The Special All-rounders’ Club – 500 runs and 50 wickets in a calendar year

#4 Andrew Flintoff (England)

England’s MVP during the early 2000s, Andrew Flintoff, holds the record for most runs by a cricketer with 50 wickets in a calendar year, 709. Flintoff had a great 2005 when he scored 709 at 30.82 and picked up 68 wickets at 24.41 with one century and one five-wicket haul.

Three of Flintoff’s 14 Tests were played in Pakistan. His best performances came against England’s arch-rivals, Australia, in the famous Ashes series. Flintoff managed three half-centuries to go with the century he scored.