List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations explained

This is a list of Test cricketers who were born in a country that does not currently play Test cricket.

Updated 24 Oct 2023. Players in bold are still active.

Name	Place of birth	Country of birth	Country played for	Test career	Test caps
		Kuwait[1]		1998	1
		Kuwait[2]		2010 - 2013	5
		Peru[3]		1931 - 1953	22
		Scotland[4]		1910 - 1912	5
		Germany[5]		1951 - 1952	2
		Dutch East Indies[6]		1896	1
		Scotland[7]		1969 - 1975	28
		Italy[8]		1958 - 1968	62
		Northern Rhodesia[9]		1975 - 1987	51
		Brazil[10]		1969	2
		Scotland[11]		1999	1
		Panama[12]		1930 - 1954	22
	Funchal	Portugal[13]	Australia	2013 - 2016	4
	St. George's[14]	Bermuda[15]		1896	1
		Mozambique[16]		1953 - 1954	3
		Scotland[17]		1929 - 1931	8
		Papua New Guinea[18]		2004 - 2006	34
		Scotland[19]		1922 - 1923	5
		Denmark[20]		2009	1
		Scotland[21]		1962 - 1965	10
		Scotland[22]		1976–1978	6
		Scotland[23]		1890 - 1893	8
		Swaziland[24]		1949	1
	Kuwait City	Kuwait[25]	Pakistan	2013 -	10
		United States[26]		2002 - 2015	13
		Norway[27]		1921 - 1936	17
	Penang	Malaysia[28]	Australia	2014 - 2017	8
		Zambia[29]		1995 - 2002	30
		Kenya Colony[30]		1987 - 1997	37
		Scotland[31]		1927 - 1931	13
		Kenya[32]		1982 - 1992	30
		Northern Rhodesia[33]		1986 - 1988
	–	Northern Rhodesia[34]		1984–1987	3
		Hong Kong[35]		1992	3
		Scotland[36]		1946	1
		Scotland[37]		1961 - 1967	10
		British Malaya[38]		1932	1
		Scotland[39]		1993 - 1999	11
		West Germany[40]		1984	2
		Egypt[41]		1970 - 1993	7
		Kenya[42]		1983 - 1986	26
		United States[43]		1939	2
		Portugal[44]		1954 - 1958	5

External links

• Cricinfo
• Nationalities of Test Cricketers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shakeel Ahmed . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
2. Web site: Tanvir Ahmed . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
3. Web site: Freddie Brown . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
4. Web site: Tom Campbell . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
5. Web site: Donald Carr . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
6. Web site: Frederick Cook . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
7. Web site: Mike Denness . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
8. Web site: Ted Dexter . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
9. Web site: Phil Edmonds . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
10. Web site: Ashok Gandotra . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
11. Web site: Gavin Hamilton . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
12. Web site: George Headley . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
13. Web site: Moisés Henriques . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
14. South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005
15. Web site: Charles Hime . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
16. Web site: David Ironside . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
17. Web site: Archie Jackson . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
18. Web site: Geraint Jones . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
19. Web site: Alec Kennedy . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
20. Web site: Amjad Khan . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
21. Web site: David Larter . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
22. Web site: Jan Lumsden . 12 November 2023 . ESPNcricinfo.
23. Web site: Gregor MacGregor . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
24. Web site: Fish Markham . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
25. Web site: Shan Masood . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
26. Web site: Jehan Mubarak . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
27. Web site: Buster Nupen . 10 January 2015 . ESPNcricinfo.
28. Web site: Steve O'Keefe . 23 October 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
29. Web site: Henry Olonga . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
30. Web site: Dipak Patel . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
31. Web site: Ian Peebles . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
32. Web site: Derek Pringle . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
33. Web site: Neal Radford . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
34. Web site: Lindsay Reeler . 12 November 2023 . ESPNcricinfo.
35. Web site: Dermot Reeve . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
36. Web site: Gordon Rowe . 24 May 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
37. Web site: Eric Russell . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
38. Web site: Lall Singh . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
39. Web site: Peter Such . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
40. Web site: Paul Terry . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
41. Web site: John Traicos . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
42. Web site: Qasim Umar . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
43. Web site: Ken Weekes . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.
44. Web site: Dick Westcott . 24 March 2014 . ESPNcricinfo.