As a cricketer alone, I agree with Michael Jones' comment. Add in Miller's war record as a Battle of Britain fighter pilot, the charisma of his off-field personality and his inspiration to generations of later cricketers, then he is surely the tops.

He is certainly the greatest post-war all-rounder. What a number of people he must have drawn to and into the game! But before labelling him the best ever, I would consider W. G. Grace.

Kapil, Kallis, Sobers, Botham, Hadlee, Miller, Mankad, Greig were superb.
But mebbe Imran beats everyone because of his leadership qualities. None of the allrounders could surpass him on that!!

True. Miller is an allrounder in Life's all fields. But talking of cricketing allrounders, are we missing Allan Davidson in this list?

Keith Miller was a great friend of mine and I feel that he was one of the finest unpredictable all rounder the game has seen or would see. He with Ray Lindwall created the best fast bowling terror.
A highly successful captain of New South Wales but due to unmentionable politics in the Australian selection process, was never made a Captain. A tragedy for cricket.

Remember the Hong Kong Sixes? There was great opportunity to demonstrate who was the best all rounder then. Imran won then and i truly believe he should win now. A charasmatic leader who brought the passion of cricket to his nation and around the world. When he retired, Pakistan didn't loose only a cricketer, they lost a captain, a batsman, a bowler, a spokesman and a leader on and off the field. Not many other cricketers were able to retire in style as well with the most cherished prize of all, the ICC World Cup!

I would certainly rank Keith Miller very high and I have more than a sneaking regard for Imran's claims. Postwar it would lie between Miller and Sobers, but your list seems a bit thin on earlier stars - Lohmann for example or Les Ames. And to leave out Grace! Even given the wickets on which he played, can one ever better the grat Cricketer?

I feel Imran Khan's got to be the man. What makes Imran special apart from his bowling and batting abilities is his will to win. The weren't a lot of team that could challenge the west Indies, but under Imran the Pakistanis were inspired to take them head on. There aren't a lot of guys who have changed the fate of their country's cricket. The killer instinct we talk about in Pakistanis were directly inherited from him. The best thing that Imran did was to provide Pakistan with bowlers like wasim and waqar and a batting legend like inzamam. He had it in him to convert a raw talent into a masterpiece, which i feel none of the list all rounders have. He made sure that when he left the centre stage, pakistan were in safe hands. He's got to be the man.

Learie Constantine who? by the way what did he ever do 2 earn a place in this list? a batting average of less than 20 in tests with out any 100s (and even in first class cricket its less than 25) a bowling average of more than 30. The second most undeserving allrounder on this list is Ravi shastri. Shastr’s bowling record is below average 151 wkts in 80 matches, a strike rate of over 104(17.2 overs) balls per wks and an average of over 40 with the ball. Coming to his batting although he was no mug he scored his runs at a very slow rate still only managed a batting average of less than 36 that doesnt qualify him as outstanding in that department as well. He is the sort of player who is neither here nor there , neither a quality batsman nor a quality bowler. An allrounder should b at least very good in one department. On the other hand people like Chris cairns and Andy flower would have been much better options.

I would rate Imran Khan as the best all rounder of all times, because of his qualities didnt end at bowling and batting. He inspired everyone off and on the field, great leadership, conviction to acheive. He remained a living legend and have done great for cricket and humanity(SKMT hospital)! A charismatic all rounder with great talent and passion for cricket!

Another all-rounder who I've never seen mentioned here is Eddie Barlow. In 35 Tests (including the World Tests in 1970) he scored nearly 3000 runs with 8 centuries at 44.8 and took 60 wickets at 29 with 3 5-fer's and a best of 7-64. And also a lot of people here are rating Imran Khan as the greatest because of his leadership abilities, but other allrounders, such as Benaud, Noble and let's not forget Sir Frank Worrel (he was an allrounder too) were also great captains (and all had better winnig records). And to Ali, Learie Constantine may not have the best figures as an all-rounder, but his bowling stats were up there with the best of the fast men of the 30s and his average would be a lot higher today.