There is a famous saying ‘Best things come in small packages’. People and fans may think that finest of the cricketers are well built and have a great physique and height. But the little ones have always been surprising packages. Like Sachin Tendulkar, who is just 5.5 – let’s have a look at some players who are the shortest ones of all time.
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Tich Cornford is the shortest cricketer in the history who played international cricket for his country. He was an English wicket-keeper batsman who played four Tests for England in 1930. His height was 5 feet.
Tich Cornford
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Alfred Percy ‘Tich’ Freeman was a legspinner for England. At 5.2 feet he is the second shortest cricketer of all time. He took 66 Test wickets in 12 matches he featured for England.
Alfred Percy
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Bangladeshi’s wicket-keeper batsman is third on the list with his height at 5.3 feet. He made his Test debut in 26 may 2005, at the age of 16, during Bangladesh”s first tour of England.
Mushfiqur Rahim
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Parthiv Patel is fourth on the last with 5.3 feet height as well. He has been in and out of Indian team since makings his debut in 2002 in Tests. He made ODI debut in 2003.
Parthiv Patel
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He is a former Indian cricketer. Gundappa Viswanath’s height was 5.3 feet. Vishwanath played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs.
Gundappa Viswanath
