Top 5 Test all-rounders from New Zealand

#4 John Reid

John Reid was New Zealand's most versatile cricketer in the 50s

It would be an understatement to say that John Reid was a man of many talents. Were it not for rheumatic fever and some ill-fortune, he could have played rugby for the All Blacks. After shifting attention to cricket, the Auckland-born sportsman quickly rose through the ranks to become one of New Zealand cricket's early stars.

Reid played 58 Tests and scored 3428 runs at a healthy average of 33.28. If his electric stroke-play sullied opposition attacks, the right-armer combined off-breaks with an assortment of seam-up deliveries to prise out 85 wickets as well. Adding his dynamic fielding to the equation, no wonder he was such a crowd favourite.