Cricket

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People in Cricket

49 profiles

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Sachin Tendulkar

Scoring 100 international cricket centuries and helping India win the 2011 World Cup.

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Virat Kohli

Becoming a leading run-chaser in international cricket and captaining India across formats.

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M. S. Dhoni

Captaining India to the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy.

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Don Bradman

Finishing Test cricket with a batting average of 99.94.

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Muttiah Muralitharan

Taking 800 Test wickets, the highest total in the format.

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Viv Richards

Giving dominant West Indies teams an intimidating attacking batter.

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Brian Lara

Producing monumental cricket innings including 400 not out in a Test.

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Imran Khan

Captaining Pakistan to its first Cricket World Cup title.

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Wasim Akram

Mastering left-arm fast bowling and reverse swing.

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Shane Warne

Reviving the prominence of leg-spin bowling in international cricket.

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Shakib Al Hasan

Becoming a leading Bangladesh all-rounder across international formats.

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Mithali Raj

Building a long international batting career and captaining India to World Cup finals.

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Jhulan Goswami

Leading India’s pace attack across a twenty-year international career.

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Ellyse Perry

Representing Australia at World Cups in both cricket and football.

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Meg Lanning

Captaining Australia through a dominant era in women’s cricket.

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Kapil Dev

Captaining India to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1983.

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Charlotte Edwards

Captaining England to both women’s world cricket titles in 2009.

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Sunil Gavaskar

Becoming the first batter to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

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Suzie Bates

Leading New Zealand’s batting across two decades and winning the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup.

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Ricky Ponting

The Australian batting great who captained two Cricket World Cup-winning teams.

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Alyssa Healy

Winning major cricket titles as Australia’s attacking wicketkeeper-batter.

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Kumar Sangakkara

Scoring more than 12,000 Test runs and helping Sri Lanka win the 2014 World T20.

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Smriti Mandhana

Becoming one of India’s leading opening batters and a multiple ICC award winner.

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Waqar Younis

Making reverse swing one of fast bowling’s most feared weapons.

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Harmanpreet Kaur

Captaining India to its first Women’s Cricket World Cup title in 2025.

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Belinda Clark

Scoring the first double century in One Day International cricket.

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Sanath Jayasuriya

Transforming opening batting during Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup victory.

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Billy Barnes

Playing as an all-rounder for Nottinghamshire and England.

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Brendon McCullum

Captaining New Zealand to the 2015 World Cup final.

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Michael Holding

Bowling fast for the West Indies and winning the 1979 World Cup.

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Brett Lee

Bowling fast for Australia and winning the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

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Eric Rowan

Opening the batting for South Africa and scoring 236 at Headingley.

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Keith Miller

Playing a central all-round role in Australia’s 1948 Invincibles.

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Learie Constantine

Playing West Indies cricket and challenging racial discrimination in Britain.

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Marnus Labuschagne

Becoming a leading Australian Test batter.

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Desmond Haynes

Opening the batting for West Indies with Gordon Greenidge.

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Tamim Iqbal

Opening the batting for Bangladesh across three international formats.

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Javed Miandad

Hitting a last-ball six at Sharjah and helping Pakistan win the 1992 World Cup.

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Dick Motz

Becoming New Zealand’s first bowler to take 100 Test wickets.

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Martin Crowe

Captaining New Zealand to the 1992 World Cup semi-final.

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Arthur Mold

Taking more than 1,600 first-class wickets for an English cricket career centred on Lancashire.

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Frank Mitchell

Playing Test cricket for England and South Africa.

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Percy Chapman

Captaining England to regain the Ashes in 1926.

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Younis Khan

Leading Pakistan to the 2009 World Twenty20 title

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Majid Khan

Batting for Pakistan and captaining Cambridge University

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Clive Rice

All-round cricket and championship-winning captaincy at Nottinghamshire.

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Major Booth

Yorkshire all-round cricket before his death at the Somme.

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Alan Davidson

Left-arm swing bowling and all-round performances for Australia.

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Tom Hayward

Prolific opening batting for Surrey and England.