A versatile person or thing, especially a cricketer who can both bat and bowl well.
〈英〉多面手，全能者（尤指既能以棒击球又能滚球的板球运动员）
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Ian Botham, one of the greatest cricket all-rounders of all time, received the Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of the major impact he has made to the world of sport during his remarkable career.
Several West Indian, Australian, Indian and Pakistan cricketers are playing in the Lancashire League - all-rounders or bowlers are usually preferred to batsmen.
Yet there can be no doubt now that the Lancashire giant can emerge as one of world cricket's top all-rounders.
He was a talented all-rounder, bowling his leg breaks off a very long run up.
They picked their best batsman, their best bowler and their best all-rounder.
Only a fortnight ago, England coach Duncan Fletcher lamented that even the world's best all-rounders rarely reached the heights of their batting and bowling games at the same time.
Choose from batsmen, bowlers, all-rounders or a new wicket keeper - whatever is needed to take your side to the top.
Anyway, there is a second all-rounder already in the team, wicket-keeper Geraint Jones.
Today he is seen as one of the most dangerous all-rounders in international cricket.
But maybe he would've just been one of those all-rounders who can neither bat nor bowl.
The 1980s was a time of great cricket all-rounders.
Extra incentives will also be made to the best performing individuals with cash prizes of up to £1, 500 going to the best performing batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders.
A season of English county cricket with Kent converted him to a complete all-rounder.
The all-rounder was eventually clean bowled by Adam Sanford to end the New Zealand innings.
The team consists of five all-rounders, six specialist batsmen, two wicket keepers and five strike bowlers.
‘We had mainly all-rounders and batsmen, so we were very confident and we weren't disappointed with the result,’ he said.
My guess is that the new rules will put the bits-n-pieces all-rounder out of the game and encourage teams to pick genuine all-rounders or specialist batsmen/bowlers as the substitute.
I am a bit of an all-rounder, but it was batting that I mainly refined in the family back garden.
Flintoff has the supreme gift of a Botham and all the great all-rounders.
He is keen to develop his batting and become an all-rounder.