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This is a list of cricketers who were also knighted.
[1] The list is divided into two categories: one for those (22 players) who were knighted for their services to cricket, and one for
Test cricketers (8 players) who were knighted for other reasons.
A separate list shows Test cricketers who hold or have held other notable titles, including
baronetcies and
Indian princely titles .
Knighted for services to cricket
This section includes all administrators, coaches, cricketers, umpires and writers who were knighted for their services to the game.
Australia
Sir Donald George Bradman
AC (1908–2001),
knighted in 1949 for services to cricket.
England
Sir Francis Eden Lacey (1859–1946), the first person to be
knighted (1926) for services to cricket, or indeed any sport; these included his role as the Secretary of the
MCC from 1898 to 1926.
Sir Frederick Charles Toone (1868–1930),
knighted in 1929 for services to cricket.
Sir Pelham Francis "Plum" Warner
MBE (born in
Trinidad ; 1873–1963),
knighted in 1937 for services to cricket.
Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs (1882–1963),
knighted in 1953 for services to cricket.
Sir Henry Dudley Gresham "Shrimp" Leveson-Gower (1873–1954),
knighted in 1953 for services to cricket.
Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton (1916–1990),
knighted in 1956 for services to cricket.
Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus
CBE (1888–1975),
knighted in 1967 for services to music and cricket journalism. Did not play first-class cricket.
Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen
CBE (born in
Australia ; 1902–1989),
knighted for services to cricket in 1986.
The Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge
CBE (1932–2000),
knighted in 1992 for services to cricket.
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
CBE (1918–2010),
knighted in 1996 for services to cricket.
The Lord Botham of Ravensworth
OBE (born 24 November 1955),
knighted in 2007 for services to charity and to cricket.
Sir Alastair Nathan Cook
CBE (born 25 December 1984),
knighted in 2019 for services to cricket.
Sir Geoffrey Boycott
OBE (born 21 October 1940),
knighted in 2019 for services to sport.
Sir Andrew John Strauss
OBE (born 2 March 1977),
knighted in 2019 for services to sport.
New Zealand
Sir Richard John Hadlee
MBE (born 3 July 1951),
knighted in 1990 for services to cricket.
West Indies
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (born in
Barbados ; 1924–1967),
knighted for services to cricket in 1964.
Sir Garfield St Aubrun "Garry" Sobers
AO
OCC (born in
Barbados ; 28 July 1936),
knighted in 1975 for services to cricket.
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott
KA
GCM
OBE (born in
Barbados ; 1926–2006), created a
Knight of St. Andrew of the
Order of Barbados in 1993 for services to cricket.
Sir Everton de Courcy Weekes
KCMG
GCM
OBE (born in
Barbados ; 1925–2020), in 1995 for services to cricket.
Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte
KA , created a
Knight of St. Andrew of the
Order of Barbados for services to cricket in 1998.
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander "Viv" Richards KNH
OBE , created a Knight of the Order of the National Hero in 1999 by the
Antiguan government.
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Reverend
Sir Wesley Winfield Hall (born in
Barbados ; 12 September 1937),
knighted for services to cricket and the community in 2012.
Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose , knighted by the Antiguan government on 28 February 2014 for services to cricket.
Sir Anderson Montgomery Everton "Andy" Roberts , knighted by the Antiguan government on 28 February 2014 for services to cricket.
Sir Richard Benjamin "Richie" Richardson , knighted by the Antiguan government on 28 February 2014 for services to cricket.
Sir Charles Christopher Griffith ,
KA , created a
Knight of St. Andrew of the
Order of Barbados for services to cricket in 2017.
Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE , knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List for services to cricket.
Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge KCMG MBE , created a Knight Commander of the
Order of St. Michael and St. George in the 2020 New Years Honours List for services to cricket and the development of sport.
Knighted for other reasons
This list only includes
Test cricketers ; there are many others who played cricket at a variety of other levels, from school cricket to
first-class cricket .
England
India
New Zealand
Zimbabwe
West Indies
Other titles
Bill Woodfull was offered a knighthood in 1934 for services to cricket, but turned it down, making
Donald Bradman the only
Australian cricketer to be knighted.
[3] He later received an
OBE for services to education.
[3]
George Harris and
Martin Hawke both inherited
hereditary peerages , becoming the 4th Baron Harris and the 7th Baron Hawke respectively.
Learie Constantine and
Colin Cowdrey both received
life peerages , becoming Baron Constantine and Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge respectively.
David Sheppard , later
Bishop of Liverpool , received a life peerage in 1997 for services to the church, becoming Baron Sheppard of Liverpool.
Tim O'Brien inherited his father's baronetcy, becoming Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet, of Merrion Square and Boris-in-Ossory, in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom .
Rachael Heyhoe Flint received a life peerage in 2011, becoming Baroness Heyhoe Flint, of Wolverhampton in the County of West Midlands.
Ian Botham received a life peerage in 2020, becoming Baron Botham, of Ravensworth in the County of North Yorkshire.
Five other Test cricketers had
Indian princely titles :
Notably, in 2005, the
entire English team that played in the
2005 Ashes series were awarded
MBEs for regaining the Ashes, with captain
Michael Vaughan and coach
Duncan Fletcher (who also played for
Zimbabwe ) being awarded
OBEs .
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See also
Notes
References