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Gordon Greenidge
Sir Gordon Greenidge (Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge, born 1951, Black Bess, Barbados), West Indian opening batsman 1974–1991; 108 Tests, 7,558 runs at 44.72; with Desmond Haynes made 6,482 Test partnership runs; famous 214 chasing 342 at Lord's 1984; knighted, ICC Hall of Fame 2009.
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith (born 1981), South African left-handed opening batter; captain in a record 109 Tests with 53 wins, 9,265 Test runs at 48.25, ICC Hall of Fame 2025.
Graeme Swann
Graeme Swann (born 1979, Northampton), English off-spin bowler; 60 Tests, 255 wickets for England 2008-2013; three Ashes wins, 2010 World T20; retired mid-Ashes December 2013; later pundit and England Lions spin coach.
Graham Gooch
Graham Gooch (born 1953), England and Essex batsman and captain; 8,900 Test runs at 42.58, 67,057 combined first-class/List A runs (still a record), 333 and 123 at Lord's 1990 (456 aggregate), 1982 rebel-tour ban, ICC Hall of Fame 2009.
Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell (Gregory Stephen Chappell, born 1948, Unley), Australian batsman and captain 1975-77 and 1979-83; 7,110 Test runs at 53.86, World Series Cricket, 1981 underarm incident, India coach 2005-07.
Gundappa Viswanath (ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ ರಂಗನಾಥ್ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್)
Gundappa Viswanath (ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ ರಂಗನಾಥ್ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್), "Vishy", Indian Test batsman 1969-1983, 91 Tests, 6,080 runs at 41.93, 14 centuries, famous 97 vs West Indies 1975; Gavaskar's brother-in-law.
Hansie Cronje
Hansie Cronje (Wessel Johannes Cronje), South African cricket captain 1994–2000, record 53 Tests and 138 ODIs led, banned for life in 2000 for taking bookmaker money, died in a 2002 plane crash.
Hanuma Vihari
Hanuma Vihari, Indian Test cricketer (born 1993, Kakinada), right-handed middle-order batter and off-spin allrounder; 839 Test runs at 33.56, 2018-2022, Sydney 2021 one-handed stand, U19 World Cup 2012 winner.
Harbhajan Singh (ਹਰਭਜਨ ਸਿੰਘ)
Harbhajan Singh (ਹਰਭਜਨ ਸਿੰਘ), born 1980, Jalandhar, is an Indian off-spinner, 417 Test and 711 international wickets, 2001 Australia series hero, and a Rajya Sabha MP for AAP from 2022 who joined the BJP in 2026.
Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya (born 1993, Surat) is an Indian right-handed, right-arm medium-fast all-rounder and Mumbai Indians IPL captain who led Gujarat Titans to the 2022 IPL title and starred in India's 2024 and 2026 T20 World Cup wins.
Haris Rauf (حارث رؤوف)
Haris Rauf (حارث رؤف), Pakistani right-arm fast bowler born 1993 in Rawalpindi, discovered at a Lahore Qalandars trial, Pakistan's leading men's T20I wicket-taker, Melbourne Stars and Qalandars quick.
Harry Brook
Harry Cherrington Brook (born 1999), English right-handed batter for Yorkshire and England, white-ball captain from April 2025, 2022 T20 World Cup winner, Test triple-centurion (317 at Multan 2024), average 54.79.
Harshal Patel
Harshal Vikram Patel (born 1990, Sanand, Gujarat) is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler, IPL debut 2012 Delhi Daredevils, T20I debut 2021, two-time Purple Cap winner (2021 RCB, 2024 PBKS), now Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Hasan Ali (حسن علی) (cricketer)
Hasan Ali (حسن علی), born 1994 in Gujranwala, is a Pakistani right-arm medium-fast bowler. Player of the Tournament and Golden Ball winner at the 2017 Champions Trophy; fastest Pakistani to 50 ODI wickets.
Haseeb Hameed
Haseeb Hameed, born 1997 in Bolton, is an English opening batsman, Nottinghamshire captain, and former England Test opener; youngest-ever England Test opener, debuting at Rajkot in 2016, and 2026 Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla, South African right-handed batsman (born 1983), first South African of Indian descent to play Tests; 9,282 Test runs at 46.64, record 311, fastest to 7,000 ODI runs, ICC Hall of Fame 2025.
Heath Streak
Heath Streak (Heath Hilton Streak, 1974–2023), Zimbabwe fast-medium all-rounder and captain; national record wicket-taker with 216 Test and 239 ODI wickets; died of colon and liver cancer, aged 49, after a 2021 ICC corruption ban.
Heinrich Klaasen
Heinrich Klaasen is a South African cricketer, a right-handed wicketkeeper-batter known for power-hitting in the middle order, who retired from international cricket in June 2025.
Hemang Badani
Hemang Kamal Badani (born 1976, Chennai) is a former Indian left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler: 4 Tests, 40 ODIs (867 runs, one century), later Delhi Capitals and Southern Brave head coach.
Herschelle Gibbs
Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 1974, Cape Town), South African opening batsman nicknamed Scooter, played 1996-2010: 6,167 Test runs at 41.95, 8,094 ODI runs, 175 in the 438 game, six sixes in an over, and a six-month match-fixing ban.
Ian Bell
Ian Ronald Bell (born 1982, Walsgrave) is an English former cricketer, a right-handed batsman for Warwickshire and England: 118 Tests, 7,727 runs at 42.69, 22 centuries, three hundreds in the 2013 Ashes, five Ashes wins, retired 2020.
Ian Botham
Ian Botham, "Beefy", English all-rounder (1955-), 102 Tests, 5,200 runs, 383 wickets, hero of the 1981 "Botham's Ashes", knighted 2007, ICC Hall of Famer and crossbench peer.
Ian Chappell
Ian Chappell (born 1943, Unley) is an Australian former Test cricketer who captained Australia in 30 Tests, 1971-1975, without losing a series, joined World Series Cricket, and became a long-serving commentator.
Ian Healy
Ian Healy (born 1964, Brisbane) is an Australian former cricketer, Test wicketkeeper 1988-1999; 119 Tests, 395 dismissals (then a world record), 4,356 runs at 27.39; succeeded by Adam Gilchrist; uncle of Alyssa Healy.
Iftikhar Ahmed (افتخار احمد) (cricketer)
Iftikhar Ahmed (افتخار احمد), born 1990 in Peshawar, is a Pakistani middle-order batsman and off-break all-rounder; Test, ODI, and T20I cricketer, PSL regular with Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi.
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi Sr), eighth Nawab of Pataudi, 1910-1952, the only Test cricketer to play for both England (Bodyline tour, debut century) and India (captain, 1946).
Imad Wasim
Imad Wasim (سید عماد وسیم حیدر), born 1988 in Swansea, Pakistani left-arm orthodox spinning all-rounder; 55 ODIs and 75 T20Is for Pakistan 2015-2024, 2017 Champions Trophy winner, retired November 2023, returned for 2024 T20 World Cup, re-retired December 2024.
Imam-ul-Haq (امام الحق)
Imam-ul-Haq (امام الحق), Pakistani left-handed opening batter, nephew of Inzamam-ul-Haq; scored 100 on ODI debut vs Sri Lanka in 2017, played 2019 and 2023 World Cups, and faced a 2026 PCB disciplinary inquiry.
Imran Farhat (عمران فرحت)
Imran Farhat (عمران فرحت), born 1982 in Lahore, is a Pakistani former left-handed opening batsman who played internationally from 2001 to 2013, then became a coach.
Imran Nazir (عمران نذیر) (cricketer)
Imran Nazir (عمران نذیر), born 1981 in Gujranwala, is a Pakistani former aggressive opening batsman who played Tests, ODIs, and T20Is from 1999 to 2012, famous for his 160 at the 2007 World Cup and an ICL stint, later sidelined by illness.