List of Nelson Cricket Club professionals: Facts

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Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman (pictured) scored 12 double centuries during his Test career, the highest number by any batsman?
Bob Simpson made a comeback from ten years in international retirement to lead the Australian cricket team at the age of 42 when it was decimated by defections to World Series Cricket?
in 1882, after Australia beat England at cricket, The Sporting Times published a satirical death notice (pictured) which was the origin of The Ashes?
in May 1899, less than 18 months after he led the Australian cricket team to an Ashes victory over England in 1897–08, Australian Test cricket captain Harry Trott was committed to a psychiatric hospital?
the Australian Harvey family includes the leading Australian batsman of the 1950s Neil Harvey as well as his grandnephew Robert Harvey, who won consecutive Brownlow Medals as the best player in Australian Football?

cricketer Lisa Sthalekar took five wickets in her 100th One Day International match for Australia?
Malcolm Marshall has taken more Test and ODI wickets for the West Indies cricket team than any other Barbados born player?
Sanath Jayasuriya (pictured) has scored 28 ODI centuries, the second highest in the world and the highest for the Sri Lanka national cricket team?
Alex Blackwell captained the Australian women's cricket team to eight consecutive ODI wins over New Zealand?
Leah Poulton scored an ODI century in her third match for Australia women's cricket team?
cricketer Julie Hunter saw Australia to victory from the last ball of the match in her first ODI innings?
cricketer Shelley Nitschke started her career for Australia as a specialist bowler but went on to score a One Day International century as an opener?
former Australian cricket team captain Steve Waugh was sacked from the One Day International captaincy after his team failed to qualify for the 2001–02 VB Series finals?
in April 2005, cricketer Daleen Terblanche became the first South African woman to pass 1,000 One Day International runs?

Australian Test cricketer Ray Lindwall played in two rugby league grand finals for the St. George Dragons?

a number of Test match cricketers have represented Nelson Cricket Club, including Learie Constantine, Kapil Dev and Steve Waugh?
during his tenure as India's cricket coach, Kapil Dev, broke down in a BBC interview about alleged match-fixing?