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Inzamam-ul-Haq (انضمام الحق)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (انضمام الحق), 'Inzi', Pakistani right-handed batter born 1970 in Multan; 1992 World Cup winner, Pakistan's leading ODI run scorer (11,739) and 8,830 Test runs, captain 2003-2007, later chief selector.
Irfan Pathan (इरफ़ान पठान)
Irfan Pathan (इरफ़ान पठान), born 1984 in Baroda, Indian left-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder; 301 international wickets, 2,821 runs, 2007 T20 World Cup final Player of the Match, Karachi Test opening-over hat-trick, retired 2020.
Ish Sodhi
Ish Sodhi (Inderbir Singh Sodhi), born 1992 in Ludhiana, India, is a New Zealand right-arm leg-spin bowler, Test debutant at 19 in 2013 and New Zealand's highest T20I wicket-taker with 165 wickets.
Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan (Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan), Indian left-handed wicketkeeper-batter born 1998 in Patna; fastest ODI double centurion (210 off 131 balls, 2022); IPL teams Gujarat Lions, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma, an Indian fast medium bowler from Delhi, made his debut in 2007. He later took 307 wickets in 104 Test matches for the nation.
Jack Hobbs
Sir Jack Hobbs (1882-1963), "The Master," was an English opening batsman for Surrey and England (61 Tests) who holds the first-class records of 61,760 runs and 197-199 career centuries from 1905 to 1934.
Jack Leach
Jack Leach (Matthew Jack Leach, born 1991, Taunton) is an English left-arm orthodox spinner for Somerset and England; 38 Tests, 142 wickets at 34.07, famous for the Headingley 2019 1 with Ben Stokes.
Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis (born 1975), South African all-rounder, 1995-2014; only player with 10,000+ runs and 250+ wickets in both Tests and ODIs; 13,289 Test runs at 55.37, 292 wickets; ICC Hall of Fame 2020.
James Anderson (cricketer)
James Anderson (Jimmy Anderson), born 1982, English right-arm fast bowler; 704 Test wickets in 188 Tests for England (2003-2024), most by a fast bowler; knighted 2025; Lancashire captain.
James Faulkner (cricketer)
James Faulkner (James Peter Faulkner, born 1990, Launceston), Australian left-arm medium-fast all-rounder; 2013 IPL leading wicket-taker (28 at 15.25) for Rajasthan Royals and player of the match, 3-36, in the 2015 World Cup final; ODI career 2013-2017.
Jason Behrendorff
Jason Behrendorff, Australian left-arm fast-medium swing bowler (born 1990), Western Australia and Perth Scorchers new-ball specialist, 29 Australia caps, 2019 World Cup Lord's five-wicket haul, four BBL titles, later Melbourne Renegades.
Jason Gillespie
Jason 'Dizzy' Gillespie (born 1975), Australian right-arm fast bowler, 71 Tests and 259 wickets, first acknowledged Indigenous Australian Test cricketer, record 201 nightwatchman; later coached Yorkshire, Sussex, Adelaide Strikers, and Pakistan.
Jason Holder
Jason Omar Holder (born 1991, Bridgetown, Barbados) is a West Indian 6'7" fast-medium bowling all-rounder; former ODI and Test captain, 2019 unbeaten 202, first West Indian with 100 wickets in all three formats.
Jason Roy
Jason Roy (born 1990, Durban) is an English white-ball opening batter, 2019 World Cup winner, 116 ODIs at 39.91, record Roy–Bairstow ODI partnership, left England contract in 2023 for franchise cricket.
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 1993, Ahmedabad) is an Indian right-arm fast bowler for Mumbai Indians; first to 200 Test wickets averaging under 20, 2024 ICC Cricketer of the Year.
Javagal Srinath (ಜಾವಗಲ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್)
Javagal Srinath (ಜಾವಗಲ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್), born 1969 in Mysore, is a former India fast bowler, 236 Test and 315 ODI wickets, four World Cups, now an ICC match referee since 2006.
Javed Miandad (جاوید میانداد)
Javed Miandad (جاوید میانداد), born 1957, Pakistani batsman, captain, and coach; 8,832 Test runs at 52.57, six World Cups 1975-1996, 1992 champion, famous 1986 Sharjah last-ball six, ICC Hall of Fame 2009.
Jaydev Unadkat
Jaydev Unadkat (born 1991, Porbandar) is an Indian left-arm fast-medium bowler; Saurashtra captain who won Ranji titles 2019-20 and 2022-23 with a record 67 wickets in 2019-20, and an India Test, ODI and T20I player.
Jeff Thomson
Jeff Thomson, born Jeffrey Robert Thomson in 1950 in Sydney, is a former Australian fast bowler who took 200 wickets in 51 Tests from 1972 to 1985.
Joe Root
Joe Root, England Test cricketer and former captain (64 Tests, 27 wins), second-highest Test run-scorer ever behind Tendulkar with 41 centuries; England's leading Test and ODI run-scorer, 2019 World Cup winner.
Joel Garner
Joel Garner, "Big Bird", Barbadian right-arm fast bowler for the West Indies 1977-1987; 259 Test wickets at 20.97, 146 ODI wickets at 18.84, and 5/38 in the 1979 World Cup final, the best final figures ever.
Jofra Archer
Jofra Chioke Archer, born 1995 in Barbados, is an English fast bowler who starred in England's 2019 Cricket World Cup win, bowling the final's Super Over.
Joginder Sharma (जोगिंदर शर्मा)
Joginder Sharma (जोगिंदर शर्मा), former Indian medium pacer from Rohtak who bowled the decisive final over of the 2007 T20 World Cup final, dismissing Misbah-ul-Haq; later a DSP in Haryana Police.
Jonathan Trott
Jonathan Trott (Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott), Cape Town-born England batsman, 52 Tests at 44.08, 2009 Ashes debut hundred, 2010-11 Ashes and India 2012-13 winner; later Afghanistan head coach 2022-2026.
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow (born 1989), English wicketkeeper-batter for Yorkshire and England; 2019 World Cup winner, first England batter with three consecutive ODI centuries, 2016 Test keeper run record (1,470 at 58.80).
Jonty Rhodes
Jonty Rhodes (Jonathan Neil Rhodes, born 1969), South African cricketer famed for revolutionary fielding and the 1992 World Cup diving run-out of Inzamam-ul-Haq; 52 Tests, 245 ODIs, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1999.
Jos Buttler
Jos Buttler, English wicketkeeper-batter born 1990, 2019 ODI World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup winner, former England white-ball captain, fastest England ODI century (61 balls), IPL star for Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans.
Josh Hazlewood
Josh Hazlewood (Josh Reginald Hazlewood, born 1991, Tamworth) is an Australian right-arm fast-medium bowler, 196cm, likened to Glenn McGrath; 295 Test wickets, 2015/2023 ODI and 2021 T20 World Cup winner, IPL with CSK and RCB.
Josh Inglis
Josh Inglis (Joshua Patrick Inglis, born 1995, Leeds) is an Australian wicketkeeper-batter for Western Australia, Perth Scorchers, and Lucknow Super Giants; Test debut century 102 in Galle, 43-ball T20I hundred record, 2023 World Cup winner.
Joshua Da Silva
Joshua Da Silva, born 1998 in Port of Spain, is a West Indies right-handed wicketkeeper-batter. Test debut 2020 vs New Zealand; 34 Tests, 1,258 runs; dropped January 2025, recalled 2026 after a maiden double century.