List of Test or One-day International Cricket families

List of Test or One-day International Cricket families is a list of families and their members who are associated with Test or ODI cricket.

Australia

Alderman/Emerson

• Terry Alderman
• Denise Emerson
• Ross 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 Archer
• Ron Archer

Ken and Ron were brothers.

Bannerman

• Alec Bannerman
• Charles Bannerman

Alec and Charles were brothers.

Benaud

• Richie Benaud – (captain)
• John Benaud

Richie and John are brothers.

Campbell/Ponting

• Greg Campbell
• Ricky Ponting

Ponting is the nephew of Campbell.

Chappell/Richardson

• Vic Richardson – (captain)
• Ian Chappell – (captain)
• Greg Chappell – (captain)
• Trevor Chappell

Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell are brothers and grandsons of Vic Richardson.

Gregory

• Dave Gregory (captain)
• Ned Gregory
• Syd Gregory (captain)
• Harry Donnan
• Jack 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 (played in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne). Syd was Ned’s son, and Harry Donnan was Ned’s son-in-law. Jack was Dave and Ned’s nephew.

Harvey

• Neil Harvey
• Merv Harvey
• Mick Harvey

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

Hussey

• Michael Hussey
• David Hussey

Michael and David are brothers.

Laughlin

• Trevor Laughlin
• Ben Laughlin

Ben is the son of Trevor.

Lee

• Brett Lee
• Shane Lee

Brett and Shane are brothers.

Lehmann/White

• Darren Lehmann
• Craig White (England)

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

Marsh

• Geoff Marsh
• Shaun Marsh

Geoff is Shaun’s father.

Shevill/Blade

• Essie Shevill
• Rene Shevill
• Fernie Blade (née Shevill)

All three were sisters and played Test cricket in the Australian women’s cricket team. Rene and Fernie were twins.

Trumble

• Hugh Trumble
• John Trumble

Hugh and John were brothers.

Waugh

• Mark Waugh
• Steve Waugh (captain)

Mark and Steve are fraternal twin brothers.

Bangladesh

Iqbal/Khan

• Akram Khan
• Nafees Iqbal
• Tamim Iqbal

Nafees is the nephew of Akram and brother of Tamim.

Canada

Mulla

• Asif Mulla
• Mohsin Mulla

Asif and Mohsin are brothers.

England

Broad

• Chris Broad
• Stuart Broad

Stuart is the son of Chris.

Butcher

• Alan Butcher
• Mark Butcher (captain)

Mark is the son of Alan.

Cowdrey

• Colin Cowdrey (captain)
• Chris Cowdrey (captain)

Chris is the son of Colin.

Gilligan

• Arthur Gilligan (captain)
• Harold Gilligan (captain)

The Gilligans were brothers.

Grace

• W. G. Grace (captain)
• E. M. Grace
• G.F.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 Greig (captain)
• Ian Greig

Tony and Ian are brothers both born in South Africa but represented England.

Gunn

• Billy Gunn
• John Gunn
• George Gunn

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

Hardstaff

• Joe Hardstaff senior
• Joe Hardstaff junior

Hearne

• Frank Hearne
• Alec Hearne
• George Gibbons Hearne
• John Thomas Hearne

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

• Adam Hollioake (captain)
• Ben Hollioake

Adam and Ben were brothers.

Hutton

• Sir Leonard Hutton (captain)
• Richard Hutton

Sir Leonard was Richard’s father.

Jones

• Jeff Jones
• Simon Jones

Jeff is Simon’s father.

Lloyd

• David Lloyd (coach)
• Graham Lloyd

Graham was the son of David.

Mann

• Frank Mann (captain)
• George Mann (captain)

George was the son of Frank.

Parks

• Jim Parks, Sr.
• Jim Parks, Jr.

Prideaux/Westbrook

• Roger Prideaux
• Ruth Westbrook

Prideaux and Westbrook were married and both played in Tests for their country^[1]

Pringle

• Don Pringle
• Derek Pringle

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

Ranjitsinhji/Duleepsinhji

• Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
• KS Duleepsinhji

Duleep was Ranji’s nephew.

• Ajay Jadeja

Ajay is great grand nephew of Duleep.

Richardson

• Peter Richardson
• Dick Richardson

Peter is the older brother of Dick.

Sidebottom

• Arnie Sidebottom
• Ryan Sidebottom

Arnie is the father of Ryan

Smith

• Chris Smith
• Robin Smith

Chris is the older brother of Robin.

Stewart

• Micky Stewart
• Alec Stewart (captain)

Alec is the son of Micky.

Stewart/Butcher

• Alec Stewart
• Mark Butcher

Alec and Mark were brothers-in-law. At one time in their respective playing careers, Butcher was married to Stewart’s sister Judy.

Studd

• George Studd
• Charles Studd

George was the older brother of Charles.

Tate

• Fred Tate
• Maurice Tate

Maurice was the son of Fred.

Townsend

• Charlie Townsend
• David Townsend

David was the son of Charlie.

Tremlett

• Maurice Tremlett
• Chris Tremlett

Chris is Maurice’s grandson.

Tyldesley/Vaughan

• Ernest Tyldesley
• Johnny Tyldesley
• Michael Vaughan (captain)

Ernest and Johnny were brothers. Michael is the great grandson of one of the sisters of Johnny and Ernest.[1]

White/Lehmann

• Darren Lehmann (Australia)
• Craig White

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

Wilson

• Clem Wilson
• Rockley Wilson

Clem was the older brother of Rockley.

India

Ali

• Wazir Ali
• Nazir 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

• Lala Amarnath
• Surinder Amarnath
• Mohinder Amarnath

Surinder and Mohinder are sons of Lala.

Amar Singh/Ramji

• L. Amar Singh
• Ladha Ramji

They were brothers.

Apte

• Madhav Apte
• Arvind Apte

The Aptes were brothers.

Gaekwad

• Datta Gaekwad
• Anshuman Gaekwad

Anshuman is the son of Datta

Gavaskar

• Sunil Gavaskar
• Rohan Gavaskar
• Madhav Mantri
• Gundappa Viswanath

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
• Asif Iqbal

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

Gupte

• Subhash Gupte
• Baloo Gupte

Subhash was the elder brother of Baloo.

Kanitkar

• Hemant Kanitkar
• Hrishikesh Kanitkar

Hrishikesh is the son of Hemant.

Khan/Jilani

• Jahangir Khan
• Baqa Jilani

There were brothers in law.

[Kripal/Milkha

• A. G. Kripal Singh
• A. G. Milkha Singh

They were brothers.

=Manjrekar

• Vijay Manjrekar
• Sanjay Manjrekar
• Dattaram Hindlekar

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

Mankad

• Vinoo Mankad
• Ashok Mankad

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

Nayudu

• C. K. Nayudu
• C. S. Nayudu

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

Pataudi

• Iftikhar Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, senior (captain)
• Mansur Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, junior (captain)

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

Pathan

• Irfan Pathan
• Yusuf Pathan

Irfan and Yusuf are half brothers.

Powar

• Ramesh Powar
• Kiran Powar

Ramesh is the older brother of Kiran and has played ODI cricket for India. Kiran has played First-class cricket for Mumbai and Assam.

Roy

• Pankaj Roy
• Pranab Roy
• Ambar Roy

Pankaj was the father of Pranab and the uncle of Ambar

Rathour

• Vikram Rathour
• Aashish Kapoor

Brothers in law

Sharma

• Yashpal Sharma
• Chetan Sharma

Yashpal is the uncle of Chetan.

Singh

• Yuvraj Singh
• Yograj Singh

Yograj Singh is Yuvraj’s father. Yograj played just one Test against New Zealand in 1981.

Srikkanth

• Krishnamachari Srikkanth
• Anirudha Srikkanth

Anirudha is the son of Kris Srikkanth

Ireland

Joyce

• Dominick Joyce
• Ed Joyce
• Cecelia Joyce
• Isobel 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

Mooney

• John Mooney
• Paul Mooney

John and Paul are brothers

O’Brien

• Kevin O’Brien
• Niall O’Brien

Kevin and Niall are brothers and played together in the 2007 World Cup

Kenya

Odhiambo/Onyango

• Nehemiah Odhiambo
• Lameck Onyango

Nehemiah and Lameck are brothers

Obuya/Otieno

• Collins Obuya
• David Obuya
• Kennedy Otieno

All three are brothers

Odumbe

• Edward Odumbe
• Maurice Odumbe

Edward and Maurice are brothers

Suji

• Anthony Suji
• Martin Suji

Anthony and Martin are brothers

Tikolo

• David Tikolo
• Steve Tikolo

David is the older brother of Steve

Namibia

Burger

• Jan-Berrie Burger
• Louis Burger
• Sarel Burger

All three are brothers

Kotze

• Bjorn Kotze
• Deon Kotze

Bjorn and Deon are brothers

Netherlands

Mol

• Geert-Maarten Mol
• Hendrik-Jan Mol

Geert and Hendrik are brothers

New Zealand

Anderson

• Robert Anderson
• Mac Anderson

William “Mac” Anderson was Robert’s father.

Astle/McMillan

• Nathan Astle
• Craig McMillan

Nathan and Craig are brothers in law

Bracewell

• Brendon Bracewell
• John Bracewell

Brendon and John Bracewell are brothers.

Bradburn

• Wynne Bradburn
• Grant Bradburn

Grant was the son of Wynne.

Cairns

• Lance Cairns
• Chris Cairns

Chris is the son of Lance.

Crowe

• Jeff Crowe
• Martin Crowe

Jeff and Martin are brothers, cousins of Russell Crowe.

Hadlee

• Walter Hadlee
• Barry Hadlee
• Dayle Hadlee
• Richard Hadlee
• Karen 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.^[1]

Harris

• Zin Harris
• Chris Harris

Parke “Zin” Harris is the father of Chris Harris.

Hart

• Matthew Hart
• Robert Hart

Matthew was the older brother of Robert.

Horne

• Matthew Horne
• Phil Horne

Matt and Phil Horne are brothers.

Howarth

• Geoffrey Howarth
• Hedley Howarth

Geoff and Hedley Howarth are brothers.

Marshall

• Hamish Marshall
• James Marshall

Hamish and James are twin brothers.

McCullum

• Brendon McCullum
• Nathan McCullum

Nathan is the older brother of Brendon.

McGlashan

• Peter McGlashan
• Sara McGlashan

Sara is the younger sister of Peter.

Parker

• John Parker
• Murray Parker

John and Murray are brothers.

Redmond

• Aaron Redmond
• Rodney Redmond

Rodney is Aaron’s father

Reid

• John Reid (captain)
• Richard Reid

John is Richard’s father.

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

Signal

• Rose Signal
• Liz 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 Snedden
• Martin Snedden

Colin is Martin’s uncle.

Vivian

• Graham Vivian
• Giff Vivian

Giff was Graham’s father.

Webb

• Murray Webb
• Richard Webb

Murray and Richard are brothers. Note: Murray Webb played only Tests; Richard played only one-day internationals.

Pakistan

Akmal

• Kamran Akmal
• Umar Akmal

Kamran is the elder brother of Umar

Dalpat/Kaneria

• Anil Dalpat
• Danish Kaneria

They are cousins

Burki/Khan

• Imran Khan
• Javed Burki
• Majid Khan
• Bazid Khan

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.

Elahi

• Manzoor Elahi
• Zahoor Elahi
• Saleem Elahi

All three are brothers.

Iqbal/Miandad

• Javed Miandad
• Faisal Iqbal

Javed is the uncle of Faisal

Mohammad

• Hanif Mohammad
• Mushtaq Mohammad
• Sadiq Mohammad
• Wazir Mohammad
• Shoaib 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.

Raja

• Wasim Raja
• Rameez Raja

Wasim and Rameez are brothers.

Scotland

Haq/Hussain

• Omer Hussain
• Majid Haq

Both men are cousins.[2]

Sri Lanka

Ranatunga

• Arjuna Ranatunga
• Dammika Ranatunga
• Sanjeeva Ranatunga
• Nishantha Ranatunga

All four were brothers.

Samaraweera

• Dulip Samaraweera
• Thilan Samaraweera

Dulip and Thilan are brothers

Warnapura

• Bandula Warnapura
• Malinda Warnapura

Bandula is the uncle of Malinda

Wettimuny

• Mithra Wettimuny
• Sidath Wettimuny
• Sunil Wettimuny

All three are brothers

South Africa

Callaghan/Kemp

• David Callaghan
• Justin Kemp

David and Justin are cousins

Kirsten

• Gary Kirsten
• Peter Kirsten

Gary and Peter are half-brothers.

Morkel

• Albie Morkel
• Morne Morkel

Albie and Morne are brothers

Pollock

• Peter Pollock
• Graeme Pollock
• Shaun Pollock

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

Tancred

• Bernard Tancred
• Louis Tancred
• Vincent Tancred

All three were brothers.

West Indies

Bravo

• Dwayne Bravo
• Darren Bravo

Both are half-brothers.

Browne/Browne-John

• Beverly Browne
• Louise Browne
• Anne Browne-John

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

Croft/Hunte

• Colin Croft
• Conrad 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

• Pedro Collins
• Fidel Edwards

Fidel and Pedro are half-brothers.

Ganga

• Darren Ganga
• Sherwin Ganga

Darren is the older brother of Sherwin.

Gibbs/Lloyd

• Lance Gibbs
• Clive Lloyd

Both are cousins.

Grant

• Jackie Grant
• Rolph Grant

Both brothers captained the West Indies side.

Headley

• George Headley
• Ron Headley

George was Ron’s father. Ron’s son (and George’s grandson), Dean Headley, played Test cricket for England.

Holford/Sobers

• David Holford
• Sir Garfield Sobers

Both are cousins.

Kallicharan/Nagamootoo

• Alvin Kallicharan
• Mahendra 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 Kanhai
• Mahendra Nagamootoo

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

Murray/Weekes

• David Murray
• Sir Everton Weekes

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

Samuels

• Marlon Samuels
• Robert Samuels

Robert is the older brother of Marlon

Stollmeyer

• Jeffrey Stollmeyer
• Victor Stollmeyer

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

Zimbabwe

Flower

• Grant Flower
• Andy Flower (captain)

Grant and Andy are brothers.

Jarvis

• Malcolm Jarvis
• Kyle Jarvis

Malcolm is the father of Kyle

Masakadza

• Hamilton Masakadza
• Shingirai Masakadza

Hamilton and Shingirai are brothers

Rennie

• Gavin Rennie
• John Rennie

Gavin and John are brothers.

Strang

• Bryan Strang
• Paul Strang

Bryan and Paul are brothers.

Note: All three pairs of Flowers, Rennies and Strangs played together against New Zealand at Harare in September 1997.^[2]

Waller

• Andy Waller
• Malcolm Waller

Andy is the father of Malcolm

Whittall

• Andrew Whittall
• Guy Whittall

Andrew and Guy are cousins.