Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I think it best we keep it to this period for a couple of reasons: one, this was the time they went from being substandard (a la Bangladesh) to Test-standard; two, there is much doubt about many of their early selections, suggestions that several of the best players in the country were often left-out of teams, which is baffling TSTL.
So, CWers, vote, on what is an intreguing question which, like the 2nd-best Australian batsman after Bradman, has no clear answer. And of course, Richard Hadlee is to New Zealand bowling what Bradman is to Australian batting. So who was next. I'll leave-out Shane Bond as it's fairly obvious it could've been unequivocally him but for injury. So we'll say that in the end his career wasn't of sufficient length to count.
Have always been inclined to go for Collinge, personally.
So, CWers, vote, on what is an intreguing question which, like the 2nd-best Australian batsman after Bradman, has no clear answer. And of course, Richard Hadlee is to New Zealand bowling what Bradman is to Australian batting. So who was next. I'll leave-out Shane Bond as it's fairly obvious it could've been unequivocally him but for injury. So we'll say that in the end his career wasn't of sufficient length to count.
Have always been inclined to go for Collinge, personally.