List of English international cricketers born outside of England

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A map of the world showing which countries England's international cricketers were born in.

This is a list of cricketers born outside England who have represented England's cricket team at Test, One Day International, or T20I level.

The country of birth is the only criterion applied; therefore, some of the players below may have very little relationship with the country of their birth, while others were born and bred in that particular country.

Elsewhere, other England internationals may be associated with a country but are not listed below because they were actually born in England. For example, Matthew Maynard, who is often listed as a Welsh cricketer because of his links with Anglesey and Glamorgan, was born in Oldham, Lancashire.

Countries of birth are listed under their current names and according to their current borders to avoid possible confusion. Therefore, players born in what is now Zimbabwe are listed as such, regardless of whether they were born in Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia or Zimbabwe. Similarly, Neal Radford was born in Luanshya in modern-day Zambia and is therefore listed under that country, although at the time Luanshya was part of the short-lived protectorate of Northern Rhodesia. Finally, Joseph McMaster is listed under Northern Ireland although his birthplace, County Down, was then part of Ireland.

Players born in seven Caribbean nations (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis) have played for England. Combining these countries in the tradition of the West Indies cricket team would give a total of 14 players.

In recent years, the England team has been perceived to benefit hugely from players born in South Africa. [1] [2] Since Andrew Strauss made his ODI debut in 2003, twelve other South African-born players have played international cricket for England.

After England won the World Cup final in 2019, references were made to the "diverse" nature of the team, [3] [4] which included four foreign-born players in the starting eleven: Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer.

As of 17 December 2022, 111 players born outside England have represented the national team, of a total of 761 players. [5]

List

Country of birthNumberPlayers
South Africa19 Basil D’Oliviera, Tony Greig, Ian Greig, Allan Lamb, Chris Smith, Robin Smith, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Jonathan Trott, Craig Kieswetter, Jade Dernbach, Stuart Meaker, Nick Compton, Michael Lumb, Jason Roy, Keaton Jennings, Tom Curran, Brydon Carse
India17 K.S. Ranjitsinhji, Teddy Wynyard, Richard Young, Neville Tufnell, Douglas Jardine, Duleepsinhji, Nawab of Pataudi Sr., Errol Holmes, Norman Mitchell-Innes, George Emmett, Colin Cowdrey, John Jameson, Bob Woolmer, Robin Jackman, Nasser Hussain, Vikram Solanki, Min Patel
Wales16 Johnnie Clay, Robert Croft, Jeff Jones, Tony Lewis, Austin Matthews, Hugh Morris, Gilbert Parkhouse, Pat Pocock, Greg Thomas, Maurice Turnbull, Cyril Walters, Steve Watkin, Allan Watkins, Simon Jones, Alan Jones, Phil Salt
Australia10 Billy Murdoch, John Ferris, Sammy Woods, Albert Trott, Gubby Allen, Adam Hollioake, Ben Hollioake, Jason Gallian, Tim Ambrose, Sam Robson
Scotland9 Mike Denness, Gavin Hamilton, Alec Kennedy, David Larter, Gregor MacGregor, Ian Peebles, Eric Russell, Dougie Brown, Peter Such
Republic of Ireland5 Leland Hone, Sir Tim O'Brien, Frederick Fane, Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan
Barbados4 Roland Butcher, Gladstone Small, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer
Northern Ireland3 Joseph McMaster, Martin McCague, Boyd Rankin
Zimbabwe3 Graeme Hick, Paul Parker, Gary Ballance
Germany2 Donald Carr, Paul Terry
Guyana2 Chris Lewis, Monte Lynch
Jamaica2 Norman Cowans, Devon Malcolm
Kenya2 Derek Pringle, Jamie Dalrymple
New Zealand2 Andy Caddick, Ben Stokes
Pakistan2 Usman Afzaal, Owais Shah
Trinidad and Tobago2 Lord Harris, Pelham Warner
St Vincent and the Grenadines2 Wilf Slack, Neil Williams
Zambia2 Phil Edmonds, Neal Radford
Hong Kong2 Dermot Reeve, Sam Hain
Denmark1 Amjad Khan
Dominica1 Phillip DeFreitas
Italy1 Ted Dexter
Papua New Guinea1 Geraint Jones
Peru1 Freddie Brown
St Kitts and Nevis1 Joey Benjamin

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  2. ↑ "Australia will field four overseas-born players at the SCG". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "England's diverse cricket team represents the very best of our country". inews.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Horovitz, David. "How an England team of many colors conquered the world at cricket's grand final". www.timesofisrael.com.
  5. ↑ 710 players have represented England at Test level. A further 47 players have only represented England in limited overs cricket, and 4 only at T20 level.
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