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Quality players that never played international cricket
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GoodAreasShane
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Eddie Gilbert.
a massive zebra
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William Beldham - considered the best batsman of the eighteenth century.
Darren Berry - One of the best keepers produced by Australia.
Jamie Cox - Leading Australian batsman during their era of dominance with over 50 first class centuries.
Richard Daft - the second most prolific batsman in the years leading up to Test cricket.
Brian Davison - Rhodesia batsman who made over 27,000 FC runs and played extensively in South Africa, England and Australia.
George Freeman - considered by W.G. Grace and almost every other leading player of the 1860s/1870s to have been the best bowler they ever faced.
Rajinder Goel - Leading wicket taker in the Ranji trophy. Didn't get a chance in the Bedi/Chandra/Prasanna era.
Eddie Gilbert - Aboriginal Australian fast bowler who bowled the fastest spell Bradman ever faced.
David Harris - considered the best bowler of the eighteenth century.
Bart King - legendary American bowling allrounder. One of the first masters of swing bowling and the best player ever from a non Test nation.
Charles Kortwright - one of the fastest bowlers ever.
Alan Kourie - Apartheid era South African spin bowling allrounder.
John Langridge - scored more first class centuries than any other non Test player.
Garth Le Roux - Apartheid era South African fast bowling allrounder.
William Lillywhite - the leading wicket taker in first class cricket prior to the beginning of Test cricket.
Henry Martyn - one of the best pre WWI keepers
Ken McEwan - Probably the best South African batsman not to get the opportunity to play Tests
Alfred Mynn - legendary early all rounder who was rated by John Woodcock as the fourth best cricketer ever.
Bhausaheb Nimbalkar - Holder of the highest first class score ever made by a non Test player, a colossal 443 not out.
Fuller Pilch - Considered to be the best batsman in cricket history before W.G. Grace.
Mahadevan Sathasivam - Ceylonese batsman considered by many sound judges to have been the best batsman they had ever seen.
Don Shepherd - medium pace off spinner who took over 2,200 first class wickets. Arguably the best Welsh cricketer ever.
Franklyn Stephenson - An excellent bowling allrounder in the West Indies golden era who had a legendary slower ball.
Shantanu Sugwekar - The only non-international in the history of cricket to play at least 50 first-class innings and finish his career averaging over 60.
Frank Tarrant - Leading pre WWI allrounder who would have made pretty much any first class side in the world with bat or ball.
Sam Trimble - One of the leading run scorers in the Sheffield Shield at the time of his retirement.
Vincent Van Der Bijl - his first class bowling record compares favourably with all the great Test bowlers of the 70s and 80s.
Darren Berry - One of the best keepers produced by Australia.
Jamie Cox - Leading Australian batsman during their era of dominance with over 50 first class centuries.
Richard Daft - the second most prolific batsman in the years leading up to Test cricket.
Brian Davison - Rhodesia batsman who made over 27,000 FC runs and played extensively in South Africa, England and Australia.
George Freeman - considered by W.G. Grace and almost every other leading player of the 1860s/1870s to have been the best bowler they ever faced.
Rajinder Goel - Leading wicket taker in the Ranji trophy. Didn't get a chance in the Bedi/Chandra/Prasanna era.
Eddie Gilbert - Aboriginal Australian fast bowler who bowled the fastest spell Bradman ever faced.
David Harris - considered the best bowler of the eighteenth century.
Bart King - legendary American bowling allrounder. One of the first masters of swing bowling and the best player ever from a non Test nation.
Charles Kortwright - one of the fastest bowlers ever.
Alan Kourie - Apartheid era South African spin bowling allrounder.
John Langridge - scored more first class centuries than any other non Test player.
Garth Le Roux - Apartheid era South African fast bowling allrounder.
William Lillywhite - the leading wicket taker in first class cricket prior to the beginning of Test cricket.
Henry Martyn - one of the best pre WWI keepers
Ken McEwan - Probably the best South African batsman not to get the opportunity to play Tests
Alfred Mynn - legendary early all rounder who was rated by John Woodcock as the fourth best cricketer ever.
Bhausaheb Nimbalkar - Holder of the highest first class score ever made by a non Test player, a colossal 443 not out.
Fuller Pilch - Considered to be the best batsman in cricket history before W.G. Grace.
Mahadevan Sathasivam - Ceylonese batsman considered by many sound judges to have been the best batsman they had ever seen.
Don Shepherd - medium pace off spinner who took over 2,200 first class wickets. Arguably the best Welsh cricketer ever.
Franklyn Stephenson - An excellent bowling allrounder in the West Indies golden era who had a legendary slower ball.
Shantanu Sugwekar - The only non-international in the history of cricket to play at least 50 first-class innings and finish his career averaging over 60.
Frank Tarrant - Leading pre WWI allrounder who would have made pretty much any first class side in the world with bat or ball.
Sam Trimble - One of the leading run scorers in the Sheffield Shield at the time of his retirement.
Vincent Van Der Bijl - his first class bowling record compares favourably with all the great Test bowlers of the 70s and 80s.
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a massive zebra
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He played T20 internationals.
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What? No he didn't. I'm pretty sure they didn't even exist yet when he retired.
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He played one ODI.
the big bambino
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Extensive list from AMZ to which I'd add NZ's Tom Pritchard and rate Clive Rice as the best never to have played tests, though he did play 3 odis.
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Thought you were talking about the NZ poster from here. Had no idea this was a real person
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How has Amol Muzumdar not featured so far?
When this was posted my first thought was Steve Tikolo, thinking only of tests, but I guess he played plenty of ODIs. Others in that boat would be some of the Sri Lankan and Zimbabwe players whose performances actually earned their sides sufficient respect to get them to test level but who never actually played tests themselves - Tennekoon, Jayasinghe, Tissera, Opatha for Sri Lanka, Fletcher, Curran, Rawson, Duers for Zimbabwe.
A few Antipodeans who plied their trade in England for the dosh include Ces Dacre (1930s), Cec Pepper, Bill Alley and Jock Livingston (1950s). The latter three all did fairly well on the Commonwealth tour(s) of India and Pepper was a success on the Services tour of England, India and Australia immediately after the war.
Le Roux and van der Bijl are the obvious candidates of isolation era South Africa, and I see Keith McEwan has also already been mentioned. Another couple worth a mention are Jefferies and Fotheringham
A few Antipodeans who plied their trade in England for the dosh include Ces Dacre (1930s), Cec Pepper, Bill Alley and Jock Livingston (1950s). The latter three all did fairly well on the Commonwealth tour(s) of India and Pepper was a success on the Services tour of England, India and Australia immediately after the war.
Le Roux and van der Bijl are the obvious candidates of isolation era South Africa, and I see Keith McEwan has also already been mentioned. Another couple worth a mention are Jefferies and Fotheringham
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That's where I got the name from
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I figured
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Chris Hartley
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This is the correct answer. Played a single ODI and contributed, got sick, never really had a look-in again. 10K Shield runs, Shield wins and finals with Vic and SA, bloke was a winner but unlucky.
That said, was never quite the same against the short ones after having his jaw broken by Merv so who knows.
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Kenny McEwan had a mammoth career. Won the domestic title for 4 different teams including Essex, Western Province, Eastern Province and Western Australia. Some of those teams could argue those were their greatest sides.
https://www.google.co.za/amp/www.cr.../ken-mcewan-itinerant-lucky-charm-455512/amp/
This is the reason I bring up coastal batsman and they used to be where the majority of batsman grew up.
Take him and Peter Kirsten. Two of SA's finest players of spin growing up on the coast.
https://www.google.co.za/amp/www.cr.../ken-mcewan-itinerant-lucky-charm-455512/amp/
This is the reason I bring up coastal batsman and they used to be where the majority of batsman grew up.
Take him and Peter Kirsten. Two of SA's finest players of spin growing up on the coast.