Robert William Trevor Key is an English former cricketer and cricket commentator who played international cricket in all formats for England and domestic cricket for Kent County Cricket Club. He is the current managing director of the England Cricket team.
Durham County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882,Durham held minor status for over a century and was a prominent member of the Minor Counties Championship,winning the competition seven times. In 1992,the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to senior status as an official first-class team. Durham has been classified as an occasional List A team from 1964,then as a full List A team from 1992;and as a senior Twenty20 team since the format's introduction in 2003.
Norman Gifford is a retired English cricketer,who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. Gifford played county cricket for Worcestershire,and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs,and represented England in fifteen Test matches and two One Day International between 1964 and 1985.
Jacobus Andries "Jacques" Rudolph is a former South African cricketer who played for Yorkshire,Glamorgan and in South Africa with Titans.
Arthur Dolphin was an English first-class cricketer,who kept wicket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1905 and 1927. He is part of a tradition of Yorkshire wicket-keepers,stretching from Ned Stephenson,George Pinder,Joe Hunter and David Hunter before him,to Arthur Wood,Jimmy Binks,David Bairstow plus Richard Blakey to the present day. The successor to David Hunter as Yorkshire's wicket-keeper he served the county for twenty two years.
Joseph John Sayers is a former English first-class cricketer,who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence,Oxford University and Yorkshire. He is a left-handed opening batsman and right arm off spin bowler. Sayers was educated at St Mary's School,Menston,and Worcester College,Oxford.
Abdul-Kadeer Ali is an English first-class cricketer who is currently Assistant Head Coach at Worcestershire,where he started his first class playing career. He later played for Gloucestershire,Leicestershire and minor counties side Staffordshire as well as appearing for England A. He was capped by Gloucestershire in 2005. He is of Pakistani descent and studied at Handsworth Grammar School.
William McLean Gifford is an English cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE and one List A game for Worcestershire. He is,as Wisden put it,"no known relation" to former Worcestershire captain Norman Gifford.
Christopher Robert Taylor is an English former first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Steven Kirby is an English retired first-class cricketer,and more recently a cricket coach. Kirby played for Yorkshire,Gloucestershire and Somerset,before retiring from playing in 2014. In 2020,he rejoined Somerset as their bowling coach.
Mark Anthony Kenneth Lawson is an English former first-class cricketer. A leg spinner,he most recently played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in June 2010. He has also played for Yorkshire,Derbyshire,Middlesex and Staffordshire.
Gary Simon Ballance is a Zimbabwean former cricketer who represented England internationally from 2013 to 2017,and also represented Zimbabwe in 2023. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg break bowler,who last played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born in Harare,Zimbabwe. He is known for his style of striking deep in the crease. He qualified to play for England through residency and British passports.
Alexander James Blake is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls occasionally. Blake was born in Farnborough in Bromley and attended Hayes School before studying at Leeds Metropolitan University. Blake is known as a "brutal limited-overs batsman" and an "athletic" fielder.
Alexander Zak Lees is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Durham,captaining the ListA and t20 teams.
Fabian Kruuse Cowdrey is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He made history by becoming the first third generation player to play for the county,following his father,Chris Cowdrey,and grandfather Colin Cowdrey. Cowdrey was often employed as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling slow left arm orthodox deliveries.
Jack Andrew Leaning is an English first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm off-spin bowler,Leaning joined Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 season,having previously played all of his professional cricket for Yorkshire after making his professional debut in 2012.
Thomas Benjamin Abell is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.
Oliver Edward Robinson is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Sussex,having previously played for Yorkshire and Hampshire. He made his Test debut in 2021,and plays as a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Nathan Nicholas Gilchrist is a professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship. His debut came after he had earlier that season scored an unbeaten century at Headingley against a Yorkshire attack that included David Willey in a non-first class fixture.
