Who Is Your Country/Team's Second Best Left-Handed Batsman?

[TheJediBrah]

Graeme Pollock was also right-handed. So the list of great batsmen who bat left-handed and are actually left-handed seems to be quite a short one.

Only one I can't figure out (loose definition of "great") is Stephen Fleming. Can't recall him ever bowling and rarely seem him throw cause he spent so much time in slip.

Almost every other renowned kiwi lefty I can think of were right handed. Harris, Twose, Latham, Oram, Richardson, Ryder. Fleming could be the only actual lefty

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Only one I can't figure out (loose definition of "great") is Stephen Fleming. Can't recall him ever bowling and rarely seem him throw cause he spent so much time in slip.

Almost every other renowned kiwi lefty I can think of were right handed. Harris, Twose, Latham, Oram, Richardson, Ryder. Fleming could be the only actual lefty

Richardson is left handed. He bowled SLA in age group stuff (played NZ U-19s) and his early provincial career but turned himself into batter when he got bowling yips.

Corey Anderson is another.

 

[Prince EWS]

Only one I can't figure out (loose definition of "great") is Stephen Fleming. Can't recall him ever bowling and rarely seem him throw cause he spent so much time in slip.

He bowled right handed.

 

[Prince EWS]

Richardson is left handed. He bowled SLA in age group stuff (played NZ U-19s) and his early provincial career but turned himself into batter when he got bowling yips.

Corey Anderson is another.

If we're getting to Anderson we might as well count Vettori.

Richardson is a good call though.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He bowled right handed.

And threw

 

[Prince EWS]

And threw

Get out the protractor.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Another theory I've talked about with mates is the influence of right handed kids learning double handed backhands in tennis basics and that transferring to them becoming left handed batters in cricket.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Get out the protractor.

I didn't mean that but he had a terrible action. Made Chris Harris look express pace.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Richardson is left handed. He bowled SLA in age group stuff (played NZ U-19s) and his early provincial career but turned himself into batter when he got bowling yips.

Corey Anderson is another.

For some reason i have strong memories of Richardson bowling right-arm offies. Must be mandela effect

 

[TheJediBrah]

If we're getting to Anderson we might as well count Vettori.

Richardson is a good call though.

And James Franklin

 

[Prince EWS]

And James Franklin

Rachin Ravindra

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Santa but not Macewell

 

[andruid]

That's really interesting. I haven't really seen him and I imagine it would be hard to judge given how little Kenya get faced with strong opposition these days.

I'm assuming he's not playing cricket overseas, like in England?

He strikes me as being the Kenyan batsman who consistently thinks through how to construct an innings, rather than play lots of shots and luck their way to 80 off 50, or be out in 10 deliveries. He holds the last ever ODI century by a Kenyan batsman too. I asked why he wasn't available for the most recent t20 shindig. All I got was that he is "not in the country".