10 best players of all time from Hampshire
Hampshire is the most important county in England due to its historic connection with the birth of the game, and has always held a special place in the English game. The county cricket team traces its origins to the historic Hambledon Club.
The team was founded in 1863 and over the course of its history, with the exception of a few bumps, it has been one of the important teams in the English County Championships.
Throughout the course of their history some of English first-class cricket's leading cricketers have played for them, but more importantly, Hampshire has been the home of some of the greatest overseas cricketers to have ever played in the country championships. Here is a look at 10 of the finest players to have ever played for Hampshire.
10 Shaun Udal
All-rounder Shaun Udal is one of a rare breed of Hampshire cricketers who was actually born in the county, and in a career in which he played for around 18 years for the county (1989 to 2007), he emerged as one of its very best.
Udal played in more than 250 first-class games for the county during the course of his career and was a star all-rounder for Hampshire.
He was a crafty right arm off-spinner and in 250 first-class games for the county, he picked up 708 wickets at an average of 32.12. He didn't do too badly as a batsman either, and scored 6496 first-class runs at an average of 22.95.
That batting average is perhaps not as great as he would have liked.