Top 10 players of all time from South Australia

#4 Darren Lehmann

Darren Lehmann

The current Australian coach Darren Lehmann may have been known more for his exploits as a limited-overs batsman during his career for the national team but his exploits for South Australia in first-class always kept him on the fringes of the Test team. The native South Australian first played for the state in 1987 and played for them till 1989, before moving to Victoria for a three-year stint. However, he returned to South Australia in 1994 and had a superb career till 2007.

The left-hander may not have been the most elegant batsman to watch but he could accumulate runs and he did that with great alacrity for South Australia. With a tally of 11,622 runs in his first-class career for South Australia, he is the highest run-scorer in the history of the state. He was an extremely prolific batsman, who averaged 56.97 and hit 39 centuries during the course of his 119 game career for South Australia. He is definitely up there with the best players to have played for the state.