"David Lloyd (cricketer, born 1947) David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is an English former cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and Test and One Day International cricket for England. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley. He is known through the cricketing world as ""Bumble"" because of the ostensible similarity between his facial profile and those of the Bumblies, characters from Michael Bentine's children's television programmes. A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he played nine Tests, with a highest score of 214 not out, and eight One Day International matches. In first-class cricket he was a"
"of the ball, but relied primarily on pace, bounce, and accuracy. He was nicknamed ""Jumbo"". Kumble was selected as the Cricketer of the Year in 1993 ""Indian Cricket"", and one of the ""Wisden"" Cricketers of the Year three years later. Born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Kumble developed an early interest in cricket as he grew up watching players like B. S. Chandrasekhar before becoming a full-fledged cricketer. He made his First-class debut at the age of 19 while representing Karnataka. Soon he was picked up for the Austral-Asia Cup in 1990 before making his Test debut against England later that year."
"Frederick Gale Frederick Gale (16 July 1823 – 24 April 1904) was an English cricket writer and a cricketer who played in two first-class cricket matches in 1845. By profession Gale was a solicitor in Westminster and a Parliamentary agent, but he was also a prolific writer and journalist, often using the nom de plume ""Old Buffer"". His books included ""The Game of Cricket"" and the ghost-written memoirs of Robert Grimston and as a journalist and columnist he contributed to ""Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes"", continuing to write until his death. Gale was born at Woodborough in Wiltshire and"
"Frederick Gale Frederick Gale (16 July 1823 – 24 April 1904) was an English cricket writer and a cricketer who played in two first-class cricket matches in 1845. By profession Gale was a solicitor in Westminster and a Parliamentary agent, but he was also a prolific writer and journalist, often using the nom de plume ""Old Buffer"". His books included ""The Game of Cricket"" and the ghost-written memoirs of Robert Grimston and as a journalist and columnist he contributed to ""Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes"", continuing to write until his death. Gale was born at Woodborough in Wiltshire and"
"Anil Kumble Anil Kumble ( born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer and a former captain of Tests and ODIs, who played Tests and ODIs for 18 years. A right-arm leg spin (leg break googly) bowler, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker of all time (as of 2018, behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne). In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, Kumble dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings, joining England’s Jim Laker as the only players to achieve the feat. Unlike his contemporaries, Kumble was not a big turner"
"Keith Fletcher Keith William Robert Fletcher OBE (born 20 May 1944) is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was ""The Gnome of Essex"", so christened by his Essex teammate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted ""Fletcher was a tough cookie, a shrewd man who could bluff opponents like the most disarming of poker players. He evoked loyalty in his teammates and admiration from his opponents, even when they were beaten by the"
"five-wicket hauls and 8 ten-wicket hauls in Tests. He also took 2 ODI five-wicket hauls as well. Anil Kumble Anil Kumble ( born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer and a former captain of Tests and ODIs, who played Tests and ODIs for 18 years. A right-arm leg spin (leg break googly) bowler, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker of all time (as of 2018, behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne). In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, Kumble dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings, joining England’s Jim Laker"
"Hill has written a biography: Trevor Bailey Trevor Edward Bailey (3 December 1923 – 10 February 2011) was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster. An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: ""His stubborn refusal to be out normally brought more pleasure to the team than to the spectators."" This defensive style of play brought him the first of his nicknames, ""Barnacle Bailey"", but he was a good enough cricketer that he has retrospectively been calculated to have been the leading all-rounder in the world for most of"
"Huddle podcast. He has now become a commentator for Sky Sports cricket. Charles Dagnall Charles Edward Dagnall (born 10 July 1976), also known as Charlie Dagnall, is a former Bolton School pupil and first-class cricketer who played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler for Cumberland, Warwickshire and Leicestershire. After his retirement from cricket, Dagnall attempted a career in American football with the Leicester Falcons, playing at quarterback. He has worked as a commentator and pundit for BBC Radio Leicester, in addition to having his own drive time show. He has also commentated on T20, One Day Internationals and test matches (""Test"
"Trevor Bailey Trevor Edward Bailey (3 December 1923 – 10 February 2011) was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster. An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: ""His stubborn refusal to be out normally brought more pleasure to the team than to the spectators."" This defensive style of play brought him the first of his nicknames, ""Barnacle Bailey"", but he was a good enough cricketer that he has retrospectively been calculated to have been the leading all-rounder in the world for most of his international career. In later"
"""never flinched from the ball"". John Freemantle John Freemantle (1758, probably at Bishop Sutton, Hampshire – 3 August 1831 at Alresford, Hampshire) was an English cricketer who played for the legendary Hambledon Club. John Freemantle was the elder brother of the more famous Andrew Freemantle. He had only a short first-class career from the 1780 season until 1782, playing seven times for Hampshire. It is possible he gave up playing early due to injury. Freemantle was primarily a bowler and in ""Scores & Biographies"", it is said that he was ""tolerably fast"". He was a useful batsman but it is"
"grandfather, Ian Dalrymple, was a successful screenwriter, film director, and producer, who introduced Dirk Bogarde to the British Cinema in ""Esther Waters"" (1948). Jamie Dalrymple James William Murray Dalrymple (born 21 January 1981) is a Kenyan-born former English cricketer, who played ODIs and T20Is for England. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler. He is perhaps best known for taking a spectacular diving catch in a One Day International against Australia in 2007. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Dalrymple made a double-century in 2003, becoming only the third batsman to do so in a Varsity match. Dalrymple has represented England"
"David Busfield David Busfield (born 25 November 1953), also known by the nicknames of ""Dave"", and ""Bussy""/""Buzzy"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 514), Halifax (Heritage № 871), Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 897), Hull F.C. (Heritage №), and Dewsbury, as a back, or forward, and coached at club level for Dewsbury, Batley and Royal Air Force (RL). Busfield was born in Earlsheaton, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Dave Busfield played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing"
"psychological science at Swinburne University, Melbourne. Robin Smith (cricketer) Robin Arnold Smith (born 13 September 1963) is an English former cricketer. Smith was nicknamed Judge or Judgie for his resemblance to a judge when he grew his hair long. Like his older brother Chris, he was unable to play for the country of his birth because of the exclusion of the apartheid regime from international cricket, but because he had English parents he qualified to play for England. He played for England in eleven home test series and on six overseas tours from 1988 to 1996. Smith was best known"
"durable player. In one 1764 game against Chertsey, he played with a knee strain and a broken finger. Peter Stewart (cricketer) Peter ""Buck"" Stewart (1730–1796) was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club in its great days during the 1760s and 1770s. Known to have been nicknamed ""Buck"" because he was a ""natty dresser"", Stewart was a considerable player but one of many whose best years were before 1772 and whose records are mostly lost. Stewart worked as a carpenter, shoemaker and innkeeper. He is said to have been one of the team’s characters and a noted humorist."
"John Crabbe Stephen Allan John Crabbe (born 20 October 1954) is an English former professional footballer. He played for six Football League clubs, with his most successful spell coming at Gillingham. Crabbe, nicknamed ""Buster"" after the actor, was born in Weymouth, Dorset and began his career with Southampton where he graduated through the youth channels. He made his first-team debut in the FA Cup match against West Ham United on 4 January 1975, replacing David Peach who had been dropped following a poor performance in the previous league match. Described as ""a tenacious midfielder"", Crabbe retained his place for the"
"against the West Indies at Eden Gardens, Calcutta in the final of the Hero Cup, which was an Indian record for very long time. This record was broken by Stuart Binny on 17 June 2014 against Bangladesh. In January 1994, when Sri Lanka toured India, Kumble picked up his first 10 wicket haul in his 14th match which ensured India's victory by an innings and 119 runs. He picked up 11 wickets for 128 runs in the match. In 1995 English cricket season Kumble played for Northamptonshire and was the leading wicket taker with 105 wickets at the average of"
"Geoffrey Attenborough Geoffrey Robert Attenborough (born 17 January 1951) is a former South Australian cricketer who is considered unlucky by some judges to not have played for Australia. Attenborough is a left-arm fast-medium bowler and right-hand batsman who played for the Adelaide Cricket Club before making his debut for South Australia on 3 March 1973 against Western Australia at the WACA, taking 2/64 and scoring one and five. Attenborough soon gained a reputation for his ability to swing the ball both ways and led the South Australian attack throughout the late 1970s. He gained the nickname ""Horse"" for his willingness"
"Ian Botham Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English former cricketer and current cricket commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket. He played most of his first-class cricket for Somerset, and also for Worcestershire, Durham and Queensland. He was an aggressive right-handed batsman and, as a right arm fast-medium bowler, was noted for his swing bowling. He generally fielded close to the wicket, predominantly in the slips. In Test cricket, Botham scored 14 centuries with a highest score of 208,"
"Robin Smith (cricketer) Robin Arnold Smith (born 13 September 1963) is an English former cricketer. Smith was nicknamed Judge or Judgie for his resemblance to a judge when he grew his hair long. Like his older brother Chris, he was unable to play for the country of his birth because of the exclusion of the apartheid regime from international cricket, but because he had English parents he qualified to play for England. He played for England in eleven home test series and on six overseas tours from 1988 to 1996. Smith was best known for his abilities against fast bowling,"
"Humphrey Gilbert (cricketer) Humphrey Adam Gilbert (2 June 1886 – 19 July 1960) was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played in 118 matches. All of these were in England, with the majority for Worcestershire and Oxford University. Very much a specialist bowler, his ""Wisden"" obituary commented that ""His qualities as a batsman [could] be gauged from the fact that in his five innings against Cambridge he scored one run."" He was nicknamed Barmy Gilbert. Gilbert was born in Malabar Hill, Bombay (now Mumbai), but was educated in England, at Charterhouse, before going on to Christ Church, Oxford. He made"
"Arthur Kemble Arthur Twiss Kemble (3 February 1862 – 13 March 1925) was an English sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket with Lancashire. Kemble, a wicket-keeper, made his first-class debut in 1885 but had to wait until the retirement of gloveman Dick Pilling to become a regular fixture in the team. He had 50 dismissals in the 1891 season, the most by any wicket-keeper that year in English first-class cricket. Although he was unable to repeat his effort of effecting the most dismissals the following season, 1892, he did finish with the most stumpings. Other"
"Martin Bicknell Martin Paul Bicknell (born 14 January 1969 in Guildford, Surrey) is a former English cricketer. He played only four Test matches, but the last two, against South Africa in 2003, came ten years after the first two in the 1993 Ashes series. England had played 114 matches between his appearances, a record. He was considered most unlucky to be constantly overlooked for selection in home Test matches when constantly proving himself a prolific wicket taker in county cricket. He was a very effective medium-fast swing and seam bowler who reached one thousand first-class wickets for his county, Surrey,"
"Devon Malcolm Devon Eugene Malcolm (born 22 February 1963) is a former English cricketer. He played in 40 Test matches for his adopted country, but took part in just ten One Day Internationals. On his day he was one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket, but his playing style was also notable for his short-sightedness and poor catching, his powerful throwing arm, his perceived profligacy with the ball and his undoubted ineptitude with the bat, with his batting and fielding being described as of ""court-jester standard"". His under-average ability as a batsman seemed however to add to his popularity,"
"the globe, advising betting syndicates. In one particular country he is known as लीमे लीजेंड which translates to: the limey legend. Dan Furnival Daniel 'Dan' William Furnival (born 25 October 1978) is an English cricketer. Furnival is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born in Ashford, Kent. Furnival represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his only List A match he scored 9 runs. He currently plays club cricket for Hythe"
"Charlie Absolom Charles Alfred Absolom (7 June 1846 – 30 July 1889) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Kent County Cricket Club and England in the period from 1866 to 1879. Absolom was born at Blackheath, Kent, the son of Edward Absolom. He was educated at a school in Calne in Wiltshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He won Blues in cricket and athletics at Cambridge before graduating in 1870. He was nicknamed ""Cambridge Navvy"", a reference to his size and strength. In 18 matches for the university he took over 100 wickets and played in"
"he is referred to in all cricket sources, including contemporary reports, either by his surname or as “A. P. Lucas”. To the players under his leadership, he was simply “The Boss”. A. P. Lucas Alfred Perry (“Bunny”) Lucas (20 February 1857 – 12 October 1923) was an English first-class cricketer from 1874 to 1907, playing for Cambridge University, Surrey, Middlesex and Essex. He also played five Test matches for England. Lucas was educated at Uppingham School and Clare College, Cambridge. Even as a seventeen-year-old, Lucas proved himself an exceptional batsman with an innings of 136 against Marylebone Cricket Club and"
"as Rob Smyth reported in The Guardian, ""there are enough witnesses, one or two of them sober, to suggest that it happened"". The Southern Stand at Bellerive Oval was named ""David Boon Stand"" in his honour. David Boon David Clarence Boon MBE (born 29 December 1960) is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1996. A right-handed batsman and a very occasional off-spin bowler, he played First-class cricket for both his home state Tasmania and English county side Durham. Known for his portly figure and distinctive moustache, Boon scored more than 7,000 runs at Test level,"
"Geoff Pullar Geoffrey Pullar (1 August 1935 – 25 December 2014) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and Gloucestershire and in 28 Tests for England. His affectionate nickname was 'Noddy', not, as often said, because, once he was out, he was known to sleep often in the dressing room, but because he was once discovered watching the children's programme there. He was, in any case, a skilled batsman, rarely lifting the ball off the surface while driving elegantly and adept at accumulating by flicking the ball off his toes towards fine leg. Preferring to play off the front"
"John Emburey John Ernest Emburey (born 20 August 1952, Peckham, London) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England. According to cricket writer Colin Bateman, Emburey's participation in two South African rebel tours ""cost him six lost years as far as Test cricket was concerned... and, more significantly, probably an extended run as England captain, a job for which he was better suited than some who held the position post-Mike Brearley"". Emburey was a right arm spin bowler and a slightly eccentric but useful lower-order batsman with the style of a grafter."
"Webb. He was promoted to manager upon Webb's departure just three months later, but was himself dismissed before the end of the year. He later had a spell as assistant manager at Lordswood. John Crabbe Stephen Allan John Crabbe (born 20 October 1954) is an English former professional footballer. He played for six Football League clubs, with his most successful spell coming at Gillingham. Crabbe, nicknamed ""Buster"" after the actor, was born in Weymouth, Dorset and began his career with Southampton where he graduated through the youth channels. He made his first-team debut in the FA Cup match against West"
"John Freemantle John Freemantle (1758, probably at Bishop Sutton, Hampshire – 3 August 1831 at Alresford, Hampshire) was an English cricketer who played for the legendary Hambledon Club. John Freemantle was the elder brother of the more famous Andrew Freemantle. He had only a short first-class career from the 1780 season until 1782, playing seven times for Hampshire. It is possible he gave up playing early due to injury. Freemantle was primarily a bowler and in ""Scores & Biographies"", it is said that he was ""tolerably fast"". He was a useful batsman but it is said that when fielding he"
"heart attack in Cape Town in October 1999, aged 60. Johnny Byrne (footballer) John Joseph ""Johnny"" Byrne (13 May 1939 – 27 October 1999) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed ""Budgie"" due to his constant chattering. He played non-league football for Epsom Town and Guildford City Youth, before signing a professional contract with Crystal Palace in 1956. He joined West Ham United in 1962, and spent the next five years with the ""Hammers"". He returned to Crystal Palace in 1967, before joining Fulham the following year. He emigrated to South Africa in 1969"