A cricketer’s first identity is being the representative of a nation but what it the national identity is confused? What if we tell you that some cricketers have represented two nations in cricket?
Oh no, we aren’t joking for this a fact for real! Of the numerous lists of cricket insights there’s also a list of players who have represented two nations in their careers and this is strangely weird.
While Eoin Morgan has played international cricket for Scotland, he also plays for England now. Between 2006 and 2009 Morgan played for Scotland and since 2009 he’s been playing for England. Similarly Luke Ronchi has played cricket first for Australia and then for New Zealand.
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As strange if may seem but this is for true. So, having played for a team to being there opponent, these players have confused the world of cricket like anything.
List of cricketers who have played for two international teams:
Player | First team | Debut | M | Second team | Debut | M |
Billy Midwinter | Australia | 1877 | 8 | England | 1881 | 4 |
Billy Murdoch | Australia | 1877 | 18 | England | 1892 | 1 |
Frank Hearne | England | 1889 | 2 | South Africa | 1892 | 4 |
JJ Ferris | Australia | 1887 | 8 | England | 1892 | 1 |
Sammy Woods | Australia | 1888 | 3 | England | 1896 | 3 |
Albert Trott | Australia | 1895 | 3 | England | 1899 | 2 |
Frank Mitchell | England | 1899 | 2 | South Africa | 1912 | 3 |
Iftikar Ali Khan Pataudi | England | 1932 | 3 | India | 1946 | 3 |
Abdul Hafeez Kardar | India | 1946 | 3 | Pakistan | 1952 | 23 |
Amir Elahi | India | 1947 | 1 | Pakistan | 1952 | 5 |
Gul Mohammad | India | 1946 | 8 | Pakistan | 1956 | 1 |
Sammy Guillen | West Indies | 1951 | 5 | New Zealand | 1956 | 3 |
John Traicos | South Africa | 1970 | 3 | Zimbabwe | 1983 | 31 |
Kepler Wessels | Australia | 1982 | 78 | South Africa | 1991 | 71 |
Gavin Hamilton | Scotland | 1999 | 50 | England | 1999 | 1 |
Clayton Lambert | West Indies | 1990 | 16 | USA | 2004 | 1 |
Dougie Brown | England | 1997 | 9 | Scotland | 2006 | 18 |
Anderson Cummins | West Indies | 1991 | 63 | Canada | 2007 | 13 |
Dirk Nannes | Netherlands | 2009 | 2 | Australia | 2009 | 16 |
Eoin Morgan | Ireland | 2006 | 23 | England | 2009 | 207 |
Ed Joyce | England | 2006 | 19 | Ireland | 2011 | 55 |
Boyd Rankin | Ireland | 2007 | 54 | England | 2013 | 10 |
Luke Ronchi | Australia | 2008 | 7 | New Zealand | 2013 | 88 |
Geraint Jones | England | 2004 | 85 | Papua New Guinea | 2014 | 2 |
Roelof van der Merwe | South Africa | 2009 | 26 | Netherlands | 2015 | 5 |
Ryan Campbell | Australia | 2002 | 2 | Hong Kong | 2016 |