Player number 247 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 3 June 1953) Also List A #1 (debut 22 May 1963) Birthplace Oldham, Lancashire County Cap 1954; Captain 1962-66; Hall of Fame 2018. First-Class 351 matches, 3,830 runs @ 13.78; 2 wickets @ 15.50; 653 catches, 157 stumpings List A 9 matches, 15 runs @3.75; 6 catches Long-serving physiotherapist Jack Jennings reckoned that ‘if Keith fell out with anyone, he must have been driven to it.’ An equable temperament was combined wi

Player number 411 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 8 May 2002) Also List A #127 (debut 3 May 2002) and T20 #1 (debut 13 June 2003) Birthplace Hammersmith, London First-Class 8 matches, 212 runs @ 17.66; 13 wickets @ 57.76 List A 10 matches, 63 runs @ 12.60; 16 wickets @ 24.56 Twenty20 1 match, 0 runs; 4 wickets @ 7.25; 1 catch Fast bowler Ricky Anderson, a product of London Cricket College, made a successful start to his first- class career with Essex, claiming 50 wickets in

Player number 360 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 20 May 1989) Also List A #81 (debut 21 May 1989) Birthplace Swetes Village, Antigua County Cap 1990 First-Class 78 matches, 1,100 runs @ 15.71; 318 wickets @20.60; 38 catches List A 95 matches, 404 runs @ 14.43; 115 wickets @ 22.17; 30 catches When coach-turned-scout Brian Reynolds and chief executive Stephen Coverdale journeyed north to watch fast bowler Curtly Ambrose play in a Central Lancashire League match in 1987 the

Player number 422 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 16 April 2004) Also List A #140 (debut 25 April 2004) and T20 #14 (debut 2 July 2004) Birthplace Rawalpindi, Pakistan County Cap 2005 First-Class 59 matches, 4,437 runs @ 49.30; 13 wickets @ 59.30; 27 catches List A 60 matches, 2,032 runs @ 39.07; 6 wickets @ 22.23; 13 catches Twenty20 27 matches, 446 runs @ 23.47; 2 wickets @ 33.00; 5 catches Director of Cricket Kepler Wessels’ need for experienced batsmen to replace Aust

Player number 290 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 27 May 1967) Also List A #22 (debut 1 May 1968) Birthplace Springs, South Africa County Cap 1969 First-Class 98 matches, 5,182 runs @ 31.59; 4 wickets @ 25.75; 89 catches List A 50 matches, 1,296 runs @ 30.13; 0 wickets for 9; 19 catches Northamptonshire’s willingness to back the judgement of former County batsman Percy Davis – who spent his winters coaching at Dale College in South Africa – paid dividends when left-hander