The pocket-sized dynamites: 10 shortest cricketers of all time

6) David Boon

Height - 5 feet 3 inches

With a rotund frame and a peculiar moustache, David Boon is one of Tasmania’s greatest sons. Not the most elegant batsman to have played cricket, Boon made up for the lack of grace with his stoical and resilient batting. He played a major role in Australia’s Ashes win in 1989, and also played a match-winning role in final of the 1987 World Cup final against England, where he scored 75 and bagged the Man of the Match award.

He was also voted the International Cricketer of the Year in 1987. In a career that spanned 17 years, Boon played over 100 Tests for Australia, scoring 7422 runs with an average of just a shade under 44.