Leaving out the minnows...

[aussie]

Except they won a series in England in 1935

Ha oh my just saw it. That one slipped under my radar, have to do some reading on that series & circumstances before i change my view of the 1930s SA team.

 

[fredfertang]

Xenophon Balaskas and some leatherjackets were their secret weapons

 

[Richard]

Have never agreed with that personally. Headley was the great batsman of course, but i've always reckon Martindale, Constantine, Griffith are a bit overated nostalgically.

I haven't. And regardless of whether they are or aren't, they were beyond question at worst very good cricketers and having that many in one side makes it emphatically Test-standard in my book.

Yes, the rest were pretty routine-Bangladesh-standard, but there was enough high-quality in there to make the side competetive, and they were.