List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations

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.

Name	Place of birth	Country of birth	Country played for	Test career	Test caps
Shakeel Ahmed	Kuwait City	Kuwait [1]	Pakistan	1998	1
Tanvir Ahmed	Kuwait City	Kuwait [2]	Pakistan	2010–2013	5
Freddie Brown	Lima	Peru [3]	England	1931–1953	22
Tom Campbell [a]	Edinburgh	Scotland [4]	South Africa	1910–1912	5
Donald Carr	Wiesbaden	Germany [5]	England	1951–1952	2
Frederick Cook	Java	Dutch East Indies [6]	South Africa	1896	1
Mike Denness [a]	Bellshill	Scotland [7]	England	1969–1975	28
Ted Dexter	Milan	Italy [8]	England	1958–1968	62
Phil Edmonds	Lusaka	Northern Rhodesia [9]	England	1975–1987	51
Ashok Gandotra	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil [10]	India	1969	2
Gavin Hamilton [b]	Broxburn, West Lothian	Scotland [11]	England [c]	1999	1
George Headley	Colón	Panama [12]	West Indies	1930–1954	22
Moisés Henriques	Funchal	Portugal [13]	Australia	2013–2016	4
Molly Hide	Shanghai	China [14]	England	1934-1954	15
Charles Hime	St. George's [15]	Bermuda [16]	South Africa	1896	1
David Ironside	Lourenço Marques	Mozambique [17]	South Africa	1953–1954	3
Archie Jackson [a]	Rutherglen	Scotland [18]	Australia	1929–1931	8
Geraint Jones	Kundiawa	Papua New Guinea [19]	England [d]	2004–2006	34
Alec Kennedy [a]	Edinburgh	Scotland [20]	England	1922–1923	5
Amjad Khan	Copenhagen	Denmark [21]	England	2009	1
David Larter [a]	Inverness	Scotland [22]	England	1962–1965	10
Jan Lumsden	Musselburgh	Scotland [23]	Australia	1976–1978	6
Gregor MacGregor [a]	Edinburgh	Scotland [24]	England	1890–1893	8
Fish Markham	Mbabane	Swaziland [25]	South Africa	1949	1
Shan Masood	Kuwait City	Kuwait [26]	Pakistan	2013–	10
Jehan Mubarak	Washington, DC	United States [27]	Sri Lanka	2002–2015	13
Buster Nupen	Ålesund	Norway [28]	South Africa	1921–1936	17
Steve O'Keefe	Penang	Malaysia [29]	Australia	2014–2017	8
Henry Olonga	Lusaka	Zambia [30]	Zimbabwe	1995–2002	30
Dipak Patel	Nairobi	Kenya Colony [31]	New Zealand	1987–1997	37
Ian Peebles [a]	Aberdeen	Scotland [32]	England	1927–1931	13
Derek Pringle	Nairobi	Kenya [33]	England	1982–1992	30
Neal Radford	Luanshya	Northern Rhodesia [34]	England	1986–1988
Lindsay Reeler	–	Northern Rhodesia [35]	Australia	1984–1987	3
Dermot Reeve	Kowloon	Hong Kong [36]	England	1992	3
Gordon Rowe [a]	Glasgow	Scotland [37]	New Zealand	1946	1
Eric Russell [a]	Dumbarton	Scotland [38]	England	1961–1967	10
Nat Sciver-Brunt	Tokyo	Japan	England [39]	2014-	10
Lall Singh	Kuala Lumpur	British Malaya [40]	India	1932	1
Peter Such [b]	Helensburgh	Scotland [41]	England	1993–1999	11
Paul Terry	Osnabrück	West Germany [42]	England	1984	2
John Traicos	Zagazig	Egypt [43]	South Africa, Zimbabwe	1970–1993	7
Qasim Umar	Nairobi	Kenya [44]	Pakistan	1983–1986	26
Ken Weekes	Boston	United States [45]	West Indies	1939	2
Dick Westcott	Lisbon	Portugal [46]	South Africa	1954–1958	5

1. At the time they played Test cricket, the England team represented all of Great Britain
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

References

1. "Shakeel Ahmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
2. "Tanvir Ahmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. "Freddie Brown". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
4. "Tom Campbell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
5. "Donald Carr". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
6. "Frederick Cook". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
7. "Mike Denness". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
8. "Ted Dexter". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
9. "Phil Edmonds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
10. "Ashok Gandotra". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
11. "Gavin Hamilton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
12. "George Headley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
13. "Moisés Henriques". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
14. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-molly-hide-1600835.html
15. South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005
16. "Charles Hime". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
17. "David Ironside". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
18. "Archie Jackson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
19. "Geraint Jones". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
20. "Alec Kennedy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
21. "Amjad Khan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
22. "David Larter". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
23. "Jan Lumsden". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
24. "Gregor MacGregor". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
25. "Fish Markham". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
26. "Shan Masood". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
27. "Jehan Mubarak". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
28. "Buster Nupen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
29. "Steve O'Keefe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
30. "Henry Olonga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
31. "Dipak Patel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
32. "Ian Peebles". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
33. "Derek Pringle". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
34. "Neal Radford". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
35. "Lindsay Reeler". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
36. "Dermot Reeve". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
37. "Gordon Rowe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
38. "Eric Russell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
39. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/nat-sciver-brunt-515905
40. "Lall Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
41. "Peter Such". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
42. "Paul Terry". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
43. "John Traicos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
44. "Qasim Umar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
45. "Ken Weekes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
46. "Dick Westcott". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

External links

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