Best XI of the most selfish cricketers
The names in this list include several legends of the game.
10. Richard Hadlee
One of the top-4 all-rounders of the erstwhile era alongside Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, and Imran Khan, and arguably the greatest-ever New Zealand cricketer, Sir Richard Hadlee will spearhead the bowling attack.
Hadlee presided over the most successful phase of New Zealand cricket which he spearheaded by scoring over 3,000 runs and claiming 431 wickets in just 86 Tests. But, the champion all-rounder too faced his fair share of accusations of selfishness.
In the early 80s, Hadlee shortened his run-up against the common modus-operandi of any fast bowler of his times where having a long run-up was a norm. Hadlee suffered criticism and was labeled ‘selfish’ by his own countrymen. He was also believed to have upset a lot of his teammates for using records and statistics as his prime motivational tool.
In 1985 when Hadlee was awarded a car for being the International Cricketer of the Year during the Australian summer, the money was uniformly distributed, the all-rounder preferred to keep the cash equivalent himself.
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