Alec O’Riordan was one of Ireland’s greatest all-rounders, an accurate left-arm paceman and hard-hitting middle-order bat. He was first capped at 18, captained Ireland at 21, and was still playing into his late 30s.

In 72 matches he scored 2,018 runs, including three centuries and took 206 wickets, with a best of 8-60 v the Netherlands.

He was reputed to have been offered terms by every county except Yorkshire, and Australian legend Alan Davidson said if he had been born there he would have played for Australia.