Marcus Edward Trescothick is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club,and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. He was Somerset captain from 2010 to 2016 and temporary England captain for several Tests and ODIs. Since retirement he has commentated and coached at both county and international level.
Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva also known as D. S. de Silva is a Sri Lankan former cricketer,who played Test and One Day International cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the first ODI cap for Sri Lanka,second test cap for Sri Lanka and was part of Sri Lanka's first test team. He bowled leg spin,and on the tour of Pakistan in 1982 he became the first Sri Lankan bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings. He was also the oldest player to lead Sri Lanka in test cricket during a test tour to New Zealand in 1983. He is also regarded as the longest serving spinner to have played for Sri Lanka and considered one of the finest leg spinners to have emerged from Sri Lanka.
Shaun David Udal is an English cricketer. An off spin bowler and lower-middle order batsman,he was a member of England's Test team for their tours to Pakistan and India in 2005/06.
David Lloyd Hemp is a Bermudian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler,who has played domestic cricket for Glamorgan,Free State,and Warwickshire. Hemp has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket. He is currently the batting coach of the Bangladesh cricket team.
Sonny Ramadhin,CM was a West Indian cricketer,and was a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indian origin,and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951. He is most famous for his performance in the West Indies' 1950 tour of England,which was immortalised in the song "Victory Calypso". He was also well known for his ability to turn the ball both ways and he was also largely known for using three short-legs along with close in fielders on the off-side during his playing days in order to exert more pressure on the batsmen. He was referred to as "a small neat man whose shirt-sleeves were always buttoned at the wrist". He was the last surviving member of the 1950 West Indies team that secured the West Indies' first-ever Test series win in England.
Abdul-Kadeer Ali is an English first-class cricketer who is currently Assistant Head Coach at Worcestershire,where he started his first class playing career. He later played for Gloucestershire,Leicestershire and minor counties side Staffordshire as well as appearing for England A. He was capped by Gloucestershire in 2005. He is of Pakistani descent and studied at Handsworth Grammar School.
Guy Welton was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He played First-class cricket for Nottinghamshire,and also played for Lincolnshire,and Derbyshire's Second XI.
Sir Francis Eden Lacey was an English cricketer,cricket administrator and barrister. Lacey played first-class cricket for Hampshire from 1880 to 1896,either side of the club losing its first-class status between 1886 and 1894;it was during this period that he captained Hampshire in 1888 and 1889. A prolific batsman for Hampshire,he scored over 2,000 runs for the county in 33 first-class appearances,which included a double century against Kent in 1884. As a roundarm slow bowler,he also took 45 wickets for Hampshire,including three five wicket hauls. He made additional appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),amongst others. In a minor fixture against Norfolk he made 323 runs,which remains the highest individual score in second-class county cricket.
Angelo Davis Mathews is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the national cricket team in all formats. Mathews currently plays all formats for Sri Lanka.,Mathews was a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the finals of 2011 Cricket World Cup,2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20. Mathews and Lasith Malinga hold the record for the highest ninth wicket partnership in ODI cricket.
Christopher Roger Woakes is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats. In domestic cricket,he represents Warwickshire,and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues,including for Kolkata Knight Riders,Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.
Paul Raymond Pollard is an English cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. As a player,he was an opening batsman who played over 300 games in first-class and List A cricket for Nottinghamshire before a shorter stay with Worcestershire. After retiring from top-line county cricket in 2002,he had one season with Lincolnshire and appeared twice for them in List A matches. His medium-pace bowling was of the occasional variety,and with it he captured four first-class wickets. He has also coached,including in Zimbabwe.
Jaik Charles Mickleburgh is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman,who used to play for Essex. Mickleburgh is in the Essex 1st team squad for the first time during the 2008 season. He has also played Minor Counties cricket for Norfolk &Suffolk. Mickleburgh also spent the 2007/2008 Australian season with the Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club playing in the Geelong Cricket Association,where he was warmly welcomed.
John Lawrence was a diminutive Yorkshire-born cricketing all-rounder whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immediately after the Second World War.
George Barkley Raikes was an English sportsman and clergyman. As a sportsman,he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire,as well as playing association football at international level for the England national football team. His ecclesiastical career lasted from his ordination in 1897,to his retirement in 1936.
Benjamin Andrew Stokes is an English international cricketer who is the captain of the England Test team and plays for the England team in ODIs and T20Is. Stokes is regarded as one of England's greatest all-rounders in the history of the sport. In domestic cricket,he represents Durham and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues around the world. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup.
Geoffrey Arthur Marlow was an English professional footballer who scored 20 goals from 86 appearances in the Football League playing as a winger for Lincoln City either side of the Second World War. He also played in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship for Lincolnshire.
Lewis Gregory is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler,Gregory made his senior cricket debut in 2010,representing Somerset against the touring Pakistanis. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.
Steven John Dean is a former English cricketer. Dean was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Cosford,Shropshire.
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.
William Cyril Newcome was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in a single match for Cambridge University in 1836 that has since been judged to have been first-class. He was born at Litcham,Norfolk and died at Feltwell Hall,also in Norfolk. The precise date of his birth is not known,but he was baptised at Litcham on 19 October 1813;his second name is spelled as "Cyrill" in the baptismal record.
