Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge is a Barbadian retired cricketer who represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International (ODI) teams for 17 years,as well as Barbados and Hampshire in first-class cricket. Greenidge is regarded worldwide as one of the greatest and most destructive opening batsmen in cricket history. In 2009,Greenidge was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He was a member of the squads which won the World Cups in 1975,1979 and runners-up in 1983.
Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj is a former Indian cricketer,cricket analyst and actor. He is the son of Lala Amarnath,the first post-independence captain of India. Mohinder was the vice captain of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup,where he was the player of the final. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.
Allan Gibson Steel was an English amateur cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1877 to 1893,and in Test cricket for England from 1880 to 1888. He was born in West Derby,Liverpool,and died in Paddington,Middlesex.
Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African first-class cricketer. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature",Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful batsmen. He was able to play only four Test matches –all against Australia –before South Africa's exclusion from the international scene in 1970. In that brief career,against a competitive Australian attack,Richards scored 508 runs at the high average of 72.57. Richards' contribution in that series was instrumental in the 4–0 win that South Africa inflicted on the side,captained by Bill Lawry. His first century,140,was scored in conjunction with Graeme Pollock's 274 in a famous 103-run partnership. Mike Procter,whose South African and English career roughly paralleled that of Richards,was prominent in that series as a bowler.
Michael John Procter was a South African cricketer,whose involvement in international cricket was limited by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. A fast bowler and hard-hitting batsman,he was regarded as one of South African cricket's top allrounders.
Sir Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts,KCN is a former Antiguan first-class cricketer who is considered the father of modern West Indian fast bowling. Roberts played Test cricket for the West Indies,twice taking seven wickets in a Test innings,and was a member of the team that won both the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup respectively,as well as finishing as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Arriving in England in 1972,he played first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club and then later for Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
Farokh Manecksha Engineer is an Indian former cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper-batsman,usually an opening batsman,who represented India in 46 Test matches from 1961 to 1975. In first-class cricket,he played for Bombay from 1959/60 to 1974/75,for West Zone from 1961/62 to 1974/75,and for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1968 to 1976. He was the first-choice wicket-keeper for the Rest of the World team which toured England in 1970 and Australia in 1971–72.
Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad was an Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. In a career spanning over a decade,he played 40 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1984. His father,Datta Gaekwad was also an Indian test cricketer. Gaekwad was the coach of the Indian team that finished runners-up at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.
Balwinder Singh Sandhu is an Indian former Test cricketer. He represented India in eight Test matches as a medium pace bowler who could swing the ball and was a useful batsman. Sandhu was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Trevor Edward Jesty is an English former cricketer and cricket umpire. As a player he was an all rounder who played 490 first-class matches,scoring 21,916 runs and taking 585 wickets,between 1966 and 1991.
Leonard Baichan is a former West Indian international cricketer who played as a batsman. Baichan featured in three Test matches from 1975 to 1976,scoring a century on his debut. He also scored over 4,000 runs at an average of 51.18 with 13 centuries and 23 half centuries in his first class career.
Alvin Ethelbert Greenidge is a former West Indian cricketer who played in six Tests and one ODI from 1978 to 1979. Born in Barbados,he was an opening batsman who shares his name with,but is unrelated to,fellow opener Gordon Greenidge. He was selected to play for West Indies when the side was depleted by the defection of players to the breakaway World Series Cricket. Their return after WSC ended,as well as his participation in the tour of South Africa in 1982–83 signified the end for Alvin's international career. His best score of 69 in Tests came against Australia in 1977–78.
Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad is an Indian politician and former cricketer,who played seven Test matches and 25 One Day International for the India national cricket team between 1980 and 1986. Azad was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Yograj Singh is an Indian actor and former cricketer who played one Test and six One Day Internationals for India as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His debut and only Test was at Wellington against New Zealand,which India lost by 62 runs. Yograj only bowled in the first inning and took one wicket,which remains his only Test wicket. After his career was ended by injury,he entered Punjabi and Hindi cinema. His son Yuvraj Singh was a member of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2019. Yograj hails from the village of Kanech,right next to Doraha,in Ludhiana District of Punjab.
The West Indian cricket team played 16 first-class cricket matches in England in 1988,under the captaincy of Viv Richards. They enjoyed considerable success during the tour,while England endured a "disastrous summer" of continuous change.
Tony Charles Middleton is an English cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. Middleton played for Hampshire from 1984 to 1995,making over 160 appearances across first-class and one-day cricket. Following his retirement in 1995,he has held a variety of coaching roles at Hampshire and as 2024 is the club's batting coach.
Stuart Terence Roger Binny is an Indian former international cricketer,who had played One Day Internationals,Twenty20 Internationals,and Tests. He played for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. On 30 August 2021,Binny announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.
Matthew Thomas Renshaw is an Australian international cricketer. He played eleven Tests for Australia between 2016 and 2018 as an opening batsman,and was recalled to the Test team in 2023. In domestic first-class cricket he plays for Queensland,and in the Big Bash League he has played for the Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers.
In cricket,a batter may retire from an innings at any time when the ball is dead;they must then be replaced by a teammate who has not been dismissed. The most common reason for retirement is if the batter becomes injured or unwell,in which case they can resume their innings.
