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International cricketers who never played any FC cricket

Bahseph

International Debutant
Stumbled upon this bloke: Krishmar Santokie. I was surprised to see that he played international level cricket without ever playing FC cricket. Is he a unique case or can we come up with anyone else?
 

Bijed

International Regular
He's played FC cricket now, but I think David Warner played a T20I for Australia before he'd played any FC matches
 

morgieb

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He's played FC cricket now, but I think David Warner played a T20I for Australia before he'd played any FC matches
ODI's, too.

Which is odd given that for a while he was a much better batsman at the longer format (granted recently his ODI form has dramatically improved).
 

fredfertang

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Basil Grieve, Charles Coventry and Emile McMaster all played in one or both of the Tests England played in South Africa in 1888/89 without playing any First Class cricket before that or subsequently - whether they really ought to have Test status is questionable, but they do and that won't ever change
 

Firebreaker

Banned
Back in the day when some players used to perform well they would make their debut regardless of FC and domestic cricket
 

Howe_zat

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There are a bunch of Ireland players who had only played league cricket before appearing in ODIs for Ireland. Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, probably a few others
 

morgieb

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Mashafre bin Mortaza's Test debut was also his FC debut.

Think also Kyle Jarvis's ODI debut was his List A one (or something).
 

TheJediBrah

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ODI's, too.

Which is odd given that for a while he was a much better batsman at the longer format (granted recently his ODI form has dramatically improved).
Yeah but they didn't know that at the time . . . given that he'd never played
 

Camo999

State 12th Man
My fave Michael Leask has played plenty of ODIs and T20Is for Scotland as well as playing for Somerset and Northants but no FC. He's in the squad for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup but as usual will not likely be in the XI. Give him a chance!!
 

Kirkut

International Regular
Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar! Neither of them played first class cricket when brought into the side. In fact it was Shoaib Akhtar's first ever game with the hard ball on his international debut!
 

TheJediBrah

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I would not have expected you, of all people, to cough up the cash to get past the CricketArchive paywall
I signed up like a month ago and this is the first time I've used it. Probably the last for a while to.

and hey what exactly are you saying
 

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