Even though there are far, far more county sides than sheffield shield sides, comparable numbers of players have been taken from each. Perhaps even more from Yorkshire, tbh.
NSW's Australian reps: Phil Jaques Phil Hughes Shane Watson Simon Katich Usman Khawaja David Warner Michael Clarke Brad Haddin Moises Henriques Steve O'Keefe Nathan Hauritz Brett Lee Stuart Clark Doug Bollinger Nathan Bracken Josh Hazlewood Mitch Starc Have probably forgotten several as well.
Yorkshire players taken off my head.... Bresnan Rashid Lyth Bairstow Shahzad Sidebottom (?) Probably others as well. Rudolph's no longer a Yorkshire player, so not included.
NSW players taken... BJ Haddin SM Katich MJ Clarke PJ Hughes TA Copeland SR Clark PA Jaques MA Cameron SR Watson SPD Smith B Lee DE Bollinger SNJ O'Keefe NJ Maddinson Only players that currently play for NSW considered, Hastings, McGrath, Cowan and Gilchrist were also taken. And yet no-one's taken Hauritz
Rudolph was a Yorkshire player in the latest season, so should count IMO. I'd actually forgotten that Sidebottom is coming back tbh...
Haha, yeah, that's fair. Unless we include past Yorkshire players, or anyone who's spent say 3 seasons there...
