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Mohsin Khan (cricketer)
Mohsin Khan (محسن حسن خان), born 1955 in Karachi, is a Pakistani former opening batsman who played 48 Tests and 75 ODIs from 1977 to 1986, scoring 2,709 Test runs at 37.10, later a Bollywood actor and Pakistan chief selector.
Moin Khan
Moin Khan (Mohammad Moin Khan, born 1971, Rawalpindi) is a Pakistani former wicketkeeper-batsman, 1990–2004, later captain, coach, and chief selector; Pakistan's ODI wicketkeeping dismissal record holder (287), distinct from the Bangladeshi all-rounder of the same name.
Montagu Toller
Montagu Henry Toller (1871-1948) was an English cricketer and rugby player from Barnstaple who won gold for Great Britain in the only Olympic cricket match, Paris 1900, taking 7 wickets for 9 runs, all bowled, for the Devon and Somerset Wanderers.
Monty Panesar
Monty Panesar (Mudhsuden Singh Panesar), England's first Sikh Test cricketer, left-arm orthodox spinner; 167 wickets in 50 Tests at 34.71, 11-210 at Wankhede 2012, peak ICC rating 721 in 2007, later mental-health advocate.
Morné Morkel
Morné Morkel, born 1984 in Vereeniging, is a former South African 1.96 m fast bowler with 309 Test wickets (2006-2018), later Pakistan and India bowling coach.
MS Dhoni (महेंद्र सिंह धोनी)
MS Dhoni (महेंद्र सिंह धोनी), Indian wicketkeeper-batsman and captain; only captain to win all three ICC white-ball trophies (2007, 2011, 2013); 17,266 international runs; five IPL titles with Chennai Super Kings.
Multan Sultans (ملتان سلطانز)
Multan Sultans (ملتان سلطانز), HBL Pakistan Super League T20 franchise from Multan, sixth team added 2018, 2021 champions, four straight finals 2021-2024; original slot sold 2026 and renamed Rawalpindiz, name revived via rebranded Sialkot Stallionz.
Mumbai cricket team
Mumbai cricket team (formerly Bombay), the Mumbai Cricket Association's Ranji Trophy side; India's most successful domestic team with 42 Ranji titles, a 15-title streak from 1958-59 to 1972-73, and over 70 Test cricketers produced.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians (MI) are a Mumbai-based IPL T20 cricket franchise owned by Indiawin Sports, a Reliance Industries subsidiary. Five-time IPL champions (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020), they also field MI Emirates, MI Cape Town, MI New York, and a WPL team.
Munaf Patel
Munaf Patel (Munaf Musa Patel), born 1983, Indian right-arm medium-fast bowler from Ikhar, Gujarat; 13 Tests, 70 ODIs, 3 T20Is for India 2006-2011; 2011 World Cup winner with 11 wickets; retired November 2018, later Delhi Capitals bowling coach.
Murali Kartik
Murali Kartik, Indian slow left-arm orthodox spinner (born 1976, Chennai), played 8 Tests, 37 ODIs and 1 T20I for India 2000-2007; famous for 7-76 v Australia at Wankhede 2004-05, Railways Ranji Trophy winner, county stalwart, later IPL commentator.
Murali Vijay
Murali Vijay (Murali Vijay Krishna), born 1984 in Chennai, Indian right-handed Test opening batsman, 2008-2018; 61 Tests, 3,982 runs at 38.28, 12 hundreds; retired from international cricket January 2023.
Mushfiqur Rahim (মুশফিকুর রহিম)
Mushfiqur Rahim (মুশফিকুর রহিম), Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batter born 1987 in Bogra; Test debut 2005 at Lord's, first Bangladeshi Test double-centurion, Bangladesh's leading Test run-scorer, ODI retiree of 2025.
Mushtaq Ahmed (مشتاق احمد) (cricketer)
Mushtaq Ahmed (مشتاق احمد), born 1970 in Sahiwal, is a Pakistani leg-spin and googly bowler, 1992 World Cup winner, 52-Test player, Sussex Championship great, and later spin bowling coach for Bangladesh.
Mustafizur Rahman (মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান)
Mustafizur Rahman (মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান), "The Fizz", Bangladeshi left-arm fast-medium bowler born 1995 in Satkhira; record 11 wickets in first two ODIs, Bangladesh's leading T20I wicket-taker, 2016 IPL champion with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Muttiah Muralitharan (මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්)
Muttiah Muralitharan (මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්), Sri Lankan off-spinner, holds the all-time records of 800 Test and 534 ODI wickets; his bent-arm action, doosra legality controversy, and 1996 World Cup win defined his career.
N. Srinivasan
N. Srinivasan (Narayanaswami Srinivasan), Indian cement industrialist and cricket administrator; India Cements MD, BCCI president 2011, ICC chairman 2014, owner-figure of Chennai Super Kings, central to IPL 2013 betting and conflict-of-interest controversies.
Nandani Sharma
Nandani Sharma, also Nandni Sharma, born 2001 in Chandigarh, is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler for Delhi Capitals (WPL) and Chandigarh; WPL 2026 joint-leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets and a historic 5/33 with hat-trick, T20I debut for India in 2026.
Nasser Hussain
Nasser Hussain (born 1968, Madras/Chennai) is an English cricket commentator and former Essex batsman who captained England in 45 Tests from 1999 to 2003, the first Asian-heritage England captain.
Nathan Lyon
Nathan Lyon, Australian Test off-spinner, former Adelaide Oval curator's assistant; 573 Test wickets at 30.26, second-highest Australian behind Warne, sixth all-time after passing McGrath in 2025-26.
Navdeep Saini (नवदीप अमरजीत सैनी)
Navdeep Saini (नवदीप अमरजीत सैनी), born 1992 in Karnal, Haryana, is an Indian right-arm fast bowler for Delhi who played all three formats for India 2019-2021 and bowls up to 95 mph.
Navjot Singh Sidhu (ਨਵਜੋਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿੱਧੂ)
Navjot Singh Sidhu (ਨਵਜੋਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿੱਧੂ), born 1963 in Patiala, is an Indian former cricketer (51 Tests, 136 ODIs, 1983–1999), commentator, TV personality, and politician: three-term Amritsar MP, Punjab Congress chief in 2021, jailed one year in a 1988 road rage case.
Nayan Mongia
Nayan Mongia, Indian wicketkeeper-batter 1994-2001, 44 Tests and 140 ODIs; made a 366-ball 152 in the first 1996 Border-Gavaskar Test at Delhi; named in the 2000 CBI match-fixing report but exonerated by the BCCI.
Nepal national cricket team
Nepal national men's cricket team, governed by the Cricket Association of Nepal, ICC Associate since 1996; gained ODI status in 2018, played 2014, 2024, 2026 T20 World Cups and 2023 Asia Cup, captained by Rohit Paudel.
Netherlands national cricket team
Netherlands national cricket team (KNCB), ICC Associate side; first match 1881, four ODI World Cups, beat England at 2009 T20 World Cup and South Africa at 2023 World Cup.
New South Wales cricket team
New South Wales cricket team (NSW Blues): Australia's most successful domestic side, 47 Sheffield Shield and 13 One-Day Cup titles, 21 WNCL titles; competes at the SCG and Cricket Central under coach Brad Haddin.
New Zealand national cricket team
New Zealand national cricket team, the BLACKCAPS, men's Test, ODI and T20I side since 1930; inaugural World Test Championship winners 2021, Champions Trophy 2000-01, ranked 3rd in Tests.
Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran, born 1995 in Couva, Trinidad, is a West Indian left-handed wicketkeeper-batter; West Indies' most capped T20I player (106 matches, 2,275 runs) who retired internationally in June 2025 and plays franchise T20 for Lucknow Super Giants and MI franchises.
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Nitish Kumar Reddy (Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy, born 2003, Visakhapatnam) is an Indian seam-bowling all-rounder for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Andhra; Test debut 2024, MCG century 114 at No.8, IPL 2024 Emerging Player.
Nitish Rana
Nitish Rana, born 1993 in Delhi, Indian left-handed batter and off-spinner; IPL teams Mumbai Indians, KKR (captain 2023), Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals; 3,078 IPL runs; 1 ODI and 2 T20Is for India in 2021.