119 Best Cricketers of All Time

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Virat Kohli

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विराट कोहली Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli ( born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the India national team. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best contemporary batsmen in the world. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and...Read More

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Ricky Ponting

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Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team during its “golden era”, between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is...Read More

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Sachin Tendulkar

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who served as captain of the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket. Considered...Read More

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Sir Don Bradman

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Sir Don Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed “The Don”, was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman’s career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement...Read More

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“7 Interesting Records Held by MS Dhoni in International Cricket”. The Quint. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( born 7 July 1981), is a former Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from...Read More

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Rahul Dravid

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राहुल द्रविड़ Rahul Dravid

Rahul Sharad Dravid ( born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer. He is the Director of Cricket Operations at National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru, India. He also monitors the progress of India A and India under-19 cricket teams. Before this he was Head Coach for the India Under-19 and India...Read More

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Rohit Sharma

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रोहित शर्मा Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League as a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He is the vice-captain of the Indian national team...Read More

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Virender Sehwag

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वीरेन्द्र सहवाग Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag pronunciation (born 20 October 1978) is a former Indian cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive batsmen of all time, Sehwag played as an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and also bowled part-time right-arm off-spin. He played his first One Day International...Read More

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Kapil Dev

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कपिलदेव Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (born 6 January 1959) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a fast bowler and a hard hitting middle order batsman. Dev is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to play the game, he is also regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket. He...Read More

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Sunil Gavaskar

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सुनील गावस्कर Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar ( born 10 July 1949), often known as Sunny Gavaskar Or Simply Sunil Gavaskar, is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer representing India and Bombay from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Test batsmen and best opening batsmen...Read More

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Gautam Gambhir

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गौतम गंभीर Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir ( born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019.
As a cricketer, he was a left-handed opening batsman who played domestic cricket for Delhi, and captained Kolkata Knight...Read More

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Cheteshwar Pujara

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चेतेश्वर पुजारा Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test cricket for Indian national team and represents Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at...Read More

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Sir Garfield Sobers

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Sir Garfield Sobers

Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, he is widely considered to be cricket’s...Read More

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Imran Khan

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Imran Khan

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (Urdu: عمران احمد خان نیازی, Pashto: عمران احمد خان نیازی; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who is the 22nd and current prime minister of Pakistan. He is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)....Read More

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Sir Ian Botham

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Sir Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham, (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords and a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017.
Hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game, Botham represented...Read More

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Shane Warne

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer who captained the Australian national team in One Day Internationals (ODI). Widely considered one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, Warne was named one of the Wisden Cricketers...Read More

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Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards KNH, OBE (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all...Read More

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Brian Lara

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Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score...Read More

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Jacques Kallis

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Jacques Kallis

Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and as South Africa’s greatest batsman ever, he is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. As of 2021 he is...Read More

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Wasim Akram

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Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram (born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and several critics regard him as the greatest left arm fast bowler of cricket...Read More

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James Anderson

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James Anderson

James Michael Anderson (born 30 July 1982) is an English international cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He is also a part time cricket commentator at BBC. Among fast bowlers, Anderson is the leading wicket-taker of all-time at Test cricket level,...Read More

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Sir Alastair Cook

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Sir Alastair Cook

Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and played for England in all international formats until retiring in 2018. A former captain of the England Test and One-Day International (ODI) teams, he is the fifth-highest Test run...Read More

Muttiah Muralitharan

Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (Tamil: முத்தையா முரளிதரன், Sinhala: මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන් also spelt Muralidaran; born 17 April 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional cricketer, businessman and a member of the ICC...Read More

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Kumar Sangakkara

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Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee, and the former president of Marylebone Cricket Club. He is...Read More

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Richard Hadlee

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Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard John Hadlee (born 3 July 1951) is a New Zealand former cricketer. Hadlee is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, and amongst the very finest fast bowlers.Hadlee was appointed an MBE in the 1980 Queen’s Birthday Honours List and knighted in the...Read More

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Adam Gilchrist

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Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australia national team...Read More

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Chris Gayle

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Chris Gayle

Christopher Henry Gayle, OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican former cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies from 1998 to 2021. A destructive batter, Gayle is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played Twenty20 cricket, and by some as the best ever. Gayle...Read More

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Glenn McGrath

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Glenn McGrath

Glenn Donald McGrath (; born 9 February 1970) is an Australian former international cricketer who played international cricket for 14 years. He was a fast-medium pace bowler and is considered one of the greatest Australian international bowlers of all time, and a leading contributor to Australia’s...Read More

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Steve Waugh

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Steve Waugh

Stephen Rodger Waugh (born 2 June 1965) is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a medium-pace bowler. As Australian captain from 1997 to 2004, he led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test...Read More

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Shoaib Akhtar

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Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar (pronunciation ; born 13 August 1975) is a Pakistani former cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the “Rawalpindi Express”, he was the first bowler to be recorded bowling at 100 miles per hour, a feat he achieved twice in his career.Akhtar made his Test match debut in November...Read More

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Sir Curtly Ambrose

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Sir Curtly Ambrose

Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for...Read More

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Mahela Jayawardene

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Mahela Jayawardene

Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene (Sinhala: දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is also the current consultant coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team. Mahela...Read More

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Dale Steyn

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Dale Steyn

Dale Willem Steyn (; born 27 June 1983) is a South African former professional cricketer who played for the South African Cricket Team. He is often regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and the best Test bowler of his generation. During the 2007–08 season, Steyn achieved a tally...Read More

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Allan Donald

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Allan Donald

Allan Anthony Donald (born 20 October 1966) is a former South African cricketer who is now a cricket coach. Often nicknamed ‘White Lightning’, he is considered one of the South Africa national cricket team’s most successful pace bowlers.
Donald was one of the top fast bowlers...Read More

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Viv Richards

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Viv Richards

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards KNH, OBE (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all...Read More

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AB de Villiers

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AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a former South African professional cricketer. De Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wisden cricketers of the decade at the end of 2019.AB de Villiers...Read More

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Wally Hammond

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Wally Hammond

Walter Reginald Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England. Primarily a middle-order batsman, Wisden...Read More

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Jack Hobbs

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Jack Hobbs

Sir John Berry Hobbs (16 December 1882 – 21 December 1963), always known as Jack Hobbs, was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as “The Master”, he is regarded by critics as one of...Read More

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Steve Smith

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Steve Smith

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian international cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Australia national cricket team in Tests. He was the former captain of the Australian national team. Smith has drawn comparisons to Donald Bradman, widely acknowledged as the...Read More

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Len Hutton

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Len Hutton

Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack described him as “one of the greatest...Read More

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Peter May

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Peter May

Peter Barker Howard May (31 December 1929 – 27 December 1994) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Cambridge University and England. Already a cricketing prodigy during his school days, May played his entire cricket career as an amateur, and was regarded by many...Read More

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Clyde Walcott

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Clyde Walcott

Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the “three W’s”, the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of...Read More

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Matthew Hayden

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Matthew Hayden

Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman.
Hayden holds the record for the highest score made by an Australian batsman in Tests...Read More

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Mohammad Yousuf

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Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد یوسف ; formerly Yousuf Youhana, یوسف یوحنا; born 27 August 1974) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer and captain, who played all three formats. Prior to his conversion to Islam, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play for the...Read More

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Graeme Pollock

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Graeme Pollock

Robert Graeme Pollock (born 27 February 1944) is a former cricketer for South Africa, Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family, Pollock is widely regarded as one of South Africa’s greatest ever cricketers, and as one of the finest batsmen to have played Test cricket....Read More

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Everton Weekes

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Dudley Nourse

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Dudley Nourse

Arthur Dudley Nourse (12 November 1910 – 14 August 1981) was a South African Test cricketer. Primarily a batsman, he was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951.

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Doug Walters

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Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters (born 21 December 1945) is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, a useful part-time bowler, and also as a typical ocker.In 2011, he was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by the CA.

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Neil Harvey

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Neil Harvey

Robert Neil Harvey (born 8 October 1928) is an Australian former cricketer who was a member of the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement. An attacking left-handed batsman, sharp fielder and occasional...Read More

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Michael Hussey

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Michael Hussey

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname ‘Mr Cricket’. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international...Read More

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Kane Williamson

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Kane Williamson

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a New Zealand international cricketer who is currently the captain of the New Zealand national team in all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler.
Williamson made his first-class cricket debut in December 2007. He...Read More

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Joe Root

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Joe Root

Joseph Edward Root, (born 30 December 1990) is an English cricketer who currently captains the England Test team and plays for the England One Day International (ODI) team. He also represents Yorkshire in English domestic cricket, and in 2018-19 played for Sydney Thunder in the Australian Twenty20...Read More

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Denis Compton

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Denis Compton

Denis Charles Scott Compton (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. He was also an accomplished footballer, who played most of his football career at Arsenal.A right-handed batsman and left-arm unorthodox...Read More

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George Headley

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George Headley

George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before the Second World War. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for the West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica...Read More

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Ken Barrington

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Ken Barrington

Kenneth Frank Barrington (24 November 1930 – 14 March 1981), was an English international cricketer who played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, known for his jovial good humour and long,...Read More

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Kevin Pietersen

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Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a cricket commentator, conservationist, and former England international cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who played in all three formats for England between 2005 and 2014, which included a brief tenure as captain....Read More

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Hashim Amla

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Hashim Amla

Hashim Mahomed Amla OIS (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played for South Africa in all three formats of the game. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 ODI runs. He also became the fastest cricketer...Read More

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine “Shiv” Chanderpaul (born 16 August 1974) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Indian descent and former West Indian international cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era, Chanderpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean to...Read More

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Michael Clarke

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Michael Clarke

Michael John Clarke (born 2 April 1981) is an Australian former cricketer. He was captain of the Australian cricket team in both Test and One Day International (ODI) between 2011 and 2015, leading Australia to victory in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also served as captain of the Twenty20 International...Read More

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Andy Flower

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Andy Flower

Andrew Flower (born 28 April 1968) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. As a cricketer, he captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was Zimbabwe’s wicket-keeper for more than 10 years and is, statistically, the greatest batsman the country has produced. During his peak...Read More

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Colin McDonald

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Colin McDonald

Colin Campbell McDonald (17 November 1928 – 8 January 2021) was an Australian cricketer. He played in 47 Test matches from 1952 to 1961, and 192 first-class matches between 1947 and 1963. He was born in Glen Iris, Victoria.

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Herbert Sutcliffe

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Herbert Sutcliffe

Herbert Sutcliffe (24 November 1894 – 22 January 1978) was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two world wars. His first-class debut was delayed by the...Read More

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Clem Hill

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Clem Hill

Clement “Clem” Hill (18 March 1877 – 5 September 1945) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five. A prolific run scorer, Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test...Read More

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Javed Miandad

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Javed Miandad

Mohammad Javed Miandad (Urdu: محمد جاوید میانداد; born 12 June 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad (Urdu: جاوید میانداد), is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting. ESPNcricinfo described...Read More

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Greg Chappell

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Greg Chappell

Gregory Stephen Chappell (born 7 August 1948) is a former cricketer who represented Australia at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the pre-eminent Australian batsman of his time who allied elegant stroke...Read More

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Younus Khan

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Younus Khan

Mohammad Younis Khan (Pashto: محمد یونس خان; born 29 November 1977) is a Pakistani professional cricket coach and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all three formats of the game, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest middle-order batsmen in Test...Read More

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David Warner

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David Warner

David Andrew Warner (born 27 October 1986) is an Australian international cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team. A left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class...Read More

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Bill Lawry

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Bill Lawry

William Morris Lawry (born 11 February 1937) is an Australian former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Test matches, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971.
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Marnus Labuschagne

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Marnus Labuschagne

Marnus Labuschagne ( or ; born 22 June 1994) is an Australian cricketer who plays internationally for the Australian national team and domestically for Queensland. He also plays for Glamorgan in county cricket and for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. As of December 2021, Labuschagne is rated...Read More

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Angelo Mathews

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Angelo Mathews

Angelo Davis Mathews, (Sinhala: ඇන්ජෙලෝ ඩේවිස් මැතිව්ස්; Tamil: அஞ்சலோ மத்யூஸ்; born 2 June 1987), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. He was also a key member of the team that won the 2014...Read More

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Allan Border

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Allan Border

Allan Robert Border AO (born 27 July 1955) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. His playing nickname was “A.B.”. He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was...Read More

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Aubrey Faulkner

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Aubrey Faulkner

George Aubrey Faulkner (17 December 1881 – 10 September 1930) was a South African cricketer who played 25 Test matches for South Africa and fought in both the Second Boer War and World War I. In cricket, he was an all-rounder who was among the best batsmen in the world at his peak and was one of...Read More

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Michael Vaughan

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Michael Vaughan

Michael Paul Vaughan (born 29 October 1974) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He served as England captain for the test team from 2003 to 2008, the one-day international team from 2003–2007, and was the first Twenty20 England captain from 2005–2007....Read More

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Richie Richardson

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Richie Richardson

Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson, KCN (born 12 January 1962) is a former West Indies international cricketer and a former captain of the West Indian cricket team.
He was a flamboyant batsman and superb player of fast bowling. He was famous for his wide-brimmed maroon hat which he wore in preference...Read More

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Rohan Kanhai

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Rohan Kanhai

Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer, who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featured in several great West Indian teams, playing alongside Sir Garfield Sobers, Roy Fredericks,...Read More

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Colin Cowdrey

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Colin Cowdrey

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he “delighted crowds...Read More

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Graham Gooch

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Graham Gooch

Graham Alan Gooch, (born 23 July 1953) is a former English first-class cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time, with...Read More

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Ross Taylor

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Ross Taylor

Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984) is an international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand national team. Batting predominantly at number four, when he announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of 2021 he was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in...Read More

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Gundappa Viswanath

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Gundappa Viswanath

Gundappa Ranganatha Viswanath pronunciation (born 12 February 1949) is a former Indian cricketer. Vishwanath was rated as one of India’s finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983, making 91 appearances and scoring more than 6,000 runs. He...Read More

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Inzamam-ul-Haq

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Inzamam-ul-Haq

Inzamam-ul-Haq (Urdu: انضمام الحق; pronunciation born 3 March 1970), also known as Inzi, is a Pakistani professional cricket coach and former Pakistan cricketer.
He was the leading run scorer for Pakistan in one-day internationals, and the third-highest run scorer for Pakistan in...Read More

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Ted Dexter

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Ted Dexter

Edward Ralph Dexter, (15 May 1935 – 25 August 2021) was an England international cricketer.An aggressive middle-order batsman of ferocious power and a right-arm medium bowler, he captained Sussex and England in the early 1960s. He captained England in 30 test matches out of his 62 test match appearances.Read More

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Vijay Hazare

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Vijay Hazare

Vijay Samuel Hazare pronunciation (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India’s 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ever Test cricket win (and the only victory under his captaincy) in 1951–52 against England at Madras, winning by an innings and eight runs in a match that began on the day that King George VI died.

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Alvin Kallicharran

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Alvin Kallicharran

Alvin Isaac Kallicharran (born 21 March 1949) is a former Indo-Guyanese cricketer who played Test cricket for the West Indies between 1972 and 1981 as a left-handed batsman and right-arm off spinner.
Kallicharran was born in Port Mourant, British Guiana (now Guyana), where he started playing...Read More

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Jonathan Trott

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Jonathan Trott

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April 1981) is a South African-born English former professional cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team. Domestically, he played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as well as playing in South Africa and New Zealand. He was ICC and...Read More

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Lindsay Hassett

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Lindsay Hassett

Arthur Lindsay Hassett (28 August 1913 – 16 June 1993) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described by Wisden as, “… a master of nearly every stroke … his superb timing, nimble footwork and strong...Read More

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Stan McCabe

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Stan McCabe

Stanley Joseph McCabe (16 July 1910 – 25 August 1968) was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander, McCabe was described by Wisden as “one of Australia’s greatest and most enterprising batsmen” and by his captain...Read More

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Bobby Simpson

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Bobby Simpson

Robert Baddeley Simpson (born 3 February 1936) is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963/64 until 1967/68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team. He is also...Read More

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Arthur Morris

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Arthur Morris

Arthur Robert Morris (19 January 1922 – 22 August 2015) was an Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. An opener, Morris is regarded as one of Australia’s greatest left-handed batsmen. He is best known for his key role in Don Bradman’s Invincibles side,...Read More

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Damien Martyn

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Damien Martyn

Damien Richard Martyn (born 21 October 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player from 1999 to 2000 and a regular Test player in 2000 until his retirement...Read More

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Glenn Turner

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Glenn Turner

Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country’s best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel.

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Herbie Taylor

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Herbie Taylor

Herbert Wilfred Taylor (5 May 1889 – 8 February 1973) was a South African cricketer who played 42 Test matches for his country including 18 as captain of the side. Specifically a batsman, he was an expert on the matting pitches which were prevalent in South Africa at the time and scored six of...Read More

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Gordon Greenidge

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Gordon Greenidge

Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge (born 1 May 1951) is a Barbadian former first-class cricketer, who represented the West Indies in Test and One day Cricket for 17 years. Greenidge is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most destructive opening batsmen of cricket history. In 2009, Greenidge was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

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Graeme Smith

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Graeme Smith

Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981) is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who played for South Africa in all formats. In 2003, he was appointed captain of the national team, taking over from Shaun Pollock. He held the position of test captain until his retirement in 2014....Read More

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Misbah-ul-Haq

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Misbah-ul-Haq

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (Urdu: مصباح الحق خان نیازی; born 28 May 1974) is a former Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer. Misbah captained Pakistan in Test cricket and One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is former head coach and former chief selector of the Pakistan...Read More

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Dilip Vengsarkar

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Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar pronunciation (born 6 April 1956) is a former Indian cricketer and a cricket administrator. He was known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. Along with Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, he was a key player in the Indian batting line up in the late 70s and...Read More

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Frank Worrell

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Frank Worrell

Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 – 13 March 1967), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler, he became famous in the 1950s as the second black captain of the West...Read More

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Kim Hughes

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Kim Hughes

Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954) is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Test matches between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a rebel Australian team in a tour of South Africa, a country which at the time was subject to...Read More

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Ben Stokes

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Ben Stokes

Benjamin Andrew Stokes (born 4 June 1991) is an English cricketer who is the current vice-captain of the England Test team and plays for the England One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) teams. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues,...Read More

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Dennis Amiss

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Dennis Amiss

Dennis Leslie Amiss (born 7 April 1943) is a former English cricketer and cricket administrator. He played for both Warwickshire and England. A right-handed batsman, Amiss was a stroke maker particularly through extra cover and midwicket – his two favourite areas to score runs. He was an accomplished...Read More

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Herschelle Gibbs

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Herschelle Gibbs

Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for fourteen years. A right-handed batsman, mostly opened the batting, Gibbs became the first player to hit six consecutive sixes in one over in One Day International...Read More

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Ajinkya Rahane

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Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the game. He was also the vice-captain of the India national cricket team in Tests until the home series...Read More

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Saeed Anwar

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Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar (Urdu: سعید انور; born 6 September 1968) is a Pakistani former cricketer and a former captain for Tests and ODIs. An opening batsman and occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler, Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. Considered one of greatest opening batsmen...Read More

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Adam Voges

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Adam Voges

Adam Charles Voges (, born 4 October 1979) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Australian national team at Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) level, and also captained Western Australia and Perth Scorchers in domestic cricket. Voges’...Read More

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Conrad Hunte

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Conrad Hunte

Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte, KA (9 May 1932 – 3 December 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer. Hunte played 44 Test matches as an opening batsman for the West Indies.

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Ian Bell

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Ian Bell

Ian Ronald Bell (born 11 April 1982) is an English former cricketer who played international cricket in all formats for the England cricket team and county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. A right-handed higher/middle order batsman, described in The Times as an “exquisite rapier,”...Read More

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David Gower

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David Gower

David Ivon Gower (born 1 April 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who was captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals (ODI) scoring...Read More

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Bill Woodfull

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Bill Woodfull

William Maldon Woodfull (22 August 1897 – 11 August 1965) was an Australian cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. He captained both Victoria and Australia, and was best known for his dignified and moral conduct during the tumultuous bodyline series in 1932–33. Trained as a schoolteacher, Woodfull...Read More

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Hanif Mohammad

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Hanif Mohammad

Hanif Mohammad (Urdu: حنیف محمد, 21 December 1934 – 11 August 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer.He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between the 1952–53 season and the 1969–70 season. He averaged 43.98 scoring twelve centuries. At his peak, he was considered one...Read More

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Bob Cowper

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Bob Cowper

Robert Maskew Cowper (born 5 October 1940) is a former cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria and Western Australia from 1960 to 1970.

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Marcus Trescothick

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Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Edward Trescothick (born 25 December 1975) is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. He was Somerset captain from 2010-16 and temporary England captain for several...Read More

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Clive Lloyd

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Clive Lloyd

Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd (born 31 August 1944) is a Guyanese-British former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. As a boy he went to Chatham High School in Georgetown. At the age of 14 he was captain of his school cricket team in the Chin Cup inter-school competition. One of his childhood...Read More

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Jimmy Adams

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Jimmy Adams

James Clive Adams (born 9 January 1968) is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a steady left-handed batsman, useful left-arm orthodox spin bowler and good fielder, especially in the gully position. He was also an occasional wicketkeeper...Read More

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Ian Botham

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Ian Botham

Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham, (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords and a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017.
Hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game, Botham represented...Read More

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Ian Chappell

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Ian Chappell

Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Born into a cricketing family—his grandfather and brother...Read More

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Robin Smith

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Robin Arnold Smith (born 13 September 1963) is an English former cricketer.
Smith was nicknamed Judge or Judgie for his resemblance to a judge when he grew his hair long. Like his older brother Chris, he was unable to play for the country of his birth because of the exclusion of the apartheid...Read More

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Jeffrey Stollmeyer

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Jeffrey Stollmeyer

Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (11 March 1921 – 10 September 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer who played as an opening batsman. He played 32 Test matches for the West Indies, captaining 13 of these. He was also a senator.

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Stephen Wall

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Stephen Wall

Stephen Wall (born 10 December 1959) is a former English cricketer. Wall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Ulverston, Lancashire.
Wall made his debut in county cricket for Cumberland in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire, making...Read More

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Shaun Pollock

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Shaun Pollock

Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS (born 16 July 1973) is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who was captain in all formats of the game. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and allrounders of all time. A genuine bowling all-rounder, Pollock along with Allan Donald...Read More

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Sanath Jayasuriya

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Sanath Jayasuriya

Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Tamil: சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), popularly known as Master Blaster is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. Jayasuriya is credited for having revolutionized one-day international cricket with his explosive batting with...Read More

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