Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir Garfield Sobers, and Derek Randall have been confirmed as the second three names of the six who will sit at the heart of Trent Bridge’s Legends’ Wall.

The wall, which will be located outside the main entrance to the Radcliffe Road Stand, will be built around iconic figures from Trent Bridge history, with the final six having been decided by a public vote.

Hadlee, Sobers, and Randall were decided as the top three in that vote, with their unveilings accordingly following the trio of Clive Rice, Harold Larwood, and Stuart Broad, who were announced last week.

Christchurch-born Hadlee’s exploits at Test level mark him out as one of the greatest all-rounders the game has ever seen, but his numbers over ten seasons for Nottinghamshire are similarly exceptional.

He scored almost 9,000 runs and claimed over 850 wickets for Notts, helping bring the County Championship back to Trent Bridge in 1981 and 1987, as well as the NatWest Trophy in the latter year.

Hadlee was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1982, won the PCA Player of the Year on three occasions, and was named the Leading All-Rounder in English First-Class Cricket no fewer than four times.

Sobers, who sadly passed away earlier this year while less than a fortnight away from his 90th birthday, is perhaps the only other man who could challenge Hadlee for the title of cricket’s greatest all-rounder.

The legendary Barbadian, who captained Notts between his arrival in 1968 and 1972, struck over 9,500 runs and claimed almost 400 wickets during seven seasons at Trent Bridge.

Known as Sir Garry by almost the entire cricket world, in 1970, he won the same Leading All-Rounder in English First-Class Cricket trophy that would later be awarded on multiple occasions to Hadlee.

However, perhaps his most defining moment for Notts came in his first season, when he became the first man in history to hit six sixes off one over by doing so during a win against Glamorgan in Swansea.

Meanwhile, Retford-born batter Randall, who already gives his name to the suite at Trent Bridge located in the Hound Road Stand, spent his entire 22-year professional career with his home county.

The dear esteem in which a man who scored over 34,000 all-format runs in Green and Gold and put his heart and soul into his fielding too, is perhaps best illustrated by the fact he received two testimonial years, in 1983 and 1993.

He too was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980, and was part of five trophy-winning Notts sides, lifting the 1981 and 1987 Championships as well as limited-overs titles in 1987, 1989, and 1991.

Hadlee placed third in the final poll with 897 votes, while Sobers finished second after receiving 1,074, and Randall topped out the list with 1,177.