Birthdays in Sport
Birthdays 1001 - 1,100 of 2,049
- 1941-02-26 Keith Thomson, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1 x 50; Canterbury) and field hockey centre-half (28 Tests; Canterbury), born in Methven, New Zealand (d. 2023)
- 1941-03-21 Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
- 1941-04-01 Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricket batsman and captain (37 Tests; top score 143; Bombay), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2018)
- 1941-05-07 Grahame Bilby, New Zealand cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1966), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1941-05-11 Ian Redpath, cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
- 1941-05-14 Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
- 1941-05-15 Cyril Cooray, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on intl panel)
- 1941-06-24 Graham McKenzie, Australian cricket fast bowler (60 Tests, 246 wickets; WA CA, Leicestershire CCC), born in Perth, Australia
- 1941-06-30 John Jameson, English cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai), born in Bombay, British India
- 1941-06-30 Peter Pollock, South African cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 116 wickets, BB 6/38, 1 x 50; Eastern Province), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 1941-07-13 Grahame Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 4/60; NSW CA), born in Newcastle, Australia
- 1941-07-17 Bob Taylor, English cricket wicketkeeper (57 Tests, 174 dismissals, 3 x 50s; Derbyshire CCC), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England
- 1941-08-14 Peter Truscott, New Zealand cricketer (one Test NZ v Pakistan 1965, 3 & 26), born in Pahiatua, Manawatu, New Zealand
- 1941-09-04 Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer, born in Kenya
- 1941-09-29 David Steele, British cricketer (England batsman, courageous v Lillee 1975), born in Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent, England
- 1941-10-13 John Snow, English cricketer (fiery England quickie Unpopular with Aussies), born in Peopleton, Worcestershire, England
- 1941-10-23 Colin Milburn, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 139; Northamptonshire CCC, MCC, WA CA), born in Burnopfield, England (d. 1990)
- 1941-10-29 Brian Yuile, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 1941-12-08 Geoff Hurst, English soccer striker (49 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; West Ham United 411 games, Stoke City), born in Ashton-under-Lyne, England
- 1941-12-10 Jeff Jones, Welsh cricket fast bowler (15 Tests England, 44 wickets), born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- 1941-12-14 Barry Hadlee, New Zealand cricket batsman (brother of Richard & Dayle; 2 ODIs NZ World Cup 1975; Canterbury), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
- 1941-12-28 Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
- 1941-12-31 Milkha Singh, Indian cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests), born in Madras, India (d. 2017)
- 1942-01-14 Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer & footballer, born in South Perth, Australia
- 1942-01-23 Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70), born in Westonia, West Australia
- 1942-01-30 David J. Brown, English cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England), born in Walsall, United Kingdom
- 1942-02-01 David Sincock, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; South Australia CA), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1942-03-07 U N Kulkarni, Indian cricket pace bowler (4 Tests, 5 wickets, BB 2/37; Mumbai), born in Alibagh, India
- 1942-04-05 Arthur Barrett, West Indian cricketer (WI leggie early 70's), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1942-04-28 Mike Brearley, English cricketer (outstanding England captain 1977-81), born in Harrow, Middlesex, England
- 1942-05-08 Robin Hobbs, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 12 wickets; Essex CCC, Glamorgan CCC), born in Chippenham, England
- 1942-05-24 Ali Bacher, South African cricketer (South African batsman and captain in 60's), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1942-06-09 Richard Hutton, English cricketer (son of Len, 5 Tests 1971), born in Pudsey, England
- 1942-06-11 Somachandra De Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84), born in Galle, Sri Lanka
- 1942-08-30 Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests 1964-73), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- 1942-09-25 Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 16 wickets, hat-trick on debut; Otago, Wellington), born in Ranfurly, New Zealand (d. 2015)
- 1942-09-29 Rajinder Goel, Indian cricket spin bowler (record for most wickets in Ranji Trophy 637), born in Narwana, British India (d. 2020)
- 1942-11-11 Roy Fredericks, West Indian cricket batsman (59 Tests @ 42.49, 8 x 100s; British Guyana, Glamorgan CCC), born in East Bank, Guyana (d. 2000)
- 1942-11-14 Jackie Du Preez, Zimbabwe cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, South Africa; Zimbabwe Test selector), born in Harare, Zimbabwe (d. 2020)
- 1942-12-08 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)
- 1942-12-26 Barry Wood, English cricketer (England opener in early 70's)
- 1943-04-07 Dennis Amiss, cricketer (prolific English batsman)
- 1943-04-16 Johnny Watkins, Australian cricketer (NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Aust), born in Newcastle, New South Wales
- 1943-04-22 Steve Dunne, New Zealand cricket umpire (39 Tests; 100 ODIs), born in Dunedin. Otago
- 1943-05-09 Maurice Foster, West Indian cricket batsman (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 125; Jamaica), born in St. Mary, Jamaica
- 1943-05-20 Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80)
- 1943-06-06 Asif Iqbal, Pakistani cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80), born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- 1943-07-12 Bruce Taylor, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (30 Tests, 111 wickets; 2 x 100s), born in Timaru, New Zealand (d. 2021)
- 1943-08-10 Shafqat Rana, Pakistan cricket batsman (5 Tests, top score 95), born in Simla, British Punjab
- 1943-08-14 Barrie Leadbeater, English cricketer and umpire, born in Harehills, Leeds
- 1943-09-26 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket batsman and captain (75 Tests; 5,345 @ 42.42, 14 x 100s, TS 196; South Australia) and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1943-10-01 Naushad Ali, Pakistan cricket wicket keeper, administrator, match referee (6 Tests), born in Gwalior, India
- 1943-10-11 Keith Boyce, West Indian cricketer (big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's), born in Castle, St Peter, Barbados (d. 1996)
- 1943-10-19 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper (WI early 70's)
- 1943-11-09 John Shepherd, cricketer (WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa), born in Belleplaine, Barbados
- 1943-11-22 Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (57 Tests @ 39.17; 10 x 100, 19 x 50, 79 wickets; brother of Hanif), born in Junagadh, India
- 1943-11-24 Barry Milburn, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 8 dismissals; Otago CA), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1943-12-25 Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets; Auckland CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2008)
- 1944-01-01 Charlie Davis, West Indies cricket batsman (15 Tests, 4 x 100s, 54.20 average), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
- 1944-01-31 John Inverarity, cricketer (Australian batsman 1968-72)
- 1944-02-22 Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicket-keeper (1975 World Cup), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 1944-02-27 Graeme Pollock, South African cricket batsman (23 Tests @ 60.97, 7 x 100, HS 274; Transvaal, Eastern Province), born in Durban, South Africa
- 1944-03-09 Geoff Arnold, English cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75), born in Earlsfield, Surrey, England
- 1944-03-09 Lee Irvine, South African cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 102; Essex CCC, Natal, Transvaal), born in Durban, South Africa
- 1944-03-23 Salim Altaf, cricketer (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78)
- 1944-04-18 Irvine Shillingford, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 120; Combined Islands, Windward Islands), born in Dublanc, Dominica (d. 2023)
- 1944-05-10 Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
- 1944-05-11 John Benaud, Australian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1944-05-13 Clive Radley, English cricketer (batsman in 8 Tests)
- 1944-05-17 Arif Butt, Pakistani cricketer (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65), born in Lahore, Punjab, British India (d. 2007)
- 1944-05-20 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England)
- 1944-07-13 Eric Freeman, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 34 wickets, 2 x 50s; South Australia), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1944-07-17 Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricket batsman (50 Tests, 5 x 100s; Auckland CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1944-07-29 Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 187 in 387 partnership with Glenn Turner v WI 1972), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1944-08-09 Terry Jenner, Australian cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 24 wickets; WA CA, SA CA), born in Mount Lawley, Australia (d. 2011)
- 1944-08-16 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test)
- 1944-08-31 Clive Lloyd, West Indies cricket batsman, captain (110 Tests; 7,515 runs @ 46.67, HS 242no; British Guiana, Lancashire CCC), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
- 1944-09-25 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), born in Macoucherie, Dominica (d. 2009)
- 1944-10-16 Bob Cottam, cricketer (England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours)
- 1944-11-13 Ken Shuttleworth, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 5/37; Lancashire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), born in St Helens, England
- 1944-11-16 David O'Sullivan, New Zealand cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 1944-12-29 Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricket batsman (1 Test, 1 x 100, HS 107; Auckland, Wellington), born in Whangarei, New Zealand
- 1945-01-20 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist and broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), born in Peterborough, England (d. 2013)
- 1945-02-21 Sudhir Naik, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Bombay), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2023)
- 1945-03-03 Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
- 1945-03-08 Graeme Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 6 wickets; 2 ODIs; Victoria CA, WA CA, NSW CA), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1945-04-04 Bryan Andrews, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1945-04-28 Ajit Manohar Pai, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Bombay), born in Mumbai, India
- 1945-05-03 Sadiq Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman 41 Tests @ 35.81, 5 x 100; brother of Hanif & Mushtaq Mohammad), born in Junagadh, India
- 1945-05-17 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), born in Mysore, Karnataka
- 1945-06-08 Derek Underwood, England cricket spin bowler (86 Tests, 297 wickets @ 25.83), born in Bromley, England
- 1945-06-26 David Heyn, Sri Lankan cricket batsman (18 x unofficial tests; 2 ODIs; Nondescripts CC), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 1945-07-13 Ashley Mallett, Australian cricket spin bowler (38 Tests, 132 wickets, best 8/59; South Australia), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2021)
- 1945-07-16 Barry Dudleston, English cricketer and cricket umpire, born in Bebington, Cheshire
- 1945-07-21 Barry Richards, South African cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 140; Natal, Gloucestershire CCC, Hampshire CCC, South Australia), born in Durban, South Africa
- 1945-07-21 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm fast bowler (21 Tests, 78 wickets; 15 ODIs), born in Maryborough, Queensland
- 1945-08-13 Robin Jackman, English cricket seam bowler (4 Tests, 14 wickets; 15 ODIs; Surrey CCC), born in Simla, India (d. 2020)
- 1945-09-07 Vic Pollard, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (32 Tests, 2 x 100s, 40 wickets) and soccer midfielder (7 caps; Rangers AFC), born in Burnley, England
- 1945-10-08 Vanburn Holder, West Indian cricket fast bowler (40 Tests, 109 wickets; 12 ODIs), born in Deans Village, Saint Michael, Barbados
- 1945-10-15 Steve Camacho, West Indian cricket batsman, author, administrator (11 Tests, CEO WI Cricket Board), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2015)
Deaths in Sport
Deaths 1001 - 1,100 of 1,187
- 2009-03-10 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), dies at 94
- 2009-04-05 George Tribe, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests; Northamptonshire; 66 VFL games Footscray), dies at 88
- 2009-07-04 Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 54 wickets; Pakistan's first ball and wicket in Test cricket), dies of prostate cancer at 81
- 2009-10-01 V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets), dies from stroke complications at 80
- 2009-10-27 David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (92 Tests 1985–2005; 172 ODIs 1983–2005), dies from lung cancer at 68
- 2009-12-23 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), dies at 65
- 2009-12-26 Arthur McIntyre, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 8 dismissals; Surrey CCC, MCC), dies at 91
- 2010-03-24 Ron Hamence, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman post-WWII), dies at 94
Alec Bedser (1918-2010)
2010-04-04 English cricket medium-pace bowler (51 Tests, 236 wickets, BB 7/44; Surrey CCC), dies at 91
- 2010-04-06 Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 70 wickets; Canterbury CA), dies at 85
- 2010-05-21 Trevor Meale, New Zealand cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v England 1958), dies at 81
- 2010-06-20 Gundibail Sunderam, Indian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Rajasthan), dies at 80
- 2010-08-01 Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby union halfback (1 cap; Wellington RFU), cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 7 dismissals) and international umpire (1 Test), dies at 99
- 2010-10-01 Ian Buxton, English football forward (Derby County) and cricket all-rounder (Derbyshire captain), dies at 72
- 2010-10-20 Parthasarathy Sharma, Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50), dies at 62
- 2010-11-10 Tiger Lance, South African cricketer (South African batting all-rounder 1961-67), dies at 70
- 2010-12-27 Keith Andrew, English cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests; Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 81
- 2011-02-10 Trevor Bailey, English cricket all-rounder, writer and broadcaster (61 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 134no, 132 wickets; BBC), dies in a fire in his retirement flat at 87
- 2011-03-23 Fred Titmus, English cricket all-rounder (53 Tests, 153 wickets, 10 x 50s; Middlesex), dies at 78
- 2011-04-16 Gerry Alexander, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (25 Tests, top score 108, 90 dismissals), dies at 82
- 2011-04-24 Colin Snedden, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (1 Test; Auckland), dies at 93
- 2011-05-25 Terry Jenner, Australian cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 24 wickets; WA CA, SA CA), dies from a heart attack at 66
- 2011-08-03 Allan Watkins, Welsh cricket all-rounder, (15 Tests, England @ 40.15, 11 wickets; Glamorgan), dies at 89
- 2011-08-15 Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, TS 47, 2 wickets; Wellington CA), dies at 86
- 2011-10-05 Graham Dilley, English cricket fast bowler (41 Tests, 138 wickets; Kent CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies from oesophageal cancer at 52
- 2011-11-12 Peter Roebuck, English cricketer and journalist, dies at 55
- 2011-11-19 Basil D'Oliveira, English cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 2,484 @ 40.06, 47 wickets), dies form Parkinson's disease at 80
- 2011-11-22 Ray Flockton, Australian cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's), dies at 81
- 2012-03-04 Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer, dies in a traffic collision at 33
- 2012-03-30 Ron Gaunt, Australian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 3/53; WA, Victoria), dies at 78
- 2012-05-05 Raman Surendranath, Indian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 26 wickets), dies at 75
- 2012-07-12 Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), dies at 81
- 2012-07-21 Don Wilson, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests, 11 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74
- 2012-11-30 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi), dies at 78
Tony Greig (1946-2012)
2012-12-29 English cricket captain, all-rounder (1972-77) and commentator, dies from a heart attack at 66
- 2013-01-01 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist & broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), dies of cancer at 67
- 2013-01-06 Neil Adcock, South African cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 104 wickets @ 21.10), dies from bowel cancer at 81
- 2013-01-13 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), dies from complications from a stroke at 76
- 2013-03-01 Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies & 3 Tests New Zealand), dies at 88
- 2013-04-19 Mike Denness, English cricket batsman and captain (28 Tests, top score 188), dies from cancer at 72
- 2013-09-28 Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricket all-rounder (4 Tests), dies at 81
- 2013-11-22 Reg Simpson, English cricket batsman (27 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 156no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 93
- 2013-12-03 Khalid Hasan, Pakistani cricket leg-spin bowler (1 Test; 16 years, 352 days, then youngest Test player), dies at 76
- 2013-12-16 Madhusudan Rege, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Maharashtra), dies at 89
- 2014-05-20 Phil Sharpe, English cricket batsman (12 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 111; Yorkshire CCC, Derbyshire CCC), dies at 77
- 2014-05-24 David Allen, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 5 x 50, 122 wickets, BB 5/30; Gloucestershire CCC), dies at 78
- 2014-06-05 Chris Burger, South African cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1957-58), dies at 78
- 2014-06-10 Gary Gilmour, Australian cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 54 wickets, HS 101; NSWCA), dies of liver problems exacerbated by a fall at 62
- 2014-08-05 Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test), dies at 79
- 2014-08-10 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests 1964), dies at 85
- 2014-08-21 Roy Miller, West Indian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; Jamaica), dies at 89
- 2014-09-02 Norman Gordon, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 20 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 103
- 2014-11-16 Ian Craig, Australian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests; NSW), dies from cancer at 79
- 2014-11-27 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer, dies in a coma after being hit by cricket ball 2 days earlier at 25
- 2014-12-25 Geoff Pullar, English cricket batsman (28 Tests, 4 x 100s, HS 175; Lancashire CCC, Gloucestershire CCC), dies at 79
Richie Benaud (1930-2015)
2015-04-10 Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (62 Tests, 3 x 100s, 248 wickets; NSW CA) and broadcaster (9 Network, BBC), dies from skin cancer at 84
- 2015-05-30 Azmat Rana, Pakistan cricket batsman (1 Test, top score 49; 2 ODIs), dies at 63
- 2015-06-07 Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 16 wickets, hat-trick on debut; Otago, Wellington), dies at 72
- 2015-07-28 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991; Nottinghamshire), dies from a brain tumour at 66
- 2015-08-22 Arthur Morris, Australian cricket batsman (46 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 206, BA 46.48; NSWCA), dies at 93
- 2015-08-25 Ian Smith, South African cricket leg-spin bowler (9 Tests), dies at 90
- 2015-09-13 Brian Close, English cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976), dies at 84
- 2015-09-26 Fred Ridgway, England cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/83; Kent CCC, MCC), dies at 92
- 2015-09-27 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), dies at 85
- 2015-10-02 Lindsay Kline, Australian cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957), dies at 81
- 2015-10-25 Basil Williams, West Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100s; century on debut 1978), dies at 65
- 2015-11-03 Tom Graveney, England cricket batsman (79 Tests; top score 258; 732 first class games), dies of Parkinson's disease at 88
- 2016-01-23 Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), dies at 85
- 2016-02-01 Israr Ali, Pakistan cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India 1952–53), dies of pneumonia at 88
- 2016-02-17 Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indian batsman who scored 112 in his only Test innings 1948), dies at 95
Martin Crowe (1962-2016)
2016-03-03 New Zealand cricketer and batsman, dies of cancer at 53
- 2016-05-09 John Warr, English cricket bowler (avg 281) & president (MCC), dies at 88
- 2016-05-11 Jim Pothecary, South African cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), dies at 82
- 2016-06-12 Donald Carr, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 x 50, 2 wickets; Derbyshire CCC) and official (secretary Test and County Cricket Board 1976-86), dies at 89
- 2016-08-11 Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (55 Tests; longest Test innings in history at 16 hours, 337 v WI 1958; 12 x 100), dies at 81
- 2016-09-01 Len Maddocks, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests, 19 dismissals; Victoria, Tasmania), dies at 90
- 2016-09-07 Ken Higgs, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 71 wickets, 1 x 50; Lancashire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), dies at 79
- 2016-09-28 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), dies at 68
- 2016-10-06 Mick Harvey, Australian cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire), dies at 95
- 2016-10-07 Johnny Gleeson, Australian cricket spin bowler (29 Tests, 93 wickets, BB 5/61; NSW CA), dies at 78
- 2016-11-25 Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman & opening bowler), dies at 85
- 2016-12-11 Sid O'Linn, South African cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960), dies at 89
- 2017-01-18 Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket batter and captain (22 Tests, 23 ODOs; captain winning England team in inaugural Women's World Cup 1973), businesswoman and philanthropist, dies at 77
- 2017-02-17 Peter Richardson, British cricket batsman (34 Tests, 5 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 126; Worcestershire CCC, Kent CCC), dies at 85
- 2017-08-05 Doug Insole, English cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests), dies at 91
- 2017-10-30 M V Sridhar, Indian cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994), dies of a heart attack at 51
- 2017-12-29 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1953-56), dies at 88
- 2018-01-13 Jack Nel, South African cricket batsman (6 Tests, Western Province), dies at 89
- 2018-01-21 David Pithey, Rhodesian cricket all-rounder (8 Tests for South Africa), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 81
- 2018-02-10 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (61 Tests; 3448 runs @ 32.22, 7 x 100; 59 wickets), dies at 79
- 2018-02-16 Hubert Doggart, English cricket batsman (2 Tests; Cambridge University CC, Sussex CCC) and executive (President MCC 1981–82), dies at 92
- 2018-04-14 Colin Bland, South African cricket batsman (21 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 144no; Eastern Province, Orange Free State), dies from colon cancer at 80
- 2018-07-24 John Murray, England cricket wicketkeeper (21 Tests; 55 dismissals, 1 x 100, HS 112; Middlesex CCC), dies at 83
- 2018-08-15 Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricket batsman and captain (37 Tests; top score 143; Bombay), dies at 77
- 2018-09-06 Alan Oakman, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; Sussex CCC), dies at 88
- 2019-02-18 Kelly Seymour, South African cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), dies at 83
- 2019-02-27 Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), dies at 80
- 2019-03-12 Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), dies at 88
- 2019-03-27 Bruce Yardley, Australian cricket spin bowler and coach (33 Tests, 126 wickets; coach Sri Lanka), dies from cancer at 71
- 2019-05-06 Seymour Nurse, West Indian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 47.60, 6 x 100; TS 258; Barbados), dies at 85