri Lanka's leading bowler in Test cricket after the retirement of off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in 2010. But it has taken them a long time to come out of the shadow of Muralidharan. Herath is the most successful left arm bowler in the history of Test cricket. He has worked as a spin bowling consultant with Bangladesh cricket team for some time.

• LASITH MALINGA

Team: Sri Lanka

Age: 30 years

Height: 173 cm (5'7 inches)

Test wickets: 100

Test bowling average: 33.15

Fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who made Sri Lanka the 2014 T20 World Cup champions, has completely retired from international cricket last year. The 38-year-old player who bowled with the most successful and unique action of the limited overs wanted to retire from cricket and dedicate it to the next generation of cricketers.

• FIDEL EDWARDS

Team: West Indies

Age: 31 years

Height: 165 cm (5'4 inches)

Test wickets: 165

Test bowling average: 37.87

Like Malinga, Fidel Edwards is a short unconventional right-arm fast bowler. Who came on the Test scene after playing only first-class matches for Barbados. Edwards took five wickets against Sri Lanka on debut in June 2003.

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