List of International cricket families


List of International cricket families is a list of people grouped by family who are associated with Test, One Day International or Twenty20 International cricket.

Afghanistan

Malik/Abid/Sadiq/Alam

Taj, Hasti, Karim are brothers. Taj is Aftab's uncle.

Afghan/Janat/Salamkheil

Asghar and Karim are brothers. Waqar is Asghar's nephew.

Ashraf

Mirwais and Sharafuddin are brothers.

Ahmedzai/Jamal

Raees and Nasir are brothers.

Mangal

Nowroz and Ihsanullah are brothers.

Zadran

Mujeeb is nephew of Noor Ali.

Australia

Alderman/Emerson

Alderman's sister Denise Emerson is married to former Test umpire Ross Emerson and herself played seven Tests for the Australian women's cricket team.

Archer

Ken and Ron were brothers.

Bannerman

Alec and Charles were brothers.

Benaud

Richie and John are brothers.

Blackwell

Alex and Kate are twin sisters, and Lynsey is Alex's wife

Campbell/Ponting

Ponting is the nephew of Campbell.

Chappell/Richardson

Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell are brothers and Vic Richardson's grandsons

Darling

Rick is Joe's great-nephew.

Gregory

Dave and Ned were brothers in a family of 6 cricketing brothers. Dave and Ned made their Test debut in the same match, the first recognised Test match. Syd was Ned's son, and Harry Donnan was Ned's son-in-law. Jack was Dave and Ned's nephew.

Harvey

Neil and Merv were brothers. Another brother, Mick was a Test umpire.

Healy/Starc

Alyssa is Ian's niece. Ian was the wicketkeeper for the Australian men's team. Alyssa, currently the wicketkeeper for the Australian women's team, is married to Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc; they are the third couple to have both played Test cricket.

Hussey

Michael is David's elder brother.

Laughlin

Ben is the son of Trevor.

Lee

Brett and Shane are brothers.

Lehmann/White

Darren and Craig are brothers-in-law; Darren is married to Craig's sister Andrea. Darren's son Jake currently plays domestic cricket in Australia.

Marsh

Geoff is the father of Shaun and Mitchell.

Pattinson

Darren and James are brothers, Darren has represented England in tests, James has represented Australia in tests and ODIs.

Shevill/Blade

Essie Shevill and Lily Shevill were twin sisters born 6 April 1908.
Fernie Blade and Rene Shevill were twin sisters born 20 August 1910.

Trott

Albert and Harry were brothers.

Trumble

Hugh and John were brothers.

Waugh

Mark and Steve are fraternal twin brothers.

Bangladesh

Iqbal/Khan

Nafees and Tamim are brothers and the nephews of Akram.

Mahmudullah/Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammad Mahmudullah are brother-in-laws.

Canada

Mulla

Asif and Mohsin are brothers.

England

Bairstow

Jonny is the son of David.

Broad

Stuart is the son of Chris.

Brunt/Sciver

Brunt and Sciver announced their engagement in October 2019

Butcher

Mark is the son of Alan.

Compton

Nick is the grandson of Denis.

Cowdrey

Chris and Graham are the sons of Colin. Fabian is the son of Chris.

Curran

Tom, Ben, and Sam are the sons of Kevin, who represented Zimbabwe in international cricket.

Edrich

Bill and John were cousins.
Brian Edrich, Eric Edrich and Geoff Edrich were brothers of Bill, who also played first-class cricket.

Gilligan

Arthur and Harold were brothers.

Grace

All were brothers, from a large family of cricketers. All three brothers played in the same match against Australia at The Oval in 1880.

Greig

Tony and Ian were brothers.

Gunn

George and John were brothers and nephews of Billy. George's son G.V. Gunn played for Nottinghamshire.

Hardstaff

Frank, George and Alec were brothers, and John was their cousin, from a large family of cricketers.
Frank Hearne played Test cricket for England against South Africa and later, having settled in South Africa, for South Africa against England. In the Cape Town Test of 1891-92, Frank played for South Africa while his two brothers and cousin were playing for England. Frank's son, George, also played for South Africa.

Hollioake

Brothers Adam and Ben both made their Test debut for England in the 5th Test of the 1997 Ashes series, becoming only the third set of brothers to make their Test debut in the same match. They played 4 and 2 Tests respectively, as well as 35 and 20 ODIs respectively in their international careers.

Hutton

Sir Leonard was Richard's father.

Jones

Jeff is Simon's father.

Lloyd

Graham was the son of David.

Mann

George was the son of Frank.

Parks

Darren and James are brothers, Darren has represented England in tests, James has represented Australia in tests and ODIs.

Prideaux/Westbrook

Don was the father of Derek. Don played for East Africa in the 1975 World Cup.

Ranjitsinhji/Duleepsinhji

Duleepsnhji was the nephew of Ranjitsinhji. Jadeja is the great-grandnephew of Duleepsinhji.

Richardson

Peter is the older brother of Dick.

Sidebottom

Arnie is the father of Ryan.

Smith

Chris is the older brother of Robin.
Mike is the father of Neil.

Stewart/Butcher

Alec is the son and Mark is the son-in-law of Micky. Alec and Mark were brothers-in-law. At one time in their respective playing careers. Butcher was married to Micky's daughter Judy.

Studd

George was the older brother of Charles.

Tate

Maurice was the son of Fred.

Townsend

David was the son of Charlie.

Tremlett

Chris is Maurice's grandson.

Tyldesley/Vaughan

Ernest and Johnny were brothers. Michael is the great grandson of one of the sisters of Johnny and Ernest.

White/Lehmann

Darren and Craig are brothers-in-law, Darren is married to Craig's sister Andrea.

Willey

David is the son of Peter.

Wilson

Clem was the older brother of Rockley.

Hong Kong

Ahmed

Irfan and Nadeem are brothers.

India

Ali

Wazir Ali and Nazir Ali were brothers. They both made their Test debut in India's inaugural Test match, against England at Lord's in 1932. Wazir Ali's son, Khalid Wazir played Test cricket for Pakistan.

Amarnath

Surinder, Mohinder and Rajinder are sons of Lala.

Amar Singh/Ramji

They were brothers.

Apte

The Aptes were brothers.

Binny

Stuart is son of Roger.

Chahar

Rahul and Deepak Chahar are double cousins.

Edulji

Diana and Behroze are sisters.

Gaekwad

Anshuman is the son of Datta

Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar is Rohan's father and Mantri's nephew. Viswanath is married to Sunil Gavaskar's sister Kavita.

Ghulam Ahmed/Asif Iqbal

Ghulam Ahmed was the uncle of the Asif who represented Pakistan in Test cricket.

Gupte

Subhash was the elder brother of Baloo.

Jadeja/Ranjitsinhji/Duleepsinhji

Duleep was Ranji's nephew. Ajay is great grand nephew of Duleep.

Kanitkar

Hrishikesh is the son of Hemant.

Karthik/Itticheria

Susan Itticheria played Tests and ODI for Indian Women's Team. Her daughter Dipika Pallikal Karthik an Indian squash champion is married to Dinesh Karthik.

Khan/Jilani

They were brothers in law. See also #Burki/Khan

Kirmani/Abid Ali

Kirmani's daughter married Abid Ali's son in 2002, but he died in 2008.

Kripal/Milkha

They were brothers.

Manjrekar

Vijay Manjrekar was the father of Sanjay and the nephew of Hindlekar.

Mankad

Vinoo was the father of Ashok. Rahul Mankad, another son of Vinoo, was a first-class cricketer.

Nayudu

C.K. was the elder brother of C.S.

Pandya

Krunal is the elder brother of Hardik.

Pataudi

Iftikhar was Mansur's father. Iftikhar played three Tests for England, before captaining the Indian team that toured England in 1946.

Pathan

Irfan and Yusuf are half brothers.
Yusuf is elder to irfan.

Roy

Pankaj was the father of Pranab and the uncle of Ambar

Rathour

Brothers in law

Sharma

Yashpal is the uncle of Chetan.

Singh

Yograj Singh is Yuvraj's father.

Ireland

Joyce

All are siblings who have played Test and/or ODI cricket in the Irish men's and women's cricket teams. Dominick and Ed made their debuts for opposite teams, Ireland and England respectively. Another brother, Gus, played first-class cricket for Ireland.

Mooney

John and Paul are brothers

O'Brien

Kevin and Niall are brothers and played together in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Cricket World Cups.

Poynter

Andrew and Stuart are brothers

Kenya

Odhiambo/Odoyo

Thomas Odoyo is the uncle of Nelson Odhiambo.

Odhiambo/Onyango/Ngoche

Nehemiah, Lameck, James and Shem are brothers.

Obuya/Otieno

All three are brothers.

Odumbe

Edward and Maurice are brothers.

Suji

Tony and Martin are brothers.

Tikolo

Tom Tikolo, elder brother of David and Steve, played first-class cricket for Kenya.

Namibia

Burger

Brothers.

Kotze

Bjorn and Deon are brothers

Netherlands

Cooper

Tom and Ben are brothers.

Mol

Geert and Hendrik are brothers

Jonkman

Mark and Maurits are identical twins

New Zealand

Anderson

William "Mac" Anderson was Robert's father.

Astle/McMillan

Nathan is married to the sister of Craig's wife. Lisa is Nathan's sister.
NB: Todd Astle is unrelated.

Bracewell

Brendon and John Bracewell are brothers. Doug Bracewell is the son of Brendon Bracewell. Doug's cousin Michael has also played first-class cricket.

Bradburn

Grant was the son of Wynne.

Cairns

Chris is the son of Lance.

Crowe

Jeff and Martin are brothers, sons of first-class cricketer Dave Crowe

Hadlee

Walter is the father of brothers Barry, Dayle and Richard. Karen, who played in one One-day International for the New Zealand women's cricket team against England in 1977-78 was married to Richard.

Harris

Parke "Zin" Harris is the father of Chris Harris. Chris's brother Ben also played domestic cricket for Canterbury.

Hart

Matthew is the older brother of Robbie.

Horne

Matt and Phil Horne are brothers.

Howarth

Geoff and Hedley Howarth are brothers.

Latham

Tom is the son of Rod.

Marshall

Hamish and James are identical twins.

McCullum

Nathan is the older brother of Brendon. Their father Stu played domestic cricket

McGlashan

Sara is the younger sister of Peter.

Murray/Kerr

Bruce is the grandfather of Amelia and Jess, whose father, Robbie Kerr, played first-class cricket in New Zealand.

Parker

John and Murray are brothers.

Redmond

Rodney is Aaron's father

Reid

John is Richard's father.
NB: John Fulton Reid is unrelated, but is the cousin of Australian Test and ODI player Bruce Reid.

Rutherford

Ken is Hamish's father. Ken's brother Ian also played first-class cricket.

Satterthwaite/Tahuhu

Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu have been married since March 2017. They became the first international teammates to marry and the first married couple to play together.

Signal

Rose and Liz are twin sisters and were the first instance of twins playing in the same Test: New Zealand women against England in 1984.

Snedden

Colin is Martin's uncle. Colin's father Warwick Snedden also played first-class cricket, as did Warwick and Colin's father Nessie.

Vivian

Giff was Graham's father.

Webb

Murray and Richard are brothers. Note: Murray Webb played only Tests; Richard played only One Day Internationals.

Pakistan

Haq

Imam is the nephew of Inzamam

Afridi

Shaheen and Riaz are brothers.

Akmals/Azam/Qadir

Kamran, Umar and Adnan are brothers. Kamran is the eldest and Umar the youngest. Babar Azam is their cousin. Umar is Qadir's son-in-law and Usman's brother-in-law.

Burki/Khan/Niazi

The first three are cousins. Baqa Jilani who was the uncle of the three, and Jahangir Khan who was the father of Majid played Test cricket for India. Bazid Khan is the son of Majid. Misbah ul Haq is the distant cousin of Imran Khan from the Niazi Clan

Dalpat/Kaneria

Anil and Danish are cousins

Elahi

Manzoor, Zahoor and Saleem are brothers.

Ahmed/Malik

Ijaz and Salim are brothers-in-law.

Farhat

Brothers, with both playing test and one day cricket.

Iqbal/Miandad

Javed is the uncle of Faisal

Khan

Brothers with both having represented the country in tests and one-dayers.

Mohammad

Hanif, Mushtaq, Sadiq and Wazir are brothers. A fifth brother Raees was once twelfth man for Pakistan. Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq all played against New Zealand at Karachi in 1969-70. Hanif is the father of Shoaib.

Nazar

Nazar Mohammad is the father of Mudassar Nazar, and also of Mubashir Nazar, who played first-class cricket in Pakistan.

Raja

Wasim and Rameez are brothers.

Scotland

Drummond

Brother and sister. Annette played in 2003 and 2013 for Scotland's Wildcats, Gordon retired as Scotland captain in 2013.

Haq/Hussain

Both men are cousins.

Sri Lanka

de Alwis/Silva

Rasanjali is the wife of Guy. Both played test cricket

Kaluperuma

All two were brothers.

Ranatunga

All four were brothers.

Samaraweera

Dulip and Thilan are brothers

Warnapura

Bandula is the uncle of Malinda

Wettimuny

All three are brothers

South Africa

Blanckenberg/Ryneveld

Jimmy was the uncle of Clive.

Callaghan/Kemp

David and Justin are cousins

Kapp/van Nierkirk

Van Niekerk and Kapp married in July 2018 In the Women's World T20 that year they became the first married couple to bat together in an ICC tournament.

Kirsten

Paul and Gary are brothers, Andy and Peter are half-brothers of Gary and Paul.

Morkel

Albie is the elder brother of Morne.

Nourse

Dave was Dudley's father

Pithey

Tony and David are brothers.

Pollock

Peter and Graeme are brothers; Peter is Shaun's father.

Tancred

All three were brothers.

Tapscott

George and Lionel were brothers

West Indies

Bravo

Darren and Dwayne are half-brothers. Darren is a cousin of Brian.

Browne/Browne-John

All three are sisters. Beverley and Louise played for the West Indian women's cricket team. Anne was coach.

Cameron

Jimmy is the younger brother of John

Croft/Hunte

Colin Croft's father was a cousin of Conrad Hunte, Colin played for Guyana whilst Conrad played for Barbados, both played for the West Indies.

Collins/Edwards

Fidel and Pedro are half-brothers.

Gibbs/Lloyd

Gibbs and Lloyd are cousins.

Grant

Both brothers captained the West Indies side.

Headley

George was Ron's father. Ron's son, Dean Headley, played Test cricket for England.

Holford/Sobers

Both are cousins.

Kallicharan/Nagamootoo

Alvin is Mahendra's uncle. Both played for the West Indies and Guyana. Alvin's brother Derek also played for Guyana as did Mahendra's brother Vishal.

Kanhai/Nagamootoo

Rohan is Mahendra's uncle. Both played for the West Indies and Guyana.

Murray/Weekes

David is Everton's son. Both played for the West Indies and Barbados. David's son Ricky Hoyte also played for Barbados

Samuels

Robert is the older brother of Marlon

Shillingford

Grayson and Irvine were cousins while Shane is related to both. All three played tests for West Indies while Irvine also played ODIs.

Stollmeyer

The Stollmeyer brothers played cricket for the West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago.

Zimbabwe

Curran

Tom, Ben, and Sam are the sons of Kevin, and represent England in international cricket.

Ervine

Sean and Craig are brothers.

Flower

Grant and Andy are brothers.

Jarvis

Malcolm is the father of Kyle

Masakadza

Hamilton and Shingirai are both older brothers to Wellington

Rennie

Gavin and John are brothers.

Strang

Bryan and Paul are brothers.

Waller

Andy is the father of Malcolm.

Whittall

Andrew and Guy are cousins.