The greatest XI not to have won the cricket World Cup

#9 Sir Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard Hadlee was one of the greatest fast bowlers of his era

Hadlee played in 3 World Cups, but could not win the elusive trophy for New Zealand. He was one of the best all-rounders in the world in his prime and known for accurate swing bowling.

Although Hadlee was a better Test bowler, he remained very difficult to score off in the shorter version of the game as well. Moreover, he was the only world-class bowler in his team for the majority of his career and had to carry that burden on his shoulders.

Sir Richard played in 115 ODI matches and took 158 wickets at 21.56. He also was a very useful lower-middle order batsman and scored 1751runs at 21.61 in his ODI career. He also had a bowling economy rate of 3.31, one of the best of all time.

He was a big hitter, who could clear the ropes at ease and played some useful knocks for his team too. He remains the finest cricketer his country has produced and must be a part of this eleven.