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Overseas players in club cricket

cnerd123

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Because I'm too busy stealing your draft picks and your chicks.
more things to apologise for then

what a disgraceful performance by trundler here. Sullying the good name of CW on top of wasting david's time.

I trust the mods will handle this appropriately.
 

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
A mate of mine found this picture in a Richmond pub last week. I played in that League a decade or so later (briefly) and came across a few decent Aussies, none of this standard though!!

Anyone else play with/against any decent overseas pro’s in club cricket?

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17 years old at the time. I wonder how he got on.

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Pretty well. Eleven hundreds and counting at the time of this interview.
 
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peterhrt

U19 Vice-Captain
Most centuries in English club cricket by an overseas batsman is thought to be 142 by Ceylonese Joe Misso. Main clubs were Teddington Town, Great Western Railway, Turnham Green and Brentham. Misso scored another 168 hundreds in Ceylon, making 310 in total, which is a record for all cricket. Last hundred was in 1978.

CB "Bertie" Clarke, the West Indian leg-spinner (3 Tests), took 380 wickets in 1955, mainly for BBC.

A couple of notable all-round seasonal feats:

Aubrey Faulkner: 2868 runs and 218 wickets in 1914 for Notts Commercial and other clubs in the area.
Syed Nazir Ali: 2900 runs and 210 wickets in 1930 for Indian Gymkhana.

Four overseas players have achieved the double in a Lancashire League season: Cec Pepper, Vijay Hazare, Colin Miller and Chris Harris.

Highest career batting average in the Lancashire League is 91.60 by Everton Weekes (9069 runs). Most wickets in this league by an overseas player is 967 by Charlie Llewellyn.
 

Third_Man

State 12th Man
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a site/list somewhere of overseas players in club cricket on England? I've seen a list of Pakistani players on the PakPassion site and know of a few Aussies and Saffers in the south east and am going to see JJ Smuts play at Upminster on Saturday. Will Williams and Grant Roelofsen both played before being picked up by counties. Any ideas?
Short answer is no. But
As has been answered previously some leagues publish this information. For example:


Some publish registrations, for example:



Doesn't take long to check out the OAs and Pros.

even: https://www.gtrmcrcricket.co.uk/pages/deputy-professional-applications-2024

Perhaps other links could posted in answer to the OP.
 

chris.hinton

International Captain
Birmingham League Overseas Players


Division One

Barnards Green:
Jakob Bhula

Barnt Green: Lloyd Pope

Berkswell: Bailey Capel

Halesowen: Nikhil Mahajan

Himley: Navindu Vithanage

Kenilworth Wardens: Ali Zaryab

Moseley: Jamar Ifill

Ombersley: Rizwan Hussain

Smethwick: Deepak Khatri

WB Dartmouth: Akeem Jordan

Wolverhampton: Doria Techi

Division Two

Bridgnorth:
Unaib Rehman

Coventry & NW: Jay Bista

Dorridge: Kalana Perera

Harborne: Swapnil Gugale

Leamington: Shane Dowrich

Old Hill: Saad Naseem

Shifnal: Ethan Jamieson

Wellington: Naushad Shafi Shaikh

Worfield: Hanro Swanepoel


My Cricket Club had Roshon Primus, A top guy who was very popular across the club, Left to play the CPL
 

Third_Man

State 12th Man
Birmingham League Overseas Players


Division One

Barnards Green:
Jakob Bhula

Barnt Green: Lloyd Pope

Berkswell: Bailey Capel

Halesowen: Nikhil Mahajan

Himley: Navindu Vithanage

Kenilworth Wardens: Ali Zaryab

Moseley: Jamar Ifill

Ombersley: Rizwan Hussain

Smethwick: Deepak Khatri

WB Dartmouth: Akeem Jordan

Wolverhampton: Doria Techi

Division Two

Bridgnorth:
Unaib Rehman

Coventry & NW: Jay Bista

Dorridge: Kalana Perera

Harborne: Swapnil Gugale

Leamington: Shane Dowrich

Old Hill: Saad Naseem

Shifnal: Ethan Jamieson

Wellington: Naushad Shafi Shaikh

Worfield: Hanro Swanepoel


My Cricket Club had Roshon Primus, A top guy who was very popular across the club, Left to play the CPL
Out of interest are they Pros or Overseas Amateurs, or some of each?
 

Third_Man

State 12th Man
Usually in the Birmingham League and the top division of the feeder leagues they are pros, But i assume they help with Coaching, Bar, Groundwork too
that's pretty much the same as it is up here. But one or two teams are sometimes taking on OAs rather than Pros. Cheaper I guess, although the accomodation and travel costs etc. still incurred.
 

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