The Greatest Cricketer.....

[Richard]

WoW, only 100 centuries - no tough qualification there then!

Boycott's average for Yorkshire, incidentally, was just short of 58 - 57.85. His record for MCC and England touring XIs was rather more impressive though - in the mid-60s. Did rather well in his games for TN Pearce's, DH Robins' and Brian Close's XIs too, which these days would rightly be considered dubious for First-Class status.

 

[zaremba]

Lancashire

Syd Barnes
Archie Mac
Reg Spooner

No Statham?

 

[The Sean]

WoW, only 100 centuries - no tough qualification there then!

Well it does mean he stands very high up among 20-odd of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

Plus Hick and Ramps.

 

[fredfertang]

No Statham?

No nor Washie or Saj Mahmood - difficult with only three

 

[Flem274*]

Most of Central Districts greats will be from the modern era, as iirc we weren't too flash before we knicked Martin Crowe from Auckland for a bit.

Matthew Sinclair
Jacob Oram

Drafted players: Martin Crowe, Ian Smith

 

[Perm]

Greatbach? Congdon?

 

[Richard]

Matthew Sinclair

 

[armchairumpire]

Richard Hadlee played for Tasmania aswell, though he did not do too much for them...

Really, didn't know that. Do OS players count? If so, perhaps Imran Khan for NSW.

 

[morgieb]

For Queensland:

Greg Chappell
Alan Border
Ray Lindwall

Two caveats:
1. If we're not considering performances for the state but just status as a player, then IMO Viv Richards and Ian Botham are the two greatest cricketers ever to play for Queensland.
2. None of them were actually born there...

Odd that when you started producing local talent, you finally won comps!

 

[morgieb]

Really, didn't know that. Do OS players count? If so, perhaps Imran Khan for NSW.

Indeed. I mentioned Khan as an honarble mention. If I didn't, add him. NSW have had HUGE talent in the past 30-odd years, and bought over only 2 imports. Impressive.

 

[Smudge]

Otago

Jack Alabaster
Bert Sutcliffe
Glenn Turner

Yeah, hard to argue with that. Maybe Bazza McCullum will take Alabaster's spot in a year or two?

Really, didn't know that. Do OS players count? If so, perhaps Imran Khan for NSW.

Paddles spent the 1979/80 season in the Apple Isles but it was a rather acrimonous time, apparently - it was on his next tour of Aussie, after (I think) an interview with a radio station where his comments about his season in Tassie were taken the wrong way, that the "Hadlee is a wanker" chant started. And never stopped...

 

[Smudge]

Most of Central Districts greats will be from the modern era, as iirc we weren't too flash before we knicked Martin Crowe from Auckland for a bit.

Matthew Sinclair
Jacob Oram

Drafted players: Martin Crowe, Ian Smith

Carl Bulfin, Stu Duff, Scott Briasco, Mark Douglas and Glen Sulzberger all genuine contenders for that list.

 

[bryce]

Bulfin would have done much more had he kept his dreadlocks imo

 

[Zinzan]

Please nominate three of the greatest cricketers ever to have played in your domestic cricket team.

My county team is Somerset and I nominate;
Ian Botham
Viv Richards
Marcus Trescothick

You mention Marcus Trescothick before Martin Crowe and Joel Garner You really need to check on their respective county records