Who was this above average cricketer? Perhaps he did not want to make a comparison with the left-handed Arthur Morris, who was Richards’ opening partner in his dream eleven, but he clearly ranked him above Len Hutton and Sir Jack Hobbs. Not only was Lisa Carprini Sthalekar the best overall player when she was introduced to the game, england shirt but she also became the very first female cricketer to take 100 wickets and score 1,000 runs in ODIs. Mithali Raj is perhaps the greatest batswoman ever to play cricket. Herbert Sutcliffe averaged 60 in Test cricket. Cue unimaginitive jokes about Irish people naming something after a famous alcoholic rather than a footballer.