10 best players of all time from Hampshire

2 Gordon Greenidge

Gordon Greenidge

West Indian batting great may have been born in St. Peter, Barbados but his cricketing education took place at Hampshire after his parents moved to England. He played for the county for 17 years between 1970 and 1987 and formed one of the most fearsome opening partnerships in county cricket with Barry Richards.

During that time, Greenidge himself was among the world's top openers and his career runs for Hampshire is the 7th highest in the history of the county.

He scored 19,840 runs at an average of 45.40 in 275 games and emerged as the county's top batsman in several seasons. A tally of 92 first-class class centuries is a clear indication of the sort of gifts he had as a batsman and why he is one of the greatest players to have ever played for Hampshire.