Javagal Srinath, is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers,and was the first Indian fast bowler to take more than 300 wickets in One Day Internationals. With India,Srinath was a member of the Indian team that was the joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy,a title they shared with Sri Lanka,and was a member of the team that were runners-up in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Ashley Fraser Giles is a former English first-class cricketer,who played 54 Test matches and 62 One Day Internationals for England before being forced to retire due to a recurring hip injury. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
Brett Lee is an Australian former international cricketer,who played all three formats of the game. During his international career,Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. With his time representing Australia,Lee won multiple ICC titles with the team:the 2003 Cricket World Cup,the 2007 Cricket World Cup,the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy,and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Lee was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 format of the game which he did in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in the inaugural tournament against Bangladesh,subsequently being the first bowler to do so at an ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Lee was also the first Australian bowler to take a hat-trick at a Cricket World Cup which he did in the 2003 Cricket World Cup Super Match game against Kenya.
Shane Edward Bond is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer and present bowling coach of Rajasthan Royals,described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee",and often among the greatest fast bowlers of his era. He represented New Zealand in Test,ODI and Twenty20 International cricket and played for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English domestic cricket. A right-arm fast bowler,his fastest recorded delivery was clocked at 156.4 km/h against India in the 2003 World Cup.
Simon Philip Jones is a Welsh former cricketer,and data analytics head. He played international cricket for England,and county cricket for Glamorgan,Worcestershire and Hampshire,before retiring in 2013. His father,Jeff Jones,played cricket for Glamorgan and England in the 1960s.
Michael Scott Kasprowicz is a former Australian international cricketer,who played all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He represented Queensland and played in the English county scene at first class level.
Stephen James Harmison,is an English former first-class cricketer,who played all formats of the game. Primarily a fast bowler,he represented England in 63 Tests,58 ODIs,and 2 T20s. He also played county cricket for Durham and Yorkshire.
Bruce Anthony Reid is a former Australian international cricketer. A 203 cm tall left-arm fast-medium bowler,Reid also played domestically for his home state Western Australia. He was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup,and is the first Australian to take a hat-trick in the ODI format of the game.
Shaun "The Wild Thing" Tait is a former Australian professional cricketer who was appointed as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team in February 2022. He played as a right arm fast bowler and represented Australia in all three forms of cricket,but had most success in One Day Internationals,in which he was a member of Australia's undefeated team at the 2007 Cricket World Cup,and Twenty20 cricket. Tait won four different awards throughout his career including the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year in 2004. He is considered one of the fastest bowlers of all time. Tait was a member of the Australian team that won the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Matthew James Hoggard,is a former English cricketer,who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008,playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman.
Hampshire 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 Hampshire. Hampshire teams formed by earlier organisations,principally the Hambledon Club,always had first-class status and the same applied to the county club when it was founded in 1863. Because of poor performances for several seasons until 1885,Hampshire then lost its status for nine seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895,since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Hampshire originally played at the Antelope Ground,Southampton until 1885 when they relocated to the County Ground,Southampton until 2000,before moving to the purpose-built Rose Bowl in West End,which is in the Borough of Eastleigh. The club has twice won the County Championship,in the 1961 and 1973 seasons.
James Michael Anderson is an English international cricketer who plays for the England Test cricket team and Lancashire,and previously played for England's limited overs cricket teams. Anderson is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time by English cricket fans. He holds the record for most wickets by a pace bowler in Test cricket history,having taken over 650 Test wickets.
Christopher Timothy Tremlett is a former English cricketer who played international cricket for England and domestically for Hampshire and Surrey. He was a 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall fast-medium bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces. Tremlett started his playing career with Hampshire in 2000 and was awarded his county cap in 2004. He made his One Day International debut in 2005,and two years later played his first Test. Tremlett played three Tests in 2007 before injury interrupted.
Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas is a former English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler,he played internationally for England,as well as domestically for Hampshire. He holds the record for most runs in an over in a One Day International for England,with 30,scored off Yuvraj Singh of India on 5 September 2007. He was the bowling coach for both Otago Volts and the New Zealand national cricket team. He stood down after the 2016 summer for family reasons,which coincided with the retirements of the McCullum Brothers.
Jason Lewry is an English former cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Born in Worthing,he played for Sussex from the beginning of his career in 1994 until his retirement in 2009,a career spanning 16 years,in spite of numerous injuries.
Geoffrey Merton Griffin was a Test cricketer who toured England with the South African cricket team in 1960,appearing in two Test matches. A right-arm,fast bowler and lower order batsman,his selection for the tour was controversial,because of his suspect bowling action –some of his deliveries were judged to be thrown rather than bowled. The core of his problem was that,due to a childhood accident,he was unable to fully straighten his right arm.
Michael John Lumb is a former South African-born English cricketer,who played for Yorkshire,Hampshire,and Nottinghamshire at county level and England in Twenty20 International cricket and One Day International cricket. Born and raised in South Africa,Lumb is a left-handed opening batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He became only the second cricketer after Dennis Amiss to score a century on ODI debut for England and ninth player overall to do so. Lumb was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Graham Onions is an English former cricketer. He played for Durham,Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season,Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket,and following success in the series,was retained for the 2009 Ashes series. In April 2010,Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him as one of its five cricketers of the year for 2009. A back injury in March 2010 prevented Onions from playing cricket until 2011. He returned to competitive cricket that season,taking 50 wickets in the County Championship,and towards the end of the year was called up to England's Test squad. However,in September 2020,Onions announced his retirement from cricket after his back injury returned.
Benjamin William Hilfenhaus is an Australian former professional cricketer who played for Tasmania in Australian domestic cricket and for the Australia national cricket team. He is right-arm fast-medium bowler known for his ability to swing the ball. Hilfenhaus plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club. He made his first-class cricket debut in the 2005/06 season and his haul of 39 wickets was a record for someone playing their first season for Tasmania. Before he was given a full-time contract for 2006/07,he worked as a bricklayer as well as playing cricket. He has best bowling figures of 7/58 in first-class cricket,achieved in his first season for Tasmania. During his time with Australia,Hilfenhaus won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.
Peter Matthew Siddle is an Australian cricketer. He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who currently plays for Victoria in first-class and List A cricket,and for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League. He has played Test cricket for Australia over an eight-year period from 2008 to 2016,before being recalled for the Test series against Pakistan in 2018. Peter Siddle retired from International cricket in December 2019. During his time with Australia,Siddle won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.
