Bits and pieces all rounders

In the interests of fairness I should clarify that most of my ire is directed against bits and pieces all rounders.

A bits and pieces player is someone who can bat a bit and bowl a bit - someone who could not get in a team based solely on their batting or bowling.

These tend to be players whose averages for batting and bowling hover around 30.

Some players though - giants of the game - could have gotten in the team purely on the basis of their skills in one discipline.

Gary Sobers would have commanded a position in any batting line up in the world even if he'd bowled complete tripe. Jacques Kallis could have been picked as a batter alone. Imran's bowling skills were such he could have played as a bowler only - ditto Kapil Dev.

These players are rare and magical and if you have them, grab on to them with both hands and don't let them go.

Far more common are the bits and pieces all rounders.