December 26, 2024
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Ten tallest cricketers in the history of cricket

5- Tom Moody (6 feet 7 inches)

The former Australian all-rounder is currently the head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad and applied for the job of head coach of Indian cricket team in 2017. The 53-year-old has played in 8 tests and 76 ODIs for his country. He scored 456 runs and picked 2 in test cricket and scored 1211 runs and picked 52 wickets in ODIs.

4- Peter George (6 feet 8 inches)

George is a former test cricketer for Australia who played his only test against India in 2010 at Bangalore. He picked two wickets in the game. The 32-year-old is currently out of the national reckoning

3- Bruce Reid (6 feet 8 inches)

Reid was a left arm pacer for Australia who plied his trade in 27 tests and 61 ODIs picking 113 and 63 wickets respectively. He made his test debut against India in 1986  and played for national side till 1992.

2- Joel Garner (6 feet 8 inches)

Garner was the member of highly regarded West Indies side in late 70s and early 80s. In his playing days, West Indies reached the unprecedented heights in test cricket and never lost a series in 15 years. He played in 58 tests and 98 ODIs and picked 259 and 146 wickets respectively.

1- Mohammad Irfan (7 feet 1 inch)

The sturdy fast bowler from Burewala in Pakistan got into the national team after the suspension of Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif in 2010 England tour. He made his ODI debut against England on 10 September 2010 and since then has played 60 ODIs and 4 tests for his country.

Irfan started working in a pipe factory after giving up his dream of playing cricket due to lack of opportunities. He earned a sum of just 300 rupees before been spotted by former first-class cricketer Nadeem Iqbal in a club match.

He started playing for Khan Research Laboratories in 2009 and went onto make his debut one year later. Injuries and match fixing has cut short his International career. He was suspended from all forms of cricket on 29 March 2017 by the PCB for failing to report two approaches to corrupt the game during the 2017 Pakistan Super League. The suspension was backdated to the 14 March 2017.

Bonus
World reacts as Ishant Sharma delivers a fine spell of fast bowling before lunch on day 3
Ishant Sharma (BCCI Photo)

There is no Indian in the list, allthough Abey Kuruvilla is the tallest Indian cricketer with a height of 6 feet 6 inch. He is followed by Ishant Sharma with a height of 6 feet 6 inch.

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