10 Shortest Cricketers in international Cricket

Some say that height does contribute to an important factor but there have been a number of players who have beaten all the odds and stood to be into the international stages of cricket despite of their lagging heights. We have seen players like Tatenda Taibu, Parthiv Patel claiming decent importance in the international sphere. Even Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, referred to as ‘Little Master’ have been prolific in their cricket careers ignoring their short heights. So as a token of respect, we enlist the 10 Shortest Cricketers in international Cricket: 10 – Mominul Haque, 5ft. 3.5in. : Mominul Haque. (Photo Source: BCB) This left-hand batsman from Bangladesh is among the youngest and the latest entrants to this tall of the shortest cricketers. At 23 years Mominul Haque has represented Bangladesh in 27 Tests and 26 ODIs has 2154 and 543 runs respectively. He comes from the coastal town of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Mominul earned himself a place in the squad after a couple of good, consistent and performance filled seasons in First Class cricket, and was in as a replacement for Shakib Al Hasan, who was out with an injury. His ability to bowl slow left-arm orthodox, made him a considerable option for the Bangladesh cricket team. 9 – Alvin Kallicharan, West Indies, 5ft. : West Indies batsman Alvin Kallicharran (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images) The former left handed batsman of West Indies did manage to play quite a few brilliant innings for the team. He scored a total of 4399 runs in his cricketing career for West Indies and played a total of 66 Tests. Alvin retired from international cricket in 1981. 8 – Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwe, 5ft. : Tatenda Taibu. (Photo Source: ESPNcricinfo Ltd) The former Zimbabwean captain was indeed one of the most reliable wicket keeping batsmen for the team and stood like an anchor to the batting line up when the batting of the Zimbabwean line up suffered considerably. Taibu was named as the captain of the Zimbabwean side in 2004. 7 – Gundappa Vishwanath, India, 5ft. : Gundappa Viswanath. (Photo Source: Getty Images) The former right handed opening batsman of India was a reliable batsman for the Indian team and played a total of 91 tests in his career and scored a total of 6080 runs. Viswanath also held a batting average of over 41 which proves his consistency at the level. 6 – David Boon, Australia, 5ft. : David Boon. (Photo Source: Getty Images) The former top order batsman of Australia was indeed one of the most dependable batsmen of his days. The former Australian skipper played a total of 107 tests and scored a total of 7422 runs by his name. Boon, known for his fatty moustache, was indeed an entertaining cricketer during his days. 5 – Parthiv Patel, India, 5ft. : Parthiv Patel. (© Getty Images) The left handed wicket keeper batsman of India has made his international debut at the age of 17. Parthiv has been a decent wicket keeper batsman for India and he was the wicket keeper for the RCB in IPL 2018. 4 – Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh, 5ft. : Mushfiqur Rahim. (© Getty Images) The wicket keeper batsman of Bangladesh has been one of the pivotal strengths for the Bangladeshi team of late and has a major contribution to the team’s emergence as a brilliant cricketing nation in the recent past. Rahim has been the skipper of the national side and is presently the skipper of the ODI side of Bangladesh. 3 – Alfred Freeman, England, 5ft. : Alfred Freeman. (Photo Source: The Cricketer International) Alfred Percy Freeman was one of the decent leg break bowlers for England in the early days of Cricket. He made his debut to international cricket in the year 1924 and played a total of 12 tests. Freeman managed to pick 66 wickets in his international career. 2 – Walter Cornford, England, 5ft. : (Source) Also known as Tich Cornford, Walter Latter Cornford played a total of 4 tests for England. He was a wicket keeping batsman for England and had a profound influence in England’s domestic cricket and played a total of 496 domestic matches. 1 – Kruger Van Wyk, New Zealand, 4ft. 9in. : Kruger Van Wyk. (© Getty Images) The 35 year old right handed wicket keeping batsman for New Zealand has been onto the Kiwi squad for quite sometime. Van Wyk also played a total of 9 test matches for England and played his last test match back in 2012. He is currently playing for Central Districts in New Zealand’s domestic cricketing tournament.

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10 Shortest Cricketers in international Cricket

As a token of respect, we enlist the 10 Shortest Cricketers in international Cricket.

1 – Kruger Van Wyk, New Zealand, 4ft. 9in. :

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