Non Anglo Saxon Players in Australian cricket

[Salamuddin]

Some names who have made it big either in first grade, state level or national youth level:

1) Ahilen Beadle -- of Sri Lankan. One of the top batsmen in the Aussie u-19's currently in Bangladesh.
2) Darren Wates of WA Warriors -- A lot of people may be surprised to know that he's of Indian origin -- his parents hail from Mumbai.
3) Richard Chee Quee -- what happened to this bloke ? He's still playing in Sydney first grade but doesn't seem to get the break at state level.

Anytone else at grade level or state youth level to lookout for ?

 

[Mister Wright]

Brendan Nash of Queensland has West Indian heritage and was asked by the West Indies to return to the Islands to press for national selection, but he knocked it back. I think he's family came here when he was really young.

 

[quytst0rm]

What about Andrew Symonds?

 

[mavric41]

What about Andrew Symonds?

West Indian heritage, adopted by English parents who moved to Australia when he was young.

 

[PY]

West Indian heritage, adopted by English parents who moved to Australia when he was young.

Not according to Cricinfo.

Poor lad was born in Birmingham.

Andrew Symonds Profile

 

[Mister Wright]

Not according to Cricinfo.

Poor lad was born in Birmingham.

Andrew Symonds Profile

But his natural parents were of West Indian heritage which doesn't stop him from being born in England.

 

[PY]

Fair enough.

 

[Richard]

And yet he still played for Gloucs as an English player...

 

[marc71178]

He did, and he did it quite lawfully.

Where's the problem in that?

 

[age_master]

Gillespie is Aborigional


chee quee was dropped and hasn't really scored the runs to warrant re selection, and hes quite old these daya

 

[Langeveldt]

Gillespie is Aborigional

Would never have thought that... Must be quite distantly related no?

 

[mavric41]

Gillespie is Aborigional

No he is not. One of his distant relatives (either grandfather or great grand father was) I think he is 1/8 at best. Apparently he is more Greek than aboriginal

 

[Linda]

No he is not. One of his distant relatives (either grandfather or great grand father was) I think he is 1/8 at best. Apparently he is more Greek than aboriginal

I saw on some interveiw or something he said he was 1/2 aboriginal, half greek.. or something. Quite a combination!

 

[age_master]

I saw on some interveiw or something he said he was 1/2 aboriginal, half greek.. or something. Quite a combination!

yeah i thought it was something more like that

 

[iamdavid]

Apparently a bit of Itallian in him to .... quite a mixture

He's got quite a bit of aboriginal in him I think as he does the add for ATSIC which they show at all ATSIC XI games & a couple of times during the VB series.

 

[Craig]

Darren Lehmann's surname is Germain. Its probably a grandfather, greatfather thing.

 

[Jamee999]

Darren Lehmann's surname is Germain.

Do you mean German

 

[Craig]

You know I cant spell