Devon Malcolm England (1989-1997)
The problem with Devon was he could not see the ball. He could hit it vast distances if he connected. Occasionally he did. More often than not he missed. Sometimes he frustrated opponents long enough for them to bowl short at him.
Courtney Walsh, stretching the laws to breaking point and beyond, peppered him in Jamaica, and at the Oval in 1994, he was hit on the helmet by the South African paceman, Fanie de Villiers.
This provoked the famous Malcolm outburst, ‘You guys are history’, and made South Africa 9-57 in the second innings. In those days, a nasty conundrum for England captains was whether to bat Malcolm or Tufnell at number 10.
Finest hour Adelaide in 1995, when he hit Shane Warne for two mammoth sixes.
Test record 40 Tests, 236 runs, average 6.05