Top 10 players of all time from South Australia

#5 Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Right arm off-spinner Ashley Mallett was born in Sydney, New South Wales but played all his first-class cricket for South Australia and went on to become one of Australia's best ever off-spinners with a haul of 132 wickets in 38 Test matches. Mallett was an accurate off-spin bowler and was particularly famous for his ability to extract disconcerting bounce.

He played for South Australia for around 14 years from 1967 to 1981 and during the course of his first-class career with the state, he picked up 415 wickets to become the second highest wicket-taker in its history. In all first-class cricket, he had an excellent average of 26.27 and remained one of the best servants of South Australian cricket for the duration of his career.