all-rounder

American  

[awl-roun-der] / ˈɔlˈraʊn dər /

noun

1. a person of great versatility or wide-ranging skills.

   The job needs an all-rounder who knows sales, accounting, and something about computers.

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all-rounder British  

noun

1. a versatile person, esp in a sport

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Etymology

Origin of all-rounder

1855–60; all (a)round + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"Really disappointed by how India is going about in Test cricket. The all-rounder obsession is absolute brain-fade, especially when you don't bowl them," Prasad said on X, external.

From BBC

Wood's bouncer to Cameron Green struck the big all-rounder on the grille and nearly knocked him on to his own stumps.

From BBC

Recovered from the shoulder injury he sustained in the summer, Stokes insists he is fit to play a full role as an all-rounder - vital to England's chances of lifting the urn.

From BBC

Incumbent number three Cameron Green edged out Beau Webster as the all-rounder and will now come in at six, behind Smith at four and Travis Head at five.

From Barron's

"I've come into the series fully taking on that all-rounder role with bat and ball," he said.

From BBC