Top 10 Cricketers: physical barriers have been neglected to them: 1. Len Hutton Full Name : Sir Leonard Hutton Born : 23 June 1916, Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Died : 6 September 1990 (aged 74) National side : England Batting style : Right-hand Bowling style : Right-arm leg break Role : Opener Test debut : 26 June 1937 v New Zealand Last Test : 25 March 1955 v New Zealand Fact: An unfortunate accident in the gym, while doing commando training during World War II, damaged his arm so badly that he needed an operation and it was 8 months in the hospital before he was discharged. The result of this terrible event was a shortened left arm, by 2 inches, and this happened just after he broke the then world record of the highest individual score in Tests by scoring 364 runs against Australia at the Oval.
2. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Born : 6 January 1941, Bhopal, Bhopal State, Indian Empire (now in MP, India) Died : 22 September 2011 (aged 70) Nickname : Tiger Pataudi Batting style : Right-hand bat Bowling style : Right-arm medium Role : Captain Indian Cricket Team National side : India Fact: He was involved in a gruesome car accident that left his vision impaired. He could only see through his left eye and according to him, there was once a time he could see two balls and “tried to hit the inside one.”
3. Eiulf Nupen Batting style : Right-hand bat Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium National side : South African Fact: At the age of 4, he lost the sight of an eye and could only see through one.
4. Bob Appleyard Full name : Robert Appleyard Born : 27 June 1924, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Died : 17 March 2015 (aged 90) Batting style : Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling style : Off-break (OB); Right-arm fast-medium (RFM) National side : English
Fact: He was affected by fatal disease and not many expected him to recover to play cricket again.
5. Bert Ironmonger Batting style : Left-hand bat Bowling style : Left-arm medium National side : Australian
Fact: Due to an unfortunate accident in the family, Ironmonger lost the top of his forefinger.
6. Tony Greig Full name : Anthony William Greig Born : 6 October 1946, Queenstown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Died : 29 December 2012 (aged 66) Batting style : Right-handed Bowling style : Right-arm medium, Right-arm off break Role : All-rounder, commentator National side : England Test debut : 8 June 1972 v Australia Last Test : 30 August 1977 v Australia ODI debut : 24 August 1972 v Australia Last ODI : 6 June 1977 v Australia Fact: He suffered from seizure attacks when he was younger.
7. Jonty Rhodes (Jonty Rhodes was arguably the best ever fielder to have graced the game) Full name : Jonathan Neil Rhodes Born : 27 July 1969, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa Batting style : Right-handed Bowling style : Right-arm medium National side : South Africa Test debut : 13 November 1992 v India Last Test : 10 August 2000 v Sri Lanka ODI debut : 26 February 1995 v Australia Last ODI : 12 February 2003 v Kenya ODI shirt no. : 8 Fact: He was victim of the vicious condition of epilepsy 8. Bhagwath Chandrashekhar Born : 17 May 1945, Mysore, Karnataka Batting style : Right-hand bat Bowling style : Legbreak National side : India Test debut : 21 January 1964 v England Last Test : 12 July 1979 v England ODI debut : 22 February 1976 v New Zealand Last ODI : 22 February 1976 v New Zealand Fact: At a very young age, polio left his right arm withered.
9. Shoaib Akhtar Full name : Shoaib Akhtar Born : 13 August 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Nickname : Rawalpindi Express, Tiger, Don Batting style : Right hand bat Bowling style : Right-arm fast Role : Bowler National side : Pakistan Test debut : 29 November 1997 v West Indies Last Test : 8 December 2007 v India ODI debut : 28 March 1998 v Zimbabwe Last ODI : 8 March 2011 v New Zealand ODI shirt no. : 14 T20I debut : 28 August 2006 v England Last T20I : 28 December 2010 v New Zealand Fact: Hyperextension in all of his joints, which swelled his knee up with fluid every time he played and he had to drain it out at regular intervals, coupled with the fact that he was flat-footed and couldn’t walk as a kid.
10. Mashrafe Mortaza Full name : Mashrafe Bin Mortaza Born : 5 October 1983, Narail, Bangladesh Nickname : Koushik, Mash, Narail Express Batting style : Right-Handed Bowling style : Right arm medium-fast Role : All-Rounder, Bangladesh Captain National side : Bangladesh Test debut : 8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe Last Test : 9 July 2009 v West Indies ODI debut : 23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe Last ODI : 13 June 2017 v India ODI shirt no. : 2 T20I debut : 28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe Last T20I : 6 April 2017 v Sri Lanka Fact: In every game, he has to wear knee support and after every game, he spends a lot of time in excruciating pain as fluid is drained out of his knees.
