- Andrew Miller
Andrew Stephen Miller (b. 27 September, 1987) in Preston. He is an England cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.
- Daryll Cullinan
Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967, Kimberley, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer, who played Test cricket and one-day internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was the youngest South African to score a first class century, at the age of 16. He also achieved the highest first class score in domestic South African cricket at the time, scoring 337 not out.
- Mark Richardson
Mark Hunter "Rigor" Richardson (born 11 June 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He represented New Zealand in 38 Tests from 2000 to 2004. He was also known as, "snail man" due to his slow running. Although his team mates called him this in playful tones, he told 3 News he had had a "guts full" of it. Richardson began his career as a left-arm spinner, batting at number 10. When his bowling ability left him, he worked on developing his batting, …
- Ian Chappell
Ian Michael Chappell (born September 26, 1943 in Unley, South Australia) is a former Australian Test cricketer, who captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before becoming one of the central figures in the breakaway World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation. Born into a cricketing family, Chappell had an inconsistent career in Tests as an aggressive top order batsman until his appointment as captain.
- Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October, 1977 at Matale) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left hand batsman, batting in the No. 3 position, who learnt to become a wicket-keeper and has subsequently become a specialist wicketkeeper also. He will be playing English county cricket for Warwickshire CCC in 2007 and plays for Nondescripts in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. His wicket keeping has improved to such an extent that he is now considered, …
- Peter Roebuck
Peter Michael Roebuck (born March 6, 1956, in Oxford, United Kingdom) is a former cricket player and is now a well-respected newspaper columnist and radio commentator. He was trained as a lawyer at Cambridge University, and was the captain of the English county side Somerset. He also captained an England one-day cricket team to defeat in Holland.
- Tony Greig
Anthony "Tony" William Greig (born October 6, 1946) is a former test cricketer and currently a commentator. Born in South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall (6' 7") all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. He became captain of the national side from 1975 to 1977, and was also captain of the Sussex county side. Greig's younger brother Ian, also played test cricket. He was a sometimes controversial figure.
- Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar सिचन तेंडुलकर; affectionately called 'the little master', born 24 April, 1973, is a current Indian cricketer who was rated by Wisden (2002) as the second greatest Test batsman ever after Sir Don Bradman. Wisden also rated him as the greatest ever ODI batsman. He holds multiple records such as the leading Test century scorer, Leading ODI century scorer and the most career ODI runs.
- Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, MBE, (born 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire) is a cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. A tall (6' 4") fast bowler, aggressive batsman and fine fielder, he is seen as one of the best players in the modern game. His nickname "Freddie" or "Fred" comes from the similarity between his surname and that of Fred Flintstone.
- Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history. Warne retired from international cricket in January 2007, following Australia's 5-0 Ashes series victory over England. Two other players integral to the Australian team of recent years, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer, …
- Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australia national cricket team (for both One-Day International and Test cricket). Ricky Ponting is also Captain of the Tasmanian Tigers, although international duties make it difficult for him to appear for them. He is a specialist right-hand batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as being a very occasional, but aggressive, …
- Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, "The Prince of Port-of-Spain" or simply "The Prince") was a record-breaking cricketer, the greatest batsmen of his generation, and one of the greatest cricketers ever. He has topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds two of the most prestigious world records for batting in Tests: highest individual innings and the all-time leading run scorer.
- Simon Jones
Simon Philip Jones MBE (born 25 December 1978 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. A tall (6' 3.5") right-arm fast bowler and left handed tail end batsman, Jones made his Test match debut against India in 2002 and like his father Jeff gained an England cap before his county cap,after impressing in that one Test, was then selected for the 2002/2003 Ashes tour.
- Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. He is an attacking right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club and is an important member of both the England Test match and One-day International teams. He made his first-class debut for Natal in 1997 before moving to England after voicing his displeasure at the racial quota system in place in South Africa, …
- Darren Pattinson
Darren Pattinson (born August 2, 1979) is an England born Australian cricket player who currently plays for the Victorian Bushrangers domestic team. His debut was against Queensland at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (first name occasionally spelt Saurav) is an Indian cricketer. Born 8 July 1972, lives at Barisha in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, West Bengal, he made his One Day International debut against Australia in 1992, and a Test debut versus England in 1996. He went on to become the captain of Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He has led India to the World Cup 2003 finals, …
- Stuart Broad
Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986 in Nottingham, England) is an English cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and has made nine appearances for the England national cricket team. He is the son of former England cricketer and ICC match referee Chris Broad. In August 2006 he was voted the Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year.
- Rahul Dravid
Rahul Sharad Dravid (born 11 January, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer, and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka. He started his international cricket career in 1996. He is, at present, ranked among the 10 best Test batsmen by the ICC in world cricket and has the highest Test batting average of any Indian batsman in history.
- Azeem Rafiq
Azeem Rafiq (February 27 1991) is a English cricketer. A right arm off-spin bowler with a scholarship to Yorkshire, Azeem is also captain of the England Under-15s, and the first Yorkshire cricket player of an Asian background to captain any England cricket side at any level. His use of a successful doosra delivery against Michael Vaughan during a nets session at Headingley drew attention of England bowling coach David Parsons, …
- Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981 in Johannesburg) is a cricketer who became the youngest ever player to captain the South African cricket team at the age of 22 years when he was selected to take over from Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup after Pollock had miscalculated the Duckworth-Lewis calculations to win the game..
- Imran Khan
Imran Khan (Urdu/Pashto: عمران احمد خان نیازی born November 25 1952, in Mianwali is a Pakistani former cricketer turned politician. Imran played Test cricket for Pakistan between 1971 and 1992, and was captain of the national team when they won their maiden World Cup in 1992. Currently, Imran is a member of Parliament and leader of the political party that he founded, the Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice).
- Imran Khan
Imran Khan (b. 6 December, 1984) in Port of Spain. He is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago in first-class matches.
- Glenn McGrath
Glenn Donald McGrath (born 9 February 1970 in Dubbo, New South Wales), nicknamed "Pigeon" is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket since the mid-1990s to [ ]. He holds the world record for the highest number of Test wickets by a fast bowler. McGrath announced his retirement from Test cricket on the 23rd of December, 2006.
- Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh (born: 3 July, 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer and India's most successful off spin bowler. Harbhajan made his Test and One-Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career was initially beset by investigations into the legality of his bowling action and disciplinary incidents that raised the ire of cricket authorities. However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, …
- Brett Lee
Brett Lee (born 8 November, 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer.
- Alec Bedser
Sir Alec Victor Bedser, CBE, (born July 4 1918) was a professional English cricketer, chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and president of Surrey County Cricket Club, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest English cricketers of the 20th century. He was an outstanding right-arm fast bowler for Surrey and England in a first-class playing career that spanned twenty-one years, …
- Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist (born 14 November 1971 in Bellingen, New South Wales), nicknamed "Gilly" or "Church", is an Australian cricketer. He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 and his Test debut in 1999. He has been Australia's vice-captain in both forms of the game since 2000, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable.
- Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (कपिल देव) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played Cricket.
- Michael Vaughan
Michael Paul Vaughan OBE (Born 29 October 1974 in Eccles, Salford, England) is an English cricketer, who captains the England cricket team in test matches and also plays county cricket for Yorkshire. With the June 11 2007 test victory over the West Indies, Vaughan has captained England to more Test wins than any of his predecessors.
- Alec Stewart
Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April, 1963 in Merton, Greater London) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the English cricket team. He is the most capped English cricketer of all time in both Test matches and one-day internationals, having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs.
- Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh, India) is a cricketer from India, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003.
- Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble(Kannada:ಅನಿಲ್ ಕುಂಬ್ಳೆ) (born 17 October, 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 1990. He is currently the highest wicket-taker for India in both One-Day International and Test matches, having taken over 545 Test wickets and 330 ODI wickets. He is one of only two bowlers ever to have taken all 10 wickets in a test innings, the other being Jim Laker.
- Steve Waugh
Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. He is the most experienced Test cricketer in history, making 168 appearances. He is known amongst friends as "Tugga", and amongst the public "Iceman" for his ability to remain calm and cool in high-pressure situations throughout his career.
- Matthew Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October, 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland to Laurence and Moya Hayden) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer.
- Wicket-Keeper
The wicket-keeper in cricket is the fielding player who stands behind the batsman on strike at the wicket. The role of the wicket-keeper is governed by Law 40 of the Laws of cricket, and is similar to that of the catcher in baseball. The wicket-keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent runs being scored), but often he can also attempt to dismiss the batsman in various ways.
- Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag (born 20 October, 1978, in Delhi) also known as "Veeru" is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 (one-dayers) and 2001 (Tests). He is a blistering right-handed opening batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He is the current record holder for the highest score made by an Indian in Test Cricket. He was appointed as vice-captain of the Indian team under Rahul Dravid in October 2005, …
- Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds (born 9 June, 1975, Birmingham, England) is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage who moved to Australia with his parents, after they adopted him, when he was one year old. Symonds is a talented, powerful, right-handed batsman. He can also bowl off spin or medium pace, making him a good all-rounder. He is an exceptional fielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, …
- Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born 30 June, 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. The all-rounder has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. He is undoubtedly the most successful Sri Lankan cricketer in history and one of the most feared batsmen in the world.
- Ian Bell
Ian Ronald Bell MBE (born 11 April 1982 in Coventry, West Midlands) is an England Test cricketer. He also plays county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. In the 2006 New Year Honours List, Ian Bell was awarded the MBE for his role in the successful Ashes campaign of 2005 and in November 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Emerging Player of the Year award by the International Cricket Council.
- Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. He is a talented right-handed batsman and effective fast-medium bowler who can swing the ball both ways off a good line and length. As of September 2006 he became the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 8,000 runs and 200 wickets in both Test and One Day International cricket. Sanath Jayasuriya has achieved that feat in ODIs but not Tests, …