Top 5 all-rounders from West Indies in Tests

#2 Carl Hooper

Carl Hooper was a good middle-order batsman and a handy bowler

Carl Hooper is the only player apart from Jacques Kallis to claim 5000 runs, 100 wickets, 100 catches and played 100 matches in both Tests and ODIs. In a career spanning a decade and a half, Hooper went on to score more than 10,000 international runs and picked up over 300 wickets. He hit a century in just his second Test match against India at the historic Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.

Hooper was fascinating to watch as a batsman; he had a lazy elegance which could enthral the audience. The West Indian was also a talented off-spinner although he was the slowest to take 100 wickets in Test cricket. He returned to his side as a captain in 2001 and led his troops until the 2003 World Cup, and averaged 50+ with the bat as a captain.

Rated highly by Steve Waugh and Shane Warne, Hooper holds the unique record of scoring hundreds against 18 county sides. Hooper averaged 36.46 in Tests, having scored 5762 runs in the 102 Test matches he played. His highest score was 233 against India at Georgetown in April, 2002. He took 114 Test wickets at an average of 49.42.