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#3 Lance Klusener

Lance Klusener

The former South African all-rounder was one of the most feared lower order batsmen during his time and it was primarily due to his ability to take some of the best bowlers in the world to the cleaners during the death overs.

In fact, he had batted at different positions for South Africa throughout his 8-year one-day international career from 1996 to 2004 and had even opened the batting on some occasions. He started off his career as a bowler and during those early years, he was a very quick bowler who could swing the ball either way.

In addition to that, Klusener could bowl yorkers and the slower ball during the death overs when the slog was on. In the latter part of his career, he lost a lot of pace but remained a wily bowler. In a one-day career spanning 171 games, Klusener picked up 192 wickets recorded an economy rate of 4.70. Klusener's exploits in the 1999 World Cup are still remembered with awe and he was rightly adjudged as the man of the tournament.

As a batsman, Klusener scored at an excellent average of 41.10 and had an equally brilliant strike rate of 89.91. When he was at the crease, no asking rate looked out of South Africa's reach.

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