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.
