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  1. 1Steve TikoloSteve TikoloBorn 25 Jun 1971Tikolo was Kenya's batting mainstay for two decades and captained them in their most famous era, when a part-time side reached the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup. Many observers rated him good enough for any Test team. His career shows both the potential of associate cricket and the cost of a…0
  2. 2Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)Born 4 Mar 1984When Ireland were still an associate, Kevin O'Brien hit a 50-ball hundred against England at the 2011 World Cup in Bangalore, then the fastest in World Cup history, to chase down 328. He later scored Ireland's first Test century, in their debut Test in 2018. His career spans the whole journey from…0i
  3. 3Ryan ten DoeschateRyan ten DoeschateBorn 30 Jun 1980Ten Doeschate averaged around 67 in one-day internationals for the Netherlands, one of the highest marks in the format's history, and made a hundred against England at the 2011 World Cup. A South African-born all-rounder who built a long career at Essex, he showed that associate players could match…0i
  4. 4Mohammad NabiMohammad NabiBorn 1 Jan 1985Nabi learned cricket in refugee camps in Pakistan and was part of the Afghanistan side that climbed from the lowest divisions of world cricket to the World Cup and, in 2017, full membership. An off-spinning all-rounder, he became one of the first Afghans in franchise leagues. Watching his career is…0i
  5. 5Kyle CoetzerKyle CoetzerBorn 14 Apr 1984Coetzer made Scotland's first World Cup hundred, 156 against Bangladesh in 2015, and later captained them to a one-day international win over England, then ranked No. 1, at Edinburgh in 2018. A steady opener who also played county cricket for Durham and Northamptonshire, he led Scotland through…0
  6. 6Paras KhadkaParas KhadkaBorn 24 Oct 1987Khadka captained Nepal through their rise from the lower divisions to one-day international status in 2018, and in 2019 he scored Nepal's first one-day international hundred, against the UAE, and their first T20 international hundred. He became a national celebrity in a country where cricket now…0i
  7. 7Gerhard ErasmusGerhard ErasmusBorn 11 Apr 1995Erasmus, a lawyer by training, captained Namibia to the Super 12 stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup and a famous win over Sri Lanka at the 2022 tournament. He is a combative top-order batter and part-time spinner who often bowls key overs himself. Namibia's emergence as a regular World Cup side owes…0
  8. 8Bas de LeedeBas de LeedeBorn 15 Nov 1999De Leede took five wickets and scored a hundred against Scotland in the 2023 World Cup qualifier to put the Netherlands into the tournament, one of the great all-round performances in a must-win associate match. At the World Cup itself the Dutch beat South Africa and Bangladesh. The son of former…0i
  9. 9Dipendra Singh AireeDipendra Singh AireeBorn 24 Jan 2000Airee hit six sixes in an over in a T20 international against Qatar in 2024 and, at the 2023 Asian Games, scored a nine-ball fifty, the fastest in men's T20 internationals. He is Nepal's most dangerous batter and a useful spinner, and he stood out again at the 2026 T20 World Cup. For new fans, he…0i
  10. 10Saurabh NetravalkarSaurabh NetravalkarBorn 16 Oct 1991Netravalkar, a former India under-19 player who moved to the US to work as a software engineer, bowled the super over that beat Pakistan at the 2024 T20 World Cup in Dallas, one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history. The USA reached the Super 8 stage. He is the face of a generation of…0