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THE GREATEST XI No.6 HAMPSHIRE

Mark Nicholas selects 12 names to comprise the greatest team from the club’s star-spangled first-class history

1. BARRY RICHARDS
204 matches (in first-class cricket for Hampshire – 1968-1978), 15,607 runs at 50.50, 38 centuries; 46 wickets at 36.41, 1 five-wicket haul
Barry’s method was close to perfect. John Arlott told me that the only player as good, or even better, technically was Jack Hobbs. He added that Barry had more flair. He was so naturally gifted and imaginative with it – able and eager to do things that hadn’t been done before, such as...

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