After another banner year in which he hit 55 home runs, stole 20 bases and his pitching arm helped the Dodgers win back-to-back World Series, superman Shohei Ohtani has cemented his reputation as baseball¡¯s greatest all-around player.
But as a lifelong cricket fan ¡ª some would say fanatic ¡ª I can¡¯t help asking: Who is cricket¡¯s Shohei Ohtani? In other words, who is the greatest all-rounder in cricket¡¯s 400-year history?
Also called ¡°the gentleman¡¯s game,¡± cricket is, of course, baseball¡¯s stately older cousin. Indeed, those of us who were raised on the game might even call it more civilized, if not sedate, with players taking a break for tea and individual matches regularly lasting up to five days without a result.
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