"Alec Stewart Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963) is a former English cricketer, and former captain of the England cricket team, who played Tests and ODIs as a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman. He is the third most capped English cricketer of all time in Test matches and 3rd most capped in One Day Internationals (ODIs), having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs. The younger son of former English Test cricketer Micky Stewart, Stewart was educated at Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames. He made his debut for Surrey in 1981, earning a reputation as an aggressive opening batsman and"
"Alastair Cook Alastair Nathan Cook, (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and formerly for England in all international formats. A former captain of the England Test and One-Day International (ODI) teams, he holds a number of English and international records. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen ever to play for England, and is one of the most prolific batsmen of the modern era. Cook is the fifth highest Test run scorer of all time. Cook is England’s most-capped player and has captained the team in an English record"
"he left Bath to become the England team's scrum coach. Neal Hatley Neal Hatley (born 23 December 1969) is a rugby union footballer who played at prop for London Irish and the University of Natal. On 16 May 2007 he was selected to captain the England Saxons squad for the forthcoming Churchill Cup tournament in England, which he captained to victory lifting the Churchill Cup. He is the most capped player of the Premiership ever. After his playing career, he moved into coaching with the London Irish youth academy. Hatley joined Bath Rugby for the 2012/13 season where he was"
"Capes is the most capped British male athlete of all time, receiving 67 International caps, and returning 35 wins, not including a further 35 caps for England. He is a winner of 17 national titles including being 7 times a winner of the AAA championship and three times UK champion, In 1983 he was voted Britain's best ever field athlete and his 1980 British shot-put record stood until 2003, when Carl Myerscough took the mantle. As a strongman, Capes became a household name in Britain and many parts of the world. He was particularly known for his incredible hand and"
"Alan Knott was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was named in Wisden's all-time Test World XI. His son James has also played first-class cricket for Surrey and Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. Alan Knott Alan Philip Eric Knott (born 9 April 1946) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). Knott is widely regarded as one of the most eccentric characters in cricket, and is also regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keepers to ever play the game. He was described by"
"Peter Winterbottom Peter James Winterbottom (born 31 May 1960 in Otley, West Yorkshire), is a former England rugby union footballer who played as an openside flanker. He was England's most-capped openside (with 58 caps) until being overtaken by Neil Back in 2003. He made his England debut on 2 January 1982 against Australia, and his final appearance on 20 March 1993 against Ireland. Winterbottom was known for his work rate, durability, hard tackling and courage. He was selected on two British and Irish Lions tours in 1983 and 1993, both to New Zealand, where he impressed the locals with his"
"Indies at Rose Bowl, Southampton which is the highest score by an England batsman against the West Indies in ODIs, beating the previous best of 130 made by Marcus Trescothick in 2004. On 15 December 2017, with Bairstow promoted to no.6 in place of the suspended Ben Stokes, he scored 119 runs against Australia. He was promoted to be an opening batsman in the limited overs series. Jonny Bairstow Jonathan Marc Bairstow (born 26 September 1989) is an English cricketer, who plays first-class cricket for Yorkshire and England. A right-hand batsman, he is the only England wicket-keeper twice to claim"
"Lockyer with 59 games. Former New Zealand Kiwis player & captain Ruben Wiki has 55 caps, and the current Australian Kangaroos player & captain Cameron Smith has 50 caps. Players still active at Test level are in bold type. The most capped Briton is Warrington Wolves forward Adrian Morley who has 52 caps (30 for Great Britain, 22 for England). Cap (sport) In sport, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international"
"in 2018. Former captain George Gregan is Australia's most capped player with 139 Test caps. Gregan was also the world's most capped player until being surpassed by Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll in 2014. Gregan also equalled the record for the most caps as captain with Will Carling, 59 caps (a record later to be broken by John Smit of South Africa). David Campese scored 64 Test tries in his career, which was a world record until Daisuke Ohata of Japan overtook him with 69 tries, and Michael Lynagh was the highest Test points scorer in world rugby with 911 until Neil"
"Jack Richards Clifton James ""Jack"" Richards (born 10 August 1958 in Penzance, Cornwall, England) is an English former first-class cricketer, who played in eight Tests and 22 ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-middle order batsman, who made 133 for England against Australia at the WACA, Perth in 1987. The cricket correspondent Colin Bateman remarked, England's most gifted wicketkeeper-batsman since Alan Knott. Always competitive, often outspoken and sometimes disruptive, Richards was alert and agile with the gloves although prone to the odd lapse"". Jack Richards was a neat and efficient wicketkeeper, taller"
"David Gower David Ivon Gower OBE (born 1 April 1957) is a former English cricketer who became the captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals (ODI) scoring 8,231 and 3170 runs, respectively. He was one of the most capped and high scoring players for England during his period. Gower led England during the 1985 Ashes, and his team was victorious; however, two 5–0 whitewashes against the West Indies (in 1984 and 1985–86) reflected poorly on his"
"Gillian Coultard Gillian Coultard (born 22 July 1963) is a retired English football player, and former England captain. She is one of England Women's most capped internationals, with 119 appearances, and was the highest capped outfield England international ever until Rachel Yankey reached 120 caps in 2012. At the time she was one of only five footballers (Bobby Moore, Billy Wright, Bobby Charlton and Peter Shilton were the others) to have reached over 100 caps for England, and she was the first woman and amateur player to have done so. Coultard, a midfielder initially, though moving back to sweeper towards"
"Graham Gooch Graham Alan Gooch, (born 23 July 1953) is a former English first-class cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time, with 67,057 runs across first-class and limited-overs games.<ref name=""Records / Combined First-class, List A and Twenty20 / Batting records / Most runs in career""></ref> His List A cricket tally of 22,211 runs is also a record. He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over 100 first-class"
"on their first appearance; instead, they have to be ""earned"" through good performances. Indeed, one can play at the highest domestic level for several years, and have a quite significant career in first-class cricket, without ever winning a cap. The world record for the number of caps in Test cricket is held by Sachin Tendulkar of India, who has, over the course of a 22-year career, collected 200. Tendulkar also holds the record for One Day Internationals, with 463 caps. In rugby union, 35 players have reached 100 international caps as of 5 June 2012. Players from England, Scotland, Wales"
"of working for England and GB Hockey in a coach development capacity. <br> Karen Brown (field hockey) Karen Brown (born 9 January 1963) is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Commonwealth Silver medal and European Gold Brown is England and Great Britain’s second-highest capped player of all time, with 355 caps to her name. Her record was broken by Kate Richardson-Walsh in February 2016 during a test series with Australia, where Brown was working as Assistant Coach in the GB Team."
"Dylan Hartley Dylan Hartley (born 24 March 1986) is an English rugby union player who plays at hooker for England and Northampton Saints as co-captain. Hartley has been captain of England since January 2016 and is the country's most capped hooker. He currently co-captains alongside Owen Farrell. Hartley captained England to the Grand Slam in 2016, the first time that England had done this since 2003, and to a 3-0 series win in the 2016 Cook Cup against Australia. Dylan Hartley was born Witney ], a largely rural area in northern New Zealand. He attended Rotorua Boys' High School where"
"Neal Hatley Neal Hatley (born 23 December 1969) is a rugby union footballer who played at prop for London Irish and the University of Natal. On 16 May 2007 he was selected to captain the England Saxons squad for the forthcoming Churchill Cup tournament in England, which he captained to victory lifting the Churchill Cup. He is the most capped player of the Premiership ever. After his playing career, he moved into coaching with the London Irish youth academy. Hatley joined Bath Rugby for the 2012/13 season where he was appointed forwards coach. Following the end of the 2015-16 season"
"was only the third time in first class cricket history all three dismissals in a hat trick were caught by the same non wicket-keeping fielder. On the same day it was confirmed Trescothick had extended his contract for the 2019 season, his 27th at Somerset. Records: Records: Marcus Trescothick Marcus Edward Trescothick (born 25 December 1975) is an English cricketer and former international cricketer, who stood in as Test and ODI captain on several occasions. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. A left-handed opening batsman,"
"Jonny Bairstow Jonathan Marc Bairstow (born 26 September 1989) is an English cricketer, who plays first-class cricket for Yorkshire and England. A right-hand batsman, he is the only England wicket-keeper twice to claim nine dismissals in a Test match, against South Africa in January 2016, and against Sri Lanka in May 2016. Only Jack Russell (11 dismissals versus South Africa, 1995), and Bob Taylor (10 dismissals versus India 1980) have claimed more in a single Test match. In 2016, Bairstow set a new record for the most dismissals (70) by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year. In the same year,"
"now works as a television rugby commentator for Sky Sports and presented their now defunct programme 'RugbyThentre'. In the 2010 New Year Honours, Jones was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby. Ian Jones (rugby union) Ian Donald Jones (born 17 April 1967 in Whangarei) is a former New Zealan] rugby union player. He played 79 tests for the All Blacks. He is the most capped lock, and formed one of the most famous lock pairings in international rugby, often partnered with Robin Brooke in the All Blacks from 1992 to 1998. What"
"for the first week of the tournament. In December 2016, he was banned for 6 weeks having caught Leinster Rugby player Sean O'Brien with a swinging arm to the back of the head in a European Champions' Cup game. 21. Hartley re-signs at Northampton Saints http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/News/TabId/90/ArtMID/526/ArticleID/5495/Seven-re-signings-at-Saints.aspx 22. Hartley gets banned Dylan Hartley Dylan Hartley (born 24 March 1986) is an English rugby union player who plays at hooker for England and Northampton Saints as co-captain. Hartley has been captain of England since January 2016 and is the country's most capped hooker. He currently co-captains alongside Owen Farrell. Hartley captained England"
"a courtesy title). Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he ""delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance"", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a"
"Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18 September 1949) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps, and held the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football – 1,249.The IFFHS ranked Shilton among the top ten keepers of the 20th century in 2000. His 30-year career includes spells at 11 different clubs, winning two European Cup finals, and playing more than 1,300 competitive matches. Shilton also represented England at UEFA Euro 1980, the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the"
"Eoin Morgan Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan (born 10 September 1986) is an Irish cricketer who captains the England cricket team in limited overs cricket. A left-handed batsman, he plays county cricket for Middlesex and has played for England's Test, ODI and T20I teams. He originally represented his native Ireland at international level before switching to play for England in 2009. He was the first of only two players in history to score an ODI hundred for two nations and is particularly noted for his end of innings hitting ability, seeing him labelled as a 'finisher'. He is also noted as"
"Darren Gough Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him England's ninth most successful wicket-taker. Gough was a right arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. 1.80 m (5' 11"") and broad in beam, he achieved his pace from a good approach to the wicket and a leaping sideways-on action, achieving what was often described as ""skiddy"""
"James Anderson have taken part in an exhibition darts series against each other with Cook leading the series 2–0, winning both 1-Leg shootouts. Timeline: Alastair Cook Alastair Nathan Cook, (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and formerly for England in all international formats. A former captain of the England Test and One-Day International (ODI) teams, he holds a number of English and international records. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen ever to play for England, and is one of the most prolific batsmen of the modern era. Cook"
"Rachel Yankey Rachel Aba Yankey, OBE (born 1 November 1979) is a former English footballer who played for the England national team. She played as a left winger or forward, and wears the number 11 for England. She is of Ghanaian descent, from her father's side. She left Arsenal after 13 years in December 2016 at the end of her contract. She is ranked among the Arsenal Ladies Legends. Since making her debut in 1997, Yankey has appeared on 129 occasions for England and became the most capped player ever to play for England, ahead of male goalkeeper Peter Shilton"
"autobiography, ""Carra"", was released in 2008. Carragher has become a patron to the Alder Hey Charity. Youth Liverpool Individual Jamie Carragher James Lee Duncan Carragher (; born 28 January 1978) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender for Premier League club Liverpool during a career which spanned 17 years. A one-club man, he was Liverpool's vice-captain for 10 years, and is the club's second-longest ever serving player, making his 737th appearance for Liverpool in all competitions on 19 May 2013. Carragher also holds the record for the most appearances in European competition for Liverpool with 150. Carragher"
"record holder Rachel Yankey in August 2014, in a friendly against Sweden. Yankey had passed Gillian Coultard's 119 record England women caps in September 2012, in a European qualifying match against Croatia, and Peter Shilton's 125 record England international caps in June 2013, in a friendly against Japan. Alex Scott is currently the second highest capped female England player with 140 caps, followed by Karen Carney with 132 and Casey Stoney with 130. Rachel Yankey has the fifth highest number of England caps. Kelly Smith has scored the highest number of goals for England, with 46 over a twenty-year international"
"Barrs as the previous record holder (120 wickets). Sarah Clarke (cricketer) Sarah Louise Clarke (born 28 March 1982, Croydon, Surrey, England) is a cricketer who played 6 one day internationals for the England women's cricket team from her debut against Scotland in August 2001 to her last game against India at Pune in January 2002. Sarah Clarke along with Nicky Shaw holds the record for the highest ever 8th wicket stand in Women's ODI history(85*) She made a top score of 66 not out against Scotland in the European cup and took 5 wickets at 16.8 with her leg spin"
"Graham Rowntree Graham Christopher Rowntree (born 18 April 1971) is a former English rugby union player. He played loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers and England. He was capped 54 times for England, despite having to compete for his position with the world's second most capped forward, Jason Leonard. Rowntree was born in Stockton-on-Tees. He was educated at John Cleveland College, Hinckley, Leicestershire, which has also produced other rugby union players. In 1988 he joined Leicester Tigers from Nuneaton and made his first-team debut against Oxford University in 1990. For much of that time he was in harness with the famous"
"Kapil Dev Kapil Dev Nikhanj (; born 6 January 1959), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He was named by Wisden as the ""Indian Cricketer of the Century"" in 2002, Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was India's national cricket coach between October 1999 and August 2000. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms"
"Kapil Dev Kapil Dev Nikhanj (; born 6 January 1959), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He was named by Wisden as the ""Indian Cricketer of the Century"" in 2002, Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was India's national cricket coach between October 1999 and August 2000. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms"