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James Langridge was an English cricketer,who played for Sussex and England. He played in eight Tests than spanned either side of World War II.
Michael Howard Yardy is an English cricket coach and former professional cricketer who played limited over internationals for the England cricket team between 2006 and 2015. He played as a left-handed batsman and captained Sussex County Cricket Club. His unusual batting technique attracted a great deal of attention due to a pronounced shuffle from leg to off immediately prior to the bowler releasing the ball. Yardy also bowled slow left arm with a characteristic round armed action,and was used as a bowling all-rounder in England's One Day International and Twenty20 International teams. Yardy retired from professional cricket at the end of the 2015 season. Yardy was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
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.
Aaron James Finch is a former Australian international cricketer who served as the captain of the Australian cricket team in ODI and T20I cricket. In domestic cricket,he currently plays for and captains the San Francisco Unicorns of Major League Cricket Finch currently holds the record for two of the three highest individual scores in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I),his score of 172 against Zimbabwe in July 2018 beating his previous record of 156 against England in 2013. Finch was a part of the Australian team that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup,and six years later as Australia's captain,Finch also led Australia to win the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup,which was the maiden T20 World Cup title for the country. In July 2018,he became the first player to reach 900 rating points on the official International Cricket Council (ICC) T20I rankings. He made his Test debut for Australia in October 2018. He is also a part time commentator with Fox Cricket and Triple M. Finch has played domestically for Victoria and Melbourne Renegades. He is an opening batter,and occasional left arm orthodox spinner.
Mark Newell is a former English cricketer and current first class umpire. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1995 and 1999. He joined the ECB panel of first class umpires in 2017.
Gehan Dixon Mendis is an former cricketer who was an opening batsman for Sussex and Lancashire between 1974 and 1993. He was part of the Lancashire team that won the 1990 Benson &Hedges Cup and 1990 NatWest Trophy. Mendis scored over 21,000 runs in his first-class career.
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.
Christopher David Nash is a retired English cricketer who represented Sussex and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in an 18-year professional career.
Laurie John Evans is an English cricketer,contracted to Surrey County Cricket Club. A right-handed top-order batsman,he has previously represented Warwickshire,Northamptonshire and Sussex in county cricket,and since 2019 has been selected for global Twenty20 leagues,representing Rajshahi Kings,Multan Sultans,St Kitts &Nevis Patriots,Colombo Kings and the Perth Scorchers.
Brighton and Hove Cricket Club,nicknamed The Mighty Bensons,is an amateur cricket club based in East Sussex,in southern England. Their top team secured the Sussex Cricket League championship in 2000 and in 2007. Based since 1991 at the Nevill Sports Ground in Hove,southern England,the club achieved success in 1979 when it won both the first and second eleven competitions in the Sussex League,while playing at Horsdean.
George Richard Angus Campbell is an English cricketer. Campbell is a left-handed batsman who plays occasionally as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Hammersmith,London.
Jason Mark Robinson is a former English cricketer. Robinson was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Lichfield,Staffordshire.
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Harry Zacariah Finch is an English cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. Finch played forSussex between 2013 and 2020 before signing for Kent in 2021,initially on a short-term contract.
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 Philip Alsop is an English first-class cricketer. Born in High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire,Alsop is a left-handed batsman who plays as a wicket-keeper,and plays for Sussex.
Philip Dean Salt is a professional cricketer,who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club,and previously for Sussex. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batsman,he sometimes keeps wicket and,less frequently,bowls right-arm medium-pace. Salt made his international debut for England in July 2021. Born in Wales,he moved in his youth to Barbados and then to England. Salt was part of the England team that won the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup.
Jordan Matthew Cox is an English professional cricketer. He signed his first professional contract with Kent County Cricket Club in October 2018,having joined the county club at age 10,played for them at age-group levels and been a member of the club's academy programme,winning the John Aitken Gray award as the best academy scholar in 2018.
Archie David Lenham is an English professional cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. Lenham is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
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- ↑ Jason Finch, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-07-11.