List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations

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Geraint Jones was born in Papua New Guinea, brought up in Australia, and represented England at Test cricket via his Welsh parents Geraint Jones.jpg
Geraint Jones was born in Papua New Guinea, brought up in Australia, and represented England at Test cricket via his Welsh parents

This is a list of Test cricketers who were born in a country that does not currently play Test cricket.

Updated 24 Oct 2023. Players in bold are still active.

NamePlace of birthCountry of birthCountry played forTest careerTest caps
Shakeel Ahmed Kuwait City Kuwait [1] Pakistan 19981
Tanvir Ahmed Kuwait City Kuwait [2] Pakistan 2010–20135
Freddie Brown Lima Peru [3] England 1931–195322
Tom Campbell [a] Edinburgh Scotland [4] South Africa 1910–19125
Donald Carr Wiesbaden Germany [5] England 1951–19522
Frederick Cook Java Dutch East Indies [6] South Africa 18961
Mike Denness [a] Bellshill Scotland [7] England 1969–197528
Ted Dexter Milan Italy [8] England 1958–196862
Phil Edmonds Lusaka Northern Rhodesia [9] England 1975–198751
Ashok Gandotra Rio de Janeiro Brazil [10] India 19692
Gavin Hamilton [b] Broxburn, West Lothian Scotland [11] England [c] 19991
George Headley Colón Panama [12] West Indies 1930–195422
Moisés Henriques Funchal Portugal [13] Australia 2013–20164
Molly Hide Shanghai Qing China [14] England 1934-195415
Charles Hime St. George's [15] Bermuda [16] South Africa 18961
David Ironside Lourenço Marques Mozambique [17] South Africa 1953–19543
Archie Jackson [a] Rutherglen Scotland [18] Australia 1929–19318
Geraint Jones Kundiawa Papua New Guinea [19] England [d] 2004–200634
Alec Kennedy [a] Edinburgh Scotland [20] England 1922–19235
Amjad Khan Copenhagen Denmark [21] England 20091
David Larter [a] Inverness Scotland [22] England 1962–196510
Jan Lumsden Musselburgh Scotland [23] Australia 1976–19786
Gregor MacGregor [a] Edinburgh Scotland [24] England 1890–18938
Fish Markham Mbabane Swaziland [25] South Africa 19491
Shan Masood Kuwait City Kuwait [26] Pakistan 2013–10
Jehan Mubarak Washington, DC United States [27] Sri Lanka 2002–201513
Buster Nupen Ålesund Norway [28] South Africa 1921–193617
Steve O'Keefe Penang Malaysia [29] Australia 2014–20178
Henry Olonga Lusaka Zambia [30] Zimbabwe 1995–200230
Dipak Patel Nairobi Kenya Colony [31] New Zealand 1987–199737
Ian Peebles [a] Aberdeen Scotland [32] England 1927–193113
Derek Pringle Nairobi Kenya [33] England 1982–199230
Neal Radford Luanshya Northern Rhodesia [34] England 1986–1988
Lindsay Reeler – Northern Rhodesia [35] Australia 1984–19873
Dermot Reeve Kowloon Hong Kong [36] England 19923
Gordon Rowe [a] Glasgow Scotland [37] New Zealand 19461
Eric Russell [a] Dumbarton Scotland [38] England 1961–196710
Nat Sciver-Brunt Tokyo Japan England [39] 2014-10
Lall Singh Kuala Lumpur British Malaya [40] India 19321
Peter Such [b] Helensburgh Scotland [41] England 1993–199911
Paul Terry Osnabrück West Germany [42] England 19842
John Traicos Zagazig Egypt [43] South Africa, Zimbabwe 1970–19937
Qasim Umar Nairobi Kenya [44] Pakistan 1983–198626
Ken Weekes Boston United States [45] West Indies 19392
Dick Westcott Lisbon Portugal [46] South Africa 1954–19585
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 At the time they played Test cricket, the England team represented all of Great Britain
  2. 1 2 At the time of their birth, the England team represented all of Great Britain
  3. ↑ Hamilton also played ODIs and T20Is for Scotland
  4. ↑ Jones also played 2 ODIs for Papua New Guinea

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