6 kinds of cricketers missing in modern cricket

#2 The Jacques Kallis kind

Kallis is regarded by many as one of the greatest to ever grace a cricket pitch

A great of the game, Jacques Kallis revolutionised the role of all-rounders, by showing that a proper batsman could easily fit in as a fast bowler, too. He tirelessly served the Rainbow Nation for years and ensured they never had to struggle with the balance of the side.

Kallis was a proper batsman, so much so that he and Dravid were considered similar types of batsmen – pure technique and class batsmanship. But he possessed something Dravid didn't. The ability to bowl pace.

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The South African was an excellent bowler too. He could swing the ball both ways and bowled at speeds exceeding 140kmph. A dream player to have in any side. But how many of these exist now?

The batting all-rounder is mostly a spinner in modern day cricket and even those that bowl pace cannot be fit in as a third seamer in the line-up.

Modern day cricketers closest to this category: Angelo Matthews(Sri Lanka), Ben Stokes (England), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)