Xenophon Constantine Balaskas (15 October 1910 – 12 May 1994), sometimes known as Xen or Bally, was a South African cricketer. He was an all-rounder who went onto score 2,696 first-class cricket runs at 28.68 and went onto take 276 wickets at 24.11 with his crafty leg-spin bowling. He was the first test cricketer as well as the first international cricketer whose name started with the English alphabetical letter "X". He was also fondly nicknamed as the "Saxophone" by his teammates. H