Who were the three most entertaining all-rounders of all time?

[Harsh Thakor]

1.Gary Sobers
2.Ian Botham
3.Kapil Dev

Sorry if I left out champions like Imran,Kallis and Miller but I think the 3 named above radiated more joy than any of the great all-rounders..They could all bowl devastating deliveries even at fast-medium , silmuntaneously produce the most scintillating strokes as well as take some of the most marvellous catches.At their best could create the impact of an explosion on a cricket ground.

 

[JattMaula]

 

[Gilly]

Symonds would be my pick. He could hone in on the bowlers when batting like a fighter pilot getting them in his crosshairs and delivering a payload of hurt. His bowling would mesmerise the batsmen into make mistakes like a cobra striking and the opponent left wondering what happened. His fielding was so special as the crowd would be stunned into silence seeing something they never thought was possible. The spell he would cast over the match was like a magician doing magic and nobody could work out how he did it.

 

[Harpoon]

1. Imran khan
2. Ian botham
3. Shahid afridi.

 

[last_knight]

Flintoff was also very entertaining for the brief period from 2003-07.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Symonds would be my pick. He could hone in on the bowlers when batting like a fighter pilot getting them in his crosshairs and delivering a payload of hurt. His bowling would mesmerise the batsmen into make mistakes like a cobra striking and the opponent left wondering what happened. His fielding was so special as the crowd would be stunned into silence seeing something they never thought was possible. The spell he would cast over the match was like a magician doing magic and nobody could work out how he did it.

Symonds wasn't a pure allrounder though. He was like Australia's yuvraj singh.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Including only those who played in the post 2000 era
Shahid afridi
Andrew flintoff
Abdul razzaq
Irfan pathan

 

[last_knight]

Symonds would be my pick. He could hone in on the bowlers when batting like a fighter pilot getting them in his crosshairs and delivering a payload of hurt. His bowling would mesmerise the batsmen into make mistakes like a cobra striking and the opponent left wondering what happened. His fielding was so special as the crowd would be stunned into silence seeing something they never thought was possible. The spell he would cast over the match was like a magician doing magic and nobody could work out how he did it.

A good one. But Yuvraj Singh, Chris Harris and Cairns ahead of Symonds.

 

[Gilly]

A good one. But Yuvraj Singh, Chris Harris and Cairns ahead of Symonds.

Not according to most expert cricketers.

 

[Outswinger]

Klusener
Flintoff
Afridi

 

[UN talkz]

Andrew Fidell Flintoff

 

[Robert]

1.Gary Sobers
2.Ian Botham
3.Kapil Dev

Sorry if I left out champions like Imran,Kallis and Miller but I think the 3 named above radiated more joy than any of the great all-rounders..They could all bowl devastating deliveries even at fast-medium , silmuntaneously produce the most scintillating strokes as well as take some of the most marvellous catches.At their best could create the impact of an explosion on a cricket ground.

I am disinclined to leave out Miller who was one of cricket's first superstars.

 

[ShahidDar08]

To me these were the best alrounders the game has ever produced.

Jacque Kallis
Andrew Flintoff
Chris Crains
Abdul Razzak
Shakib ul Hassan

and there are also some bits and pieces allrounders,

Shahid Afridi
Andrew Symonds
Mohammed Hafeez
Shoiab Mallik
Sanath Jayasuriya
Azhar Mahmood
Lance Klusner

 

[Bilal7]

1) Imran
2) Afridi
3) Flintoff

 

[Miandad_fan_number_one]

Flintoff wasn't an official all rounder plus he had a really good peak that was the highlight of his career, didn't know about Cairns until the match fixing news.

 

[Godhelpma]

From what I have seen klusner , afridi and flintoff in no particular order ,are the most entertaining all rounders.

 

[Sam99]

Flintoff.