5 New Zealand players who were unlucky to have not played more for their country

#1 Jack Cowie

Jack Cowie's international career was restricted to just 9 Tests due to World War II

Averaging 21.53 with the ball - the best for any New Zealander - and a strike rate of 45, which is second only to Shane Bond, Jack Cowie's promising Test career was unfortunately restricted to just 9 matches owing to World War II.

Cowie famously took 114 wickets at 19.95 during New Zealand's tour of England in 1937 but he was robbed of the best years of his career owing to the World War.

Cowie took 45 wickets from 9 Test matches and was an outstanding player for Auckland in the domestic circuit picking up 359 wickets from just 86 matches.

Had it not been the unfortunate circumstances that limited his international career, he could well have been talked about as one of the greatest bowlers in the game's history.

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