5 cricketers who opened both batting and bowling consistently

Neil Johnson
Neil Johnson opened the bowling in ODIs on a regular basis

#4 Mohammad Hafeez

Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez opened the bowling for Pakistan on a number of occasions

The Pakistan cricketer used to open the bowling and batting for Pakistan in both Tests and ODIs and before he was banned from bowling, he was quite successful in donning both the roles.

Starting the proceedings with the ball, he was quite effective against the left-handers with his venomous off-spin. With the bat, Hafeez was more than a decent opener as he scored some important runs for his country across all the formats.

In the longest format, Hafeez dished out decent performances against Bangladesh and England while opening the batting and bowling for his team

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