Alastair Cook - English left Handed Opening batsman

Full name Alastair Nathan Cook

Born December 25, 1984, Gloucester

Current age 26 years 229 days

Major teams England, Bedfordshire, England Lions, England Under-19s, Essex, Marylebone Cricket Club

Nickname Cooky, Chef

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm slow

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education Bedford School


Alastair Cook came to the spotlight on the Ashes tour of 2010-11. He is England's one of the most promising young cricketer and future captain. He scored more than 700 runs in the series of Ashes to with against Australia after 24 years. When he reached five thousand runs in test cricket he was only 26 years old. Still a lot to come from him.He captained in the under-19 world cup for England. Later he was selected as the captain on England's tour to Bangladesh.

Matt Prior wicketkeeper batsman from england

Full name Matthew James Prior

Born February 26, 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Current age 29 years 154 days

Major teams England, England A, England Lions, England Under-19s, Sussex, Sussex Cricket Board, Victoria

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-han
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Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education Brighton College, East Susse


Matthew Prior was born and raised in South Africa. Later he moved from South Africa to England and started playing in the county cricket for Sussex . He was a great wicketkeeper batsman. Prior's batting style is very aggressive. Prior was selected for England tours of Pakistan and India in 2005-06. But his performance was not up to mark. Later years he came back well. He was one of the successful players of England's Ashes winning team in 2009.

Jonathan Trott English Batsman right handed top order batsman of England

Full name Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott

Born April 22, 1981, Cape Town, Cape Province

Current age 30 years 96 days

Major teams England, Boland, England Lions, Otago, South Africa Under-15s, South Africa Under-19s, Warwickshire, Western Province

Nickname Booger,Trotters

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 6 ft 0 in


Education Stellenbosch University





Jonathan Trott was born in South Africa and later he went to England to build his cricket career. His stunning performance in country cricket made him a regular member of England Cricket Team. He followed the example of Kevin Pietersen and left South Africa. At the beginning of his career he was criticized by most of the South African cricket for leaving his own country. But after that he probed why English Cricket team rely on him. He hit a hundred on Test debut at The Oval.

Trott also played for South Africa in the Under-15 and Under-19 World Cups. In the Bangaldesh tour he was  out of form but he came back strongly in the series and country cricket and gained his place again in English team.

James Anderson - English fast bowler

Full name James Michael Anderson ( also known as Jimmy Anderson )

Born July 30, 1982, Burnley, Lancashire

Current age 28 years 360 days

Major teams England, Auckland, England Under-19s, Lancashire, Lancashire Cricket Board

Nickname Jimmy

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education St Theodore's RC High School; St Theodore's RC Sixth Form Centre - Burnley

James Anderson is also known as Jimmy Anderson. He is a right handed fast bowler from England.He started his career for England in the year 2002/03 in the tour of Australia. He played for the 2003 ICC World Cup cricker. Later he made his debut of test cricket against Zimbabwe.

Kevin Pietersen - Former English Captain - right handed batsman

Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen

Born June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal


Major teams England, Deccan Chargers, Dolphins, Hampshire, ICC World XI, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Surrey

Nickname KP, Kelves, Kapes, Kev

Playing role Top-order batsman


Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak


Height 6 ft 4 in

Education Maritzburg College, University of SA

KP -Kevin Pietersen is an extra ordinary batsman from England cricket team. He was born in south africa. Later he left south africa and went to England. There he got chance to play for England Cricket team. He became the captain of English Cricket team later. He started his career superbly. His 1000 one-day runs came in twenty one matches life Viv Richards. His strength is his ability to play drive strongly. He is also a great puller and hooker. Pietersen's career has already seen a lots of ups and downs. He lost his path and came back strongly in the ashes series against Australia. He scored 200 against india in 2011 test series. His labourous double hundred proves that he is trying heart and soul to come back to the England team as a regular player.
 

Chris Tremlett - fast bowler from England cricket team

Full name Christopher Timothy Tremlett

Born September 2, 1981, Southampton, Hampshire

Current age 29 years 289 days

Major teams England, ECB National Academy, England Lions, Hampshire, Hampshire Cricket Board, Surrey

Nickname Twiggy

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 6 ft 7 in

Education Taunton's College, Southampton

Chris Tremlett who is 6ft 7ins tall, plays for England cricket team. He is fast bowler. Tim Tremlett, a former Hampshire seamer, is his father and Maurice, who played for Somerset and England in the 1940s and 50s, is his grand father. he belongs to a well known cricket family. His first-class debut was against New Zealand A in the year 2000. He played for England Under-19 in India in the year 2000-01.

He was one of the member of England's 25-man development squad, ahead of the 2005 Ashes. He played in 2005 NatWest Series. After injuries hampered his career he was named in the academy in the year 2006.