Stats: Comparing four of the greatest all-rounders of yesteryear

#3 Performances in away Tests matches

Botham had the ability to dominate bowling attacks with the bat

Another criterion to judge a player’s impact is to look at his performance in difficult situations. Away Tests are always considered a challenge as cricketers have to deal with alien conditions and have to perform out of their comfort zone.

	Tests	Runs	Average	Wickets	Average
Ian Botham	43	2231	31.87	157	29.63
Richard Hadlee	43	1623	25.35	230	21.72
Kapil Dev	66	2438	26.21	215	32.85
Imran Khan	50	2267	33.83	199	25.76

Once again, the batting averages of Imran and Botham are hard to miss from this table. At the same time, Hadlee’s bowling average of 21.72 is far ahead than then rest of the players in the list. It also shows that the former Indian captain, Kapil Dev, struggled in away Tests.

Imran Khan is the winner in this criterion as his batting average of 33.83 is backed by his decent bowling average of 25.76.