Top 10 New Zealand batsmen of all time

#4 Bert Sutcliffe

Bert Sutcliffe scored a career-best 230 against India

Bert Sutcliffe was New Zealand’s first great batsman and although he played only 42 Test matches in a career spanning around 18 years, his class as a batsman was never in any doubt.

Sutcliffe was a graceful top-order batsman who could bat for long periods. His greatest series was perhaps the 1949 tour of England in which he averaged 60.42 and was named one of the cricketers of the year by Wisden. He averaged 40.10 overall and his career highest score of 230 not out came against India in Delhi during the 1955-56 tour.