🌟 Famous Faces at Linton Park

Internationals, county cricketers and celebrated guests who have turned out at Linton Park down the years — as visiting stars, invitational XIs, or opponents on their way up. Each is drawn from the club's own scorecards.

⚔️ Famous opposition — faced at Linton Park

Alan Butcher

Alan Butcher

English cricketer (born 1954)
Lashings World CC

Alan Raymond Butcher is a former English cricketer who is part of a family known for its strong cricketing connections. Although only selected to play for England on one occasion, he was lauded for his skills in first-class cricket and was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991. He became Essex coach in 1993, and coached Surrey between 2005 and 2008. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman noted Butcher was, "a popular and accomplished left-handed opener, unlucky to be consigned to membership of the 'One Cap Club'... despite consistent county performances and an ability to tackle quick bowlers, Butcher was passed over".

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Brent Arnel

Brent Arnel

New Zealand cricketer
Wizards

Brent John Arnel is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who has played six Test matches for the national side. A fast bowler, he represented Northern Districts and Wellington in a domestic career that began in 2006.

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Claire Taylor

Claire Taylor

English cricketer
Lord Cornwallis X1 - Midweek XI, Lord Co

Samantha Claire Taylor is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter, Taylor was the first woman to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Along with Charlotte Edwards, she was the mainstay of England's batting during the first decade of the 21st century, and played a key role in the team's two world titles in 2009.

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  • 🏠 200450 c Craig Sands b Mark ChristmasLord Cornwallis XIscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 200513 c & b Michael BeeneyLord Cornwallis XIscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 200759 c Peter Whyte b Carl DavisLord Cornwallis XIscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 200815 c Craig Sands b Ian Brattle · 2-30Lord Cornwallis XIscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 201221 run out UnsureLord Cornwallis XIscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 20130 c Peter Whyte b Tim Thirkell · 0-39Lord Cornwallis XIscorecard ↗
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Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

Cricket player of England. (1932-2000)
Combined Schools

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1976, and in 114 Test matches for England from 1954 to 1975. He was born in Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, British India and died in Littlehampton, West Sussex.

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Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

English cricketer and president of Marylebone Cricket Club (1945-2024)
Faced as opponent

Derek Leslie Underwood was an English international cricketer. In retirement he became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2008.

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Gayashan Munasinghe

Gayashan Munasinghe

Italian cricketer
Faced as opponent

Gayashan Ranga de Silva Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan-born Italian cricketer. Munasinghe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.

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Grace Scrivens

Grace Scrivens

England U19 Women captain / Kent Women
Faced as opponent

Grace Elizabeth Scrivens is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex and Trent Rockets. An all-rounder, she is a left-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Sunrisers.

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James Hockley

James Hockley

English cricketer (born 1979)
Faced as opponent

James Bernard Hockley is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club.

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  • 🏠 200673 c Craig Sands b Rory High · 4-13Anchorians CCscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 2007195 c Joe Martin b Carl DavisAnchorians CCscorecard ↗
  • 🏠 200812 c Ryan Boyns b Michael Beeney · 6-31Anchorians CCscorecard ↗
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Joe Denly

Joe Denly

English cricketer
Faced as opponent

Joseph Liam Denly is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly played age-group cricket for Kent and began his professional career with the county before moving to Middlesex for three seasons between 2012 and 2014. He won the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year award in 2018 and was named the season's Most Valuable Player.

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Matt Walker

Matt Walker

English cricketer (born 1974)
Lord Cornwallis X1 - Midweek XI, Lord Co

Matthew Jonathan Walker, known as Matt Walker, is a retired English professional cricketer and former head coach of Kent County Cricket Club. Walker was appointed as head coach in January 2017 having been assistant coach at the county since the 2014 season and held the role until the end of the 2024 season. He played for Kent for 16 seasons until 2008 and then for three seasons for Essex until he retired in 2011.

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Min Patel

Min Patel

Cricket player of England. (born 1970)
Faced as opponent

Minal Mahesh Patel is a retired Indian-born English cricketer who made two appearances in Test cricket for the England cricket team. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left arm bowler, who primarily played for Kent County Cricket Club. As of 2018 he is the Second XI coach at Kent.

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Pranav Dhanawade

Pranav Dhanawade

Indian cricketer
Faced as opponent

Pranav Prashant Dhanawade is an Indian cricketer from Kalyan, Maharashtra who holds the world record for the most runs scored in one innings. Stretching across two days on 4 and 5 January 2016, he became the first person to score more than 1,000 runs in one innings in an officially recognised match. Dhanawade scored 1,009 not out from 327 balls for K. C. Gandhi High School of the Kalyan administrative district, breaking the 116-year-old record of 628 not out set by English schoolboy A. E. J. Collins in 1899.

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✈️ Famous opposition — met on tour

Arran Brindle

Arran Brindle

English cricketer
Faced as opponent

Arran Brindle is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 88 One Day Internationals and 35 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1999 and 2014. She played county cricket for Lancashire and Sussex, and played in the Women's Cricket Super League for the Southern Vipers.

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Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones

English Cricketer (born 1976)
Faced as opponent

Geraint Owen Jones is a former cricketer who played for both England and Papua New Guinea. Born to Welsh parents in Papua New Guinea, Jones was the first-choice wicketkeeper for the England cricket team between 2004 and 2006. He later played international cricket for Papua New Guinea from 2012 to 2014. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in July 2015 following his resignation as the first-class cricket captain of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

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🔄 Played both for and against Linton

Mark Beeney

Mark Beeney

English footballer (born 1967)
Guested for Linton

Mark Raymond Beeney is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is a goalkeeping coach for Premier League side Chelsea's reserve and youth teams.

🏏 Playing for Linton Park
  • 🏠 20095 c Peter Clark b Mark Hodges · 1-24Linton Parkscorecard ↗
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Matt Coles

Matt Coles

English cricketer (born 1990)
Guested for Linton

Matthew Thomas Coles is an English former professional cricketer. He played as a bowling all-rounder who bowled right-arm fast-medium pace and batted left-handed. He most recently was contracted to Essex County Cricket Club and has represented the England Lions cricket team. Coles played for Kent for two spells either team of spending 18 months at Hampshire in 2014. In 2016 he joined Bangladesh Premier League team Dhaka Dynamites for part of their season.

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Maurice Fenner

Maurice Fenner

cricketer (1929-2015)
Guested for Linton

Maurice David Fenner was an English military airman and amateur cricketer. He rose to the rank of Group Captain in the Royal Air Force, played first-class cricket for Combined Services and Kent County Cricket Club and was secretary of the county club in later life.

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