List of cricketers
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This is a list of cricket players sorted by name. For a list of cricketers sorted by country see List of cricketers by country.
Note on alphabetisation: According to standard practice within the cricket statastics and record-keeping community, player names are sorted as follows:
- Muslim names by first name.
- Sikh names (last name being the honorific Singh), by first name.
- Kapil Dev by first name.
- All other names by last name.
To avoid messy linking within the list, links to teams are provided here:
Test teams: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe.
Non-test teams: Hong Kong, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, United States of America.
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A
- Adams, Chris (England)
- Adams, Jimmy (West Indies)
- Abdul Qadir (Pakistan)
- Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
- Abdur Razzaq (Bangladesh)
- Abdul Rehman (UAE)
- Adhikari, Hemu (India)(1919–2003)
- Agnew, Jonathan (England)
- Agarkar, Ajit (India)
- Ali Asad Abbas (UAE)
- Alley, Bill (Australia/England) (1919–2004)
- Alleyne, Mark (England)
- Alok Kapali (Bangladesh)
- Amar Singh (India)
- Amarnath, Lala (India)
- Amarnath, Mohinder (India)
- Amarnath, Surinder (India)
- Ambrose, Curtly (West Indies) (born 1963)
- Ames, Leslie (England) (1905–1990)
- Amre, Praveen (India)
- Arnold, Rusel (Sri Lanka)
- Arshad Ali (UAE)
- Arshad Ayub (India)
- Asghar Ali (UAE)
- Asim Saeed (UAE)
- Atapattu, Marvan (Sri Lanka)
- Atherton, Mike (England) (born 1968)
- Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan)
- Azharuddin, Mohammad (India) (born 1963)
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B
- Badani, Hemang (India)
- Bahutule, Sairaj Vasant (India)
- Baig, Abbas Ali (India)
- Bailey, Trevor (England)
- Balaji, Lakshmipathy (India)
- Bannerman, Charles (Australia)
- Barnes, Sydney (England)
- Barrington, Ken (England)
- Barrow, Ivan (West Indies)
- Bedi, Bishen Singh (India)
- Bedser, Alec (England) (born 1918)
- Benaud, Richie (Australia) (born 1930)
- Best, Tino (West Indies)
- Bevan, Michael (Australia) (born 1970)
- Bichel, Andy (Australia)
- Bicknell, Martin (England)
- Binny, Roger (India)
- Blignaut, Andy (Zimbabwe)
- Bond, Shane (New Zealand)
- Boon, David (Australia) (born 1960)
- Borde, Chandu (India)
- Border, Allan (Australia) (born 1955)
- Botham, Ian (England) (born 1955)
- Boucher, Mark (South Africa)
- Boycott, Geoffrey (England) (born 1940)
- Bracken, Nathan (Australia)
- Bradman, Sir Donald (Australia) (1908–2001)
- Bravo, Dwayne (West Indies)
- Brearley, Michael (England) (born 1942)
- Brimson, Matthew (England) (born 1970)
- Browne, Courtney (West Indies)
- Butcher, Mark (England)
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C
- Caddick, Andrew (England)
- Cairns, Christopher (New Zealand) (born 1970)
- Cairns, Lance (New Zealand) (born 1949)
- Carlisle, Stuart (Zimbabwe)
- Carr, Arthur (England) (1893–1963)
- Chandana, Upul (Sri Lanka)
- Chanderpaul, Shivnarine (West Indies)
- Chandrasekhar, B.S. (India)
- Chappell, Greg (Australia) (born 1948)
- Chappell, Ian (Australia) (born 1943)
- Chauhan, Chetan (India)
- Chopra, Akash (India)
- Cheruparambil, Manoj (Hong Kong)
- Clarke, Michael (Australia)
- Compton, Denis (England) (1918–1997)
- Cowdrey, Colin (England) (1932–2000)
- Croft, Colin (West Indies)
- Contractor, Nari (India)
- Croft, Robert (England)
- Cronje, Hansie (South Africa) (1969–2002)
- Curtis, Tim (England) (born 1960)
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D
- Danish Kaneria (Pakistan)
- Das, Shiv Sundar (India)
- Dar, Tabarak (Hong Kong)
- De Silva, Aravinda (Sri Lanka)
- Dexter, Ted (England) (born 1935)
- Dhoni, Mahendra (India)
- Dilshan, Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka)
- D'Oliveira, Basil (England) (born 1931)
- Donald, Allan (South Africa) (born 1966)
- Drakes, Vasbert (West Indies)
- Dravid, Rahul (India) (born 1973)
- Dujon, Jeff (West Indies)
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E
- Edwards, Fidel (West Indies)
- Elliott, Matthew (Australia)
- Engineer, Farokh (India)
- Evans, Godfrey (England)
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F
- Fahad Usman (UAE)
- Faisal Hossain (Bangladesh)
- Fraser, Angus (England)
- Fleming, Stephen (New Zealand) (born 1973)
- Flintoff, Andrew (England)
- Flower, Andy (Zimbabwe) (born 1968)
- Flower, Grant (Zimbabwe)
- French, Alexander (Hong Kong)
- Fry, C. B. (England) (1872–1956)
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G
- Gaekwad, Anshuman (India)
- Ganguly, Saurav (India)
- Garner, Joel (West Indies) (born 1952)
- Gatting, Mike (England) (born 1957)
- Gavaskar, Rohan (India)
- Gavaskar, Sunil (India)
- Ghavri, Karson (India)
- Gayle, Chris (West Indies)
- Gibbs, Herschelle (South Africa)
- Gilchrist, Adam (Australia) (born 1971)
- Giles, Ashley (England)
- Gillespie, Jason (Australia) (born 1975)
- Greig, Tony (England)
- Gooch, Graham (England) (born 1953)
- Gough, Darren (England) (born 1970)
- Gower, David (England) (born 1957)
- Grace, W. G. (England) (1848–1915)
- Graveney, Tom (England)
- Greatbatch, Mark (New Zealand) (born 1963)
- Greenidge, Gordon (West Indies)
- Grimmett, Clarrie (Australia) (1891–1980)
- Gripper, Trevor (Zimbabwe)
- Gunawardane, Avishka (Sri Lanka)
- Gupte, Subhash (India)
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H
- Habibul Bashar (Bangladesh)
- Hadlee, Sir Richard (New Zealand) (born 1951)
- Hadlee, Walter (New Zealand) (born 1915)
- Haider, Afzall (Hong Kong)
- Hall, Andrew (South Africa) (born 1975)
- Hammond, Walter (England) (1903–1965)
- Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan)
- Harbhajan Singh (India) (born 1980)
- Harmison, Stephen (England)
- Harris, Chris (New Zealand)
- Hayden, Matthew (Australia) (born 1971)
- Haynes, Desmond (West Indies)
- Hazare, Vijay (India)
- Headley, Dean (England)
- Headley, George (West Indies)
- Healy, Ian (Australia)
- Herath, Rangana (Sri Lanka) (born 1978)
- Hinds, Wavell (West Indies)
- Hobbs, Jack (England) (1882–1963)
- Holding, Michael (West Indies)
- Hollies, Eric (England) (1912–1981)
- Hollioake, Adam
- Hookes, David (Australia) (1955–2004)
- Houghton, Dave (Zimbabwe)
- Hughes, Kim (Australia)
- Hughes, Merv (Australia)
- Hussain, Nasser (England)
- Hutton, Sir Len (England) (1916–1990)
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I
- Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan)
- Ilyas Gul (Hong Kong)
- Imran Farhat (Pakistan)
- Imran Khan (Pakistan) (born 1952)
- Imran Nazir (Pakistan)
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
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J
- Jacobs, Ridley (West Indies)
- Jadeja, Ajay (India)
- Jaisimha, M.L. (India)
- Jardine, Douglas (England)
- Jardine, Graeme (Hong Kong)
- Javed Miandad (Pakistan)
- Javed Omar (Bangladesh)
- Jayantha, Saman (Sri Lanka)
- Jayasuriya, Sanath (Sri Lanka) (born 1969)
- Jayawardene, Mahela (Sri Lanka)
- Jones, Dean (Australia)
- Jones, Geraint (England)
- Jones, Simon (England)
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K
- Kaif, Mohammad (India)
- Kaluwitharana, Romesh (Sri Lanka)
- Kallis, Jacques (South Africa)
- Kambli, Vinod (India)
- Kamran Akmal (Pakistan)
- Kanitkar, Hemant (India)
- Kandamby, Thilana (Sri Lanka)
- Kapil Dev (India)
- Karthik, Murali (India)
- Karim, Aasif (Kenya)
- Karim, Syed Saba (India)
- Kasprowicz, Michael (Australia)
- Katich, Simon (Australia)
- Key, Robert (England)
- Khaled Mahmud (Bangladesh)
- Khaled Mashud (Bangladesh)
- Khalid Khan (Hong Kong)
- Khuram Khan (UAE)
- Knight, Nick (England)
- King, Bart (USA) (1873–1965)
- King, Reon (West Indies)
- Kirsten, Gary (South Africa)
- Klusener, Lance (South Africa)
- Knott, Alan (England) (born 1946)
- Kulasekara, Nuwan (Sri Lanka)
- Kumble, Anil (India) (born 1970)
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L
- Laker, Jim (England) (1922–1986)
- Lal, Arun (India)
- Lama, Sher (Hong Kong)
- Lamsam, Roy (Hong Kong)
- Langer, Justin (Australia)
- Lara, Brian (West Indies) (born 1969)
- Larwood, Harold (England) (1904–1995)
- Lawry, Bill (Australia)
- Lawson, Jermaine (West Indies)
- Laxman, V. V. S. (India)
- Lee, Brett (Australia)
- Lehmann, Darren (Australia)
- Lillee, Dennis (Australia) (born 1949)
- Lindwall, Ray (Australia) (1921 - 1996)
- Lloyd, Clive (West Indies)
- Loader, Peter (England)
- Lock, Tony (England)
- Love, Martin (Australia)
- Logie, Gus (West Indies)
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M
- MacGill, Stuart (Australia)
- McMillian, Craig (New Zealand)
- Maharoof, Farveez (Sri Lanka)
- Malcolm, Devon (England)
- Malinga, Lasith (Sri Lanka)
- Manjrekar, Sanjay (India)
- Manjrekar, Vijay (India)
- Manjural Islam Rana (Bangladesh)
- Marks, Vic (England)
- Marshall, Hamish (New Zealand)
- Marshall, James (New Zealand)
- Marshall, Malcolm (West Indies)
- Marshall, Xavier (West Indies)
- Martyn, Damien (Australia)
- May, Peter (England)
- McDermott, Craig (Australia)
- McGrath, Glenn (Australia) (born 1970)
- McKenzie, Neil (South Africa)
- Miller, Keith (Australia) (1919-2004)
- Mills, Kyle (New Zealand)
- Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)
- Mohammad Fawad (UAE)
- Mohammad Khalil (Pakistan)
- Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)
- Mohammad Tauqeer (UAE)
- Mohammed Kaif (India)
- Mohammed Khalil (Pakistan)
- Mohammed Sami (Pakistan)
- Mohsin Khan (Pakistan)
- Moin Khan (Pakistan)
- Mongia, Dinesh (India)
- Moody, Tom (Australia)
- Murray, David (West Indies)
- Murray, Junior (West Indies)
- Muralitharan, Muttiah (Sri Lanka) (born 1972)
- Mushfiqur Rahman (Bangladesh)
- Mushstaq Ahmed (Pakistan)
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N
- Nadeem Ahmed (Hong Kong)
- Naeemuddin (UAE)
- Nagamootoo, Mahendra (West Indies)
- Najeeb Aamer (Hong Kong)
- Nasir Hameed (Hong Kong)
- Nehra, Ashish (India)
- Ntini, Makhaya (South Africa)
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O
- O'Donnell, Simon (Australia)
- Oldfield, Bert (Australia) (1894–1976)
- Olonga, Henry (Zimbabwe) (born 1976)
- O'Reilly, Bill (Australia) (1905–1992)
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P
- Palwankar Baloo (India)
- Palwankar Vithal (India)
- Pataudi, Nawab Mansur Ali Khan (India)
- Patel, Parthiv (India)
- Pathan, Irfan (India)
- Pollock, Graeme (South Africa)
- Pollock, Shaun (South Africa)
- Ponsford, Bill (Australia)
- Ponting, Ricky (Australia) (born 1974)
- Powell, Ricardo (West Indies)
- Price, Raymond (Zimbabwe)
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R
- Rajin Saleh (Bangladesh)
- Rameez Raja (Pakistan)
- Ramveer Rai (UAE)
- Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan)
- Ranatunga, Arjuna (Sri Lanka) (born 1963)
- Ranjitsinhji, K. S. (England)
- Rao Iftikhar Anjum (Pakistan)
- Rashid Latif (Pakistan)
- Rampaul, Ravi (West Indies)
- Shastri, Ravi (India)
- Reid, Bruce (Australia) (born 1963)
- Rhodes, Jonty (South Africa)
- Richards, Sir Vivian (West Indies) (born 1952)
- Richards, Barry Anderson (South Africa) (born 1945)
- Richardson, Mark (New Zealand)
- Richardson, Richie (West Indies)
- Rizwan Latif (UAE) (born 1973)
- Rowe, Lawrence (West Indies)
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S
- Saeed Anwar (Pakistan)
- Salim Malik (Pakistan)
- Salman Butt (Pakistan)
- Samaraweera, Thilan (Sri Lanka)
- Sameer Zia (UAE) (born 1981)
- Sangakkara, Kumar (Sri Lanka)
- Sanwar Hossain (Bangladesh)
- Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan)
- Sarwan, Ramnaresh (West Indies)
- Sehwag, Virender (India)
- Shabir Ahmed (Pakistan)
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
- Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)
- Sharma, Rahul (Hong Kong)
- Sibanda, Vusi (Zimbabwe)
- Siddhu, Navjot Singh (India)
- Singh, Maninder (India)
- Slater, Michael (Australia)
- Smart, Tim (Hong Kong)
- Smith, Graeme (South Africa)
- Smith, M. J. K. (England) (born 1933)
- Smith, Mike (England) (1942-2004)
- Snow, John (England) (born 1941)
- Sobers, Sir Garfield (West Indies) (born 1936)
- Solanki, Vikram (England)
- Srikkanth, Krishnamachari (India) (born 1959)
- Srinath, Javagal (India) (born 1969)
- Statham, Brian (England)
- Stewart, Alec (England)
- Strauss, Andrew (England) (born 1977)
- Streak, Heath (Zimbabwe)
- Styris, Scott (New Zealand) (born 1975)
- Sutcliffe, Herbert (England)
- Syed Maqsood (UAE) (born 1975)
- Symonds, Andrew (Australia)
- Syed Abid Ali (India) (born 1941)
- Kirmani, Syed (India) (born 1949)
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T
- Taibu, Tatenda (Zimbabwe)
- Tait, Shaun (Australia)
- Tapash Baisya (Bangladesh)
- Tareq Aziz (Bangladesh)
- Taufeeq Umar (Pakistan)
- Taylor, Mark (Australia) (born 1964)
- Tendulkar, Sachin (India) (born 1973)
- Thorpe, Graham (England) (born 1969)
- Tikolo, Steve (Kenya)
- Tillakaratne, Hashan (Sri Lanka)
- Trescothick, Marcus (England) (born 1975)
- Trueman, Fred (England) (born 1931)
- Tufnell, Phil (England) (born 1966)
- Turner, Glenn (New Zealand) (born 1947)
- Tyson, Frank (England)
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U
- Umar Gul (Pakistan)
- Underwood, Derek (England)
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V
- Vaas, Chaminda (Sri Lanka) (born 1974)
- Vaughan, Michael (England) (born 1974)
- Vengsarkar, Dilip (India)
- Vermeulen, Mark (Zimbabwe) (born 1979)
- Vettori, Daniel (New Zealand) (born 1979)
- Viswanath, Gundappa (India)
- Voce, Bill (England) (1909-1984)
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W
- Walcott, Sir Clyde (West Indies)
- Walsh, Courtney (West Indies) (born 1962)
- Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
- Wardle, Johnny (England)
- Warne, Shane (Australia) (born 1969)
- Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
- Watson, Shane (Australia)
- Waugh, Mark (Australia) (born 1965)
- Waugh, Steve (Australia) (born 1965)
- Weekes, Everton (West Indies)
- Wessels, Kepler (South Africa)
- White, Cameron (Australia)
- Williams, Brad (Australia)
- Wisden, John (England) (founded Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
- Woodfull, Bill (Australia) (1897–1965)
- Worrell, Sir Frank (West Indies)
- Wyatt, Bob (England) (1901–1995)
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Y
- Yasir Hameed (Pakistan)
- Younis Khan (Pakistan)
- Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan) (born 1974)
- Yuvraj Singh (India) (born 1981)
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Z
- Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan)
- Zaheer Khan (India)
- Zoysa, Nuwan (Sri Lanka)
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See also
- List of cricket commentators
- List of knighted cricketers
- List of sportsmen
- Australian national cricket captains
- Bangladeshi national cricket captains
- English national cricket captains
