Please don’t humiliate shortest cricketers, and don’t think only South East Asian cricketers are the shortest players to have played cricket ever. Many people consider height as important factor to counter the odds in cricket. But there are players who proved it wrong and yielded some sparkling performance.
We know players like Mushfiqur Rahim, Parthiv Patel, Tatenda Taibu, who have decent record in cricket. But when height issue comes you can’t ignore two little masters of the game – Sachin Tendulkar and Sun Gavaskar who dominated the game in two different ears, never bowed their heads in front of fiery first bowling.
We are here at Sportzwiki making a list of TOP 10 diminutive cricketers who have played the with their supreme quality, scroll down and wait for the surprise.
#10 Mominul Haque ,Bangladesh, 5ft 3.5 inch
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 represent Bangladesh in 15 tests and 26 ODIs has 1410 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 Kalichanran , West Indies, 5ft
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
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
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.
Gundappa Vishwanath
#6 David Boon, Australia, 5ft
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
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 Mumbai Indians in the season of 2015 when Mumbai Indians went onto win the IPL trophy for the second time.
#4 Mushfiquir Rahim, Bangladesh, 5ft
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 test side of Bangladesh.
#3 Alfred Freeman, England, 5ft
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 Tich Conford, England, 5ft
Also known as Walter Latter, Tich Conford 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.
Protrait of Tich Conford
#1 Kruger Van Wyk, New Zealand, 4ft 9in
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.
