List of English international cricketers born outside of England
This is a list of cricketers born outside England who have represented England's cricket team at test, one day international, or T20I level.
The country of birth is the only criterion applied; therefore, some of the players below may have very little relationship with their country of their birth, while others were born and bred in that particular country.
Conversely, other England players may be associated with a country (such as Matthew Maynard, who is often listed as a Welsh cricketer because of his links with Anglesey and Glamorgan), but they are not listed below because they were actually born in England.
Countries of birth are listed under their current names and according to their current borders for convenience's sake. Therefore, players born in modern-day Zimbabwe are listed under that country, regardless of whether they were born in Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia or Zimbabwe. Similarly, Neal Radford was born in Luanshya in modern-day Zambia and is therefore listed under that country, although at the time Luanshya was part of the short-lived protectorate of Northern Rhodesia. Finally, Joseph McMaster is listed under Northern Ireland although his birthplace, County Down, was then part of Ireland.
In recent years, the England team has been perceived to benefit hugely from players born in South Africa.[1][2] Since Andrew Strauss made his ODI debut in 2003, ten other South African-born players have played international cricket for England.
In total, 106 players born abroad have represented England, of a total of 728 players.[3]
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References
- ↑ "A new beginning for England?". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Australia will field four overseas-born players at the SCG". News.com.au. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ↑ As of March 15 2018, 683 players have represented England at test level. A further 43 players have represented England at ODI level, and 2 only at T20 level.