Wahab Riaz is a Pakistani cricket administrator and former cricketer who is the chief selector of Pakistan national cricket team from 17 November 2023. He also served as an advisor to the chief minister of Punjab for sports and youth affairs,in the caretaker government headed by Mohsin Raza Naqvi.
Temba Bavuma is a South African international cricketer who is the current captain of the South African cricket team in Tests and ODI cricket,and formerly captained in T20I. He is now predominantly a right-handed opening batsman. He was the first black African cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa and the first to captain the side. Bavuma is one of three South African cricketers to score a century on ODI debut,scoring 113 runs against Ireland in September 2016.
Kamrul Islam Rabbi is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played for Barisal Division from the 2008–09 season. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Mignon du Preez is a former South African cricketer,who was the women's team captain in all three forms of cricket,Test matches,ODIs and T20Is,from 2007 to 2018. A right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper,du Preez made her debut for the South Africa national women's cricket team in January 2007,aged seventeen. Besides being the South African player with most matches as captain in both ODIs and T20Is,she is the highest run-scorer for South Africa women in ODIs and T20Is. In April 2022,du Preez announced her retirement from Test and ODI cricket,allowing her to focus on the shorter format of the game and spend more time with her family. In December 2022,she further announced her retirement from T20Is,but confirmed her continued availability for domestic T20 leagues.
Andrew Balbirnie is an Irish cricketer,the current captain of the Ireland cricket team in Test cricket. Balbirnie is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He was born in Dublin and was educated at St. Andrew's College. He was one of the 11 cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match,against Pakistan,in May 2018. In December 2018,he was one of 19 players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.
Simon Ross Harmer is a South African international cricketer. He plays for South Africa primarily as an off-break bowler but is also a capable lower order batsman. He plays domestic cricket for Titans.
Kagiso Rabada is a South African international cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his international debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his Test debut in November 2015. By January 2018,he had topped both the ICC ODI bowler rankings and the ICC Test bowler rankings aged 22. In July 2018,he became the youngest bowler to take 150 wickets in Tests.
Thomas Kevin Curran,is an English cricketer who represents England in Test matches,One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. He plays for Surrey County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder. He made his international debut for England in June 2017. He is the son of former Zimbabwe international cricketer Kevin Curran,and the brother of both Northamptonshire CCC batsman Ben Curran and England and Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran.
Marnus Labuschagne is an Australian interntaional cricketer who captains Queensland and plays for Glamorgan in county cricket and for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. Labuschagne has been ranked as high as no.1 in the ICC Test batting rankings,and is considered as one of the best Test batsmen in the world. Labuschagne was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Keshav Athmanand Maharaj is a South African professional cricketer. Maharaj represents the South Africa national team in Tests,One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. He is currently the vice-captain of the side in limited overs cricket. Maharaj also captains Durban's Super Giants in the SA20.
Mitchell Joseph Swepson is an Australian cricketer. A leg-spin bowler,he made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in June 2018,and plays for Queensland and the Brisbane Heat in Australian domestic cricket. Swepson was a member of the Australian team that won the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Faheem Ashraf is a Pakistani international cricketer who represents the national side and plays first-class cricket for Faisalabad.
Matthew William Parkinson is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019. Parkinson made his Test debut for England in June 2022,as a concussion substitute. His twin brother,Callum,plays cricket for Durham CCC.
The South African cricket team toured England and Wales between May and August 2017,playing three One Day Internationals (ODIs),three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and four Test matches. The ODI matches were in preparation for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy,which took place in England and Wales during June. Extra security was provided to South Africa for the ODI series following the Manchester Arena bombing. England won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20 series 2–1.
Harry Cherrington Brook is an English cricketer who plays international cricket for England and domestic cricket for Yorkshire. Primarily a right-handed batsman,he also bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his international debut for England in January 2022.
Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder,known as Wiaan Mulder,is a South African first-class cricketer. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for South Africa in October 2017 and his Test debut in March 2019. In domestic cricket,Mulder plays for Imperial Lions and Gauteng. He was born in Johannesburg and educated at St Stithians College. He played age-group cricket for Gauteng from under-13 level onwards.
William George Jacks is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batter and off spin bowler. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in December 2022.
Naseem Shah is a Pakistani international cricketer. In October 2019,at the age of 16,he was called up to the Pakistan cricket team for their Test series against Australia. He made his international debut for Pakistan in November 2019 against Australia,becoming the ninth-youngest player to make his debut in Test cricket. In December 2019,in the second Test match against Sri Lanka,he became the second youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match,and also the youngest pace bowler to do so. In February 2020,in the first Test against Bangladesh,he became the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick in a Test match.
Haris Rauf is a Pakistani cricketer. In He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in January 2020. He made his Twenty20 debut for the Lahore Qalandars in the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy on 5 October 2018. In November 2018,he was selected by the Lahore Qalandars in the players' draft for the 2019 Pakistan Super League tournament. He made his Test debut against England in December 2022.
Curtis Campher is a South African-born Irish cricketer who plays for the Ireland cricket team and Munster Reds. Campher made his international debut for Ireland in June 2020. In October 2021,Campher became the first bowler for Ireland to take a hat-trick in a Twenty20 International (T20I) match,going on to take four wickets in four balls,becoming only the third bowler to do so.
