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Kepler Christoffel Wessels is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor.
Chris Zinzan Harris is a former New Zealand cricketer who became,over the course of the 1990s,a folk-hero in New Zealand cricket.
Robert Graeme Pollock is a former cricketer for South Africa,Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family,Pollock is widely regarded as one of South Africa's greatest ever cricketers,and as one of the finest batsmen to have played Test cricket. Despite Pollock's international career being cut short at the age of 26 by the sporting boycott of South Africa,and all but one of his 23 Test matches being against England and Australia,the leading cricket nations of the day,he broke a number of records. His completed career Test match batting average of 60.97 remains fourth best after Sir Donald Bradman's (99.94),Steve Smith's,and Adam Voges's averages.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni,is a former international cricketer who captained the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is currently the captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK),a franchise based team of Indian Premier League. Having won the triple ICC limited-overs tournament as captain and brought the Indian cricket team to number one position in ICC test rankings in 2009,Dhoni is often considered as the greatest captain of Indian cricket team. Furthermore,he led CSK to win 2010,2011,2018 and 2021 edition of IPL,becoming second most successful IPL captain after Rohit Sharma.
The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is the domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by teams from all nine provinces of South Africa.
Lee Kenneth Germon is a former New Zealand cricketer,wicket-keeper and former captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era. He was made captain of New Zealand on his Test debut and he holds the unofficial record for the most runs (70),from a single over in first-class cricket.
Nic Pothas is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and fielded as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches,he has taken over 500 catches. Pothas is an accomplished batsman,with an average of over 40 in first-class cricket.
Denis Thomson Lindsay was a South African cricketer who played 19 Test matches for South Africa between 1963 and 1970. His outstanding series was against Australia in 1966–67,when he scored 606 runs in seven innings,including three centuries,took 24 catches as wicketkeeper and conceded only six byes.
Allan Arthur Jones is an English cricket umpire and a retired cricketer. When he joined Glamorgan in 1980 he became the first cricketer to represent four English first-class counties.
Sohail Khan is a Pakistani cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler,he gained instant recognition during his debut first-class season in 2007 when he broke Fazal Mahmood's record for the best bowling figures by a Pakistani in a first-class match. Shortly afterwards he made his international debut,in an ODI against Zimbabwe. Khan was part of the team for 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Neil Andrew Fusedale is a former English cricketer. Kendrick was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Hendon,Middlesex.
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The Arunachal Pradesh cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Arunachal Pradesh in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018,the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season,including the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. However,prior to the start of the tournament,the team did not have a ground to play first-class cricket on. Ahead of the 2018-19 season,Gursharan Singh was appointed as the team's coach.
The Sikkim cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Sikkim in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018,the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season,including the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. However,prior to the start of the tournament,the team did not have a ground to play first-class cricket on. Unlike some of the other new teams,Sikkim decided to enter their first List A competition with a team made up entirely of home-grown players. Ahead of the 2018–19 season,Sanjeev Sharma was appointed as the team's coach.
The Uttarakhand cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Uttarakhand in Indian domestic competitions.
