The National Counties,known as the Minor Counties before 2020,are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA),which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). There are currently twenty teams in National Counties cricket:nineteen representing historic counties of England,plus the Wales National County Cricket Club.
Ian David Blackwell is an English umpire and retired professional cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman,he played for England at One Day International (ODI) and Test level,and most recently played county cricket for Warwickshire in the second half of the 2012 season. He was born at Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
Michael Andrew Gough is an English cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Gough is an international umpire and is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires,representing the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Nicholas Charles Phillips is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. He played first-class cricket between 1993 and 2003 for Sussex and Durham in a career that lasted ten years. He played Twenty20 cricket in 2003,before joining Northumberland in 2005 in the Minor Counties Championship.
Martin Speight is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. After his education at Hurstpierpoint College and St Chad's College,Durham University,he played for Sussex,Wellington and Durham in first-class cricket,before capping off a 17-year career with Northumberland.
Lee James Goddard is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He has played for Loughborough UCCE,Derbyshire,the Yorkshire Cricket Board and Durham.
Robin Michael Swann Weston is an English cricketer who played for Durham,Derbyshire,and Middlesex.
Ian Broome was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Gloucestershire and Derbyshire in his first-class career.
Colin Campbell was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Durham.
Mitchell Eric Claydon is an Australian-English former first-class cricketer. Although he was born at Fairfield,New South Wales he holds a British passport. Claydon is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Claydon most recently played for Sussex County Cricket Club. In July 2021,Claydon announced that he would retire from cricket at the end of the 2021 season.
Ian Pattison is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Durham.
Jason Searle was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Durham and Wiltshire.
Ian Smith is a former English cricketer. Born in Shotley Bridge,County Durham,he was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Glamorgan and Durham.
Jonathan Luke Clare is an English cricketer who formerly played for Derbyshire. An all-rounder,he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Craig Piers Crowe is an English cricketer. Crowe is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Leicester,Leicestershire.
John George "Jackie" Fox was an English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Norton,County Durham.
Saeed Ahmed Hatteea is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman.
Ian Anthony Hawtin is an English cricketer. Hawtin is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Bicester,Oxfordshire.
Alexander Zak Lees is an English first-class cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional right arm leg-spin bowler,Lees is contracted to Durham,having previously played first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Lees made his international debut for the England cricket team in March 2022 against the West Indies.
Edgar William Elliot was an English cricketer and rugby union player. In cricket,Elliot was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium fast,while in rugby union he played on the wing. He was born in Roker,County Durham and died in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada on 23 March 1931.
