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  • noun Plural form of allrounder.

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Examples

  • Maybe there needs to be more rotating of allrounders and fast bowlers - leaving them out of certain series, or something like that.

    Oram wants to focus on ODI's, T20 2009

  • Wright who won inclusion, but he is unlikely to be anything more than emergency cover, in case one of the other allrounders wakes up with the lurgie.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • As so often with allrounders, while one suit - his wicketkeeping - has improved, the other has gone backwards and brought Prior into the reckoning, this time as an opener.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Kumar Sangakkara leads the side featuring seven specialist batsmen, three seamers, three spinners and two allrounders.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • A more concerted effort to choose players on the strength of their T20 performances has seen the inclusion of the young allrounders Daniel Christian and Steve Smith, plus Dirk Nannes, who represented the Netherlands in England last year.

    The Roar - Your Sports Opinion Daniel Brettig 2010

  • Mumbai's overseas allrounders haven't been at their best this season.

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2010

  • Richard Hadlee, a great player, but there is only one undisputed king of allrounders and that is Garfield ...

    The Roar - Your Sports Opinion 2010

  • "When you look at our team we've got a lot of allrounders in our team so the shorter form of the game definitely can suit us and we can be a bit more dangerous in the T20 games," Gayle said.

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2010

  • Richard Hadlee, a great player, but there is only one undisputed king of allrounders and that is Garfield ...

    The Roar - Your Sports Opinion Bomberman 2010

  • The powerful allrounders, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, are well suited to Twenty20 and even Lendl Simmons emerged in England last year as a dangerous batting allrounder.

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2010

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