TT Bresnan Profile

General Information Full name Timothy Thomas Bresnan Born February 28, 1985, Pontefract, Yorkshire Current age 25 years 343 days Major teams England, England Lions, England Under-19s, Marylebone Cricket Club, Yorkshire Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium-fast Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 7 35 16 Innings Played 5 29 10 Not Outs 0 11 5 Runs 164 455 76 Highest 91 80 23* Average 32.80 25.27 15.20 Balls Faced 462 477 66 St/R 35.49 95.38 115.15 100's 0 0 0 50's 1 1 0 4's 14 54 6 6's 0 1 0 Catches Taken 3 8 5 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 7 35 16 Innings Played 13 35 16 Balls 1482 1713 310 Runs 707 1523 389 Wickets 25 40 11 Best Inning Bowling 4/50 4/28 3/10 Best Match Bowling 6/75 4/28 3/10 Average 28.28 38.07 35.36 Economy Rate 2.86 5.33 7.52 St/R 59.2 42.8 28.1 4 Wickets 1 1 0 5 Wickets 0 0 0 10 Wickets 0 0 0 Profile Timothy Thomas Bresnan was born 28 February 1985, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. He is an English cricketer. He is a fast-medium bowler, as well as being respected for his ability with the bat for Yorkshire. He normally fields in the deep. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003. In June 2006 he was called up to the England One Day International side, and in May 2009, he joined England's Test side. A powerfully built allrounder, Tim Bresnan had been tipped for higher honors since he became the youngest player in 20 years to represent Yorkshire when he debuted in 2001. He quickly progressed to the England Under-19 set-up and was part of the team in 2002 and 2003 - playing in two World Cups - the same years that he won the NBC Denis Compton Award for most promising Yorkshire player. All the potential took a few years to develop, but 2005 was an important year for Bresnan as he was given more responsibility in a transitional Yorkshire team. He was surprisingly overlooked for the England Academy, but started 2006 with a string of impressive performances with bat and ball, leading to a call-up to England's new-look one-day squad to face Sri Lanka. However, he fell victim to the flashing blades of Jayasuriya and Co., and then suffered injury in the second half of the season as he lost his place for the series against Pakistan.

SM Davies Profile

General Information Full name Steven Michael Davies Born June 17, 1986, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Current age 24 years 229 days Major teams England, England Lions, Marylebone Cricket Club, Surrey, Worcestershire, Worcestershire Cricket Board Playing role Wicketkeeper Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling Style Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 7 5 Innings Played 7 5 Not Outs 0 0 Runs 244 102 Highest 87 33 Average 34.85 20.40 Balls Faced 225 82 St/R 108.44 124.39 100's 0 0 50's 1 0 4's 36 12 6's 0 0 Catches Taken 8 2 Stumpings Made 0 1 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 7 5 Innings Played - - Balls - - Runs - - Wickets - - Best Inning Bowling - - Best Match Bowling - - Average - - Economy Rate - - St/R - - 4 Wickets - - 5 Wickets - - 10 Wickets - - Profile Steven Michael Davies was born 17 June 1986 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper/batsman who currently plays for Surrey. A stylish and aggressive left-handed batsman who can open the batting in both first-class and limited-overs cricket (though in the former he generally now bats in the middle order), he is also a regular and natural wicket-keeper. Steven Davies is one of the glut of young wicketkeeper batsman vying for a spot at international level and was picked out before he'd turned 20 as one for the future. It was clear he had talent when he finished above Graeme Hick in the Worcestershire averages in his debut season in 2005, and he was selected for the National Academy and toured the West Indies with England A that winter. In 2006 he scored 192 and topped 1000 runs as his name continued to earn column inches. A former England Under-19 captain, Davies has impressed everyone who has come across him and, vitally, his glovework is also of an excellent standard. However, the selectors were careful not to make the same mistakes with Davies as they made with Chris Read and James Foster in picking him too early. It was in the limited-overs game where he really began to advance and in 2008 enjoyed a prolific Pro40 season as an opening batsman.

RWT Key Profile

General Information Full name Robert William Trevor Key Born May 12, 1979, East Dulwich, London Current age 31 years 269 days Major teams England, Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 15 5 1 Innings Played 26 5 1 Not Outs 1 0 1 Runs 775 54 10 Highest 221 19 10* Average 31.00 10.80 - Balls Faced 1639 135 8 St/R 47.28 40.00 125.00 100's 1 0 0 50's 3 0 0 4's 97 6 0 6's 2 0 0 Catches Taken 11 0 1 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 15 5 1 Innings Played - - - Balls - - - Runs - - - Wickets - - - Best Inning Bowling - - - Best Match Bowling - - - Average - - - Economy Rate - - - St/R - - - 4 Wickets - - - 5 Wickets - - - 10 Wickets - - - Profile Robert William Trevor Key was born 12 May 1979. He is an English cricketer. He is the captain of Kent County Cricket Club, and a former member of the England Test match and One Day International sides. Robert William Trevor Key is a right-handed opening batsman, Key made appearances at age-group level for Kent from the age of eleven, moving up until he made his first-class debut in 1998. He made appearances for England's youth sides, and was a member of the side which won the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Following a season of heavy run-scoring, Key was called up to the England A side in 1999. Cherry-cheeked Kent batsman Robert Key had been marked down for great things - not least by headline-writers spotting an easy pun a mile off - since he helped England win the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa early in 1998. His trademark shot is a back-foot biff through the covers, while his off-drive on the front foot pleases the purists too. For a while his waistline expanded along with his burgeoning batting reputation, and he was 16 stone and counting before Alec Stewart had a quiet word. Key played his first matches for Kent's second eleven in 1995, at the age of sixteen. He remained a regular in the second team throughout the 1996 season and first half of the 1997 season, by which time he had hit his first two centuries for a Kent representative side; an unbeaten 146 against Essex's second team, and an unbeaten 139 against Glamorgan's seconds.

PD Collingwood Profile

General Information Full name Paul David Collingwood Born May 26, 1976, Shotley Bridge, Co Durham Current age 34 years 252 days Major teams England, Delhi Daredevils, Durham Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 68 193 35 Innings Played 115 177 33 Not Outs 10 36 2 Runs 4259 5031 583 Highest 206 120* 79 Average 40.56 35.68 18.80 Balls Faced 9170 6562 459 St/R 46.44 76.66 127.01 100's 10 5 0 50's 20 26 3 4's 470 362 37 6's 24 73 24 Catches Taken 96 107 14 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 68 193 35 Innings Played 59 147 19 Balls 1905 5048 222 Runs 1018 4178 329 Wickets 17 110 16 Best Inning Bowling 3/23 6/31 4/22 Best Match Bowling 3/35 6/31 4/22 Average 59.88 37.98 20.56 Economy Rate 3.20 4.96 8.89 St/R 112.0 45.8 13.8 4 Wickets 0 3 1 5 Wickets 0 1 0 10 Wickets 0 0 0 Profile Paul Collingwood is natural athlete, with a happy-go-lucky temperament, Paul Collingwood's appointment as England's one-day captain in 2007 was reward for six years of uncomplaining professionalism, in which time he fought his way through a melee of seemingly more talented opponents to make himself indispensable in both forms of the game.He is the current England Twenty20 captain. An all-rounder, Collingwood is a tenacious player and natural stroke-maker.He is a player in the classical mould and plays his shots with a straight bat.He was born in May 26, 1976, Shotley Bridge, Co Durham.His bowling verges towards the dibbly-dobbly, but given the right conditions he can be irresistible, as he proved with a matchwinning display of swing bowling in the third one-day game against New Zealand in 2001-02.He duly won the prestigious Jack Ryder Medal, and came close to making an Ashes debut at Perth in 2002-03. However, despite his late role in the 2005 Ashes he still seemed destined to be a fill-in player.

MP Vaughan Profile

General Information Full name Michael Paul Vaughan Born October 29, 1974, Manchester Current age 36 years 95 days Major teams England, Marylebone Cricket Club, Yorkshire Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 82 86 2 Innings Played 147 83 2 Not Outs 9 10 0 Runs 5719 1982 27 Highest 197 90* 27 Average 41.44 27.15 13.50 Balls Faced 11184 2898 22 St/R 51.13 68.39 122.72 100's 18 0 0 50's 18 16 0 4's 742 204 4 6's 22 13 0 Catches Taken 44 25 0 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 82 86 2 Innings Played 35 28 - Balls 978 796 - Runs 561 649 - Wickets 6 16 - Best Inning Bowling 2/71 4/22 - Best Match Bowling 2/71 4/22 - Average 93.50 40.56 - Economy Rate 3.44 4.89 - St/R 163.0 49.7 - 4 Wickets 0 1 - 5 Wickets 0 0 - 10 Wickets 0 0 - Profile Michael Paul Vaughan OBE was born 29 October 1974 in Eccles, Lancashire. He is a former cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England. A classically elegant right-handed batsman and useful occasional off-spinner, Vaughan was ranked the best batsman in the world following the 2002/3 Ashes, in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries. Vaughan generally opened the batting, and forged a successful opening partnership with Marcus Trescothick, though he had often batted in the middle order for England. He is greatly remembered for being captain of the England team when they beat Australia in the 2005 Ashes. Before he was appointed test captain, he averaged a very high 50.95. Michael Vaughan would forever be remembered as the captain who led England to their greatest triumph in modern day cricket, when he won the Ashes back in 2005 in one of the best Test series ever played. With effective calm and composure, he has now won more than 20 Tests, which is a credible feat to his name as compared to other more illustrious captains. On September 12, 2005, Michael Vaughan secured his place in English sporting history by becoming the first captain to win an Ashes series since Mike Gatting in 1986-87. It was the culmination of a five-year journey for Vaughan, whose captaincy - calm, obdurate and ruthlessly effective - had become as classy and composed as the batting technique that, briefly, carried him to the top of the world rankings. With a priceless ability to treat triumph and disaster just the same, Vaughan faced up to his first ball in Test cricket with England four wickets down for two runs on a damp flyer at Johannesburg in 1999-2000, and drew immediate comparisons with Michael Atherton for his inhumanly calm aura at the crease.

KP Pietersen Profile

General Information Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen Born June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Current age 30 years 224 days Major teams England, Dolphins, Hampshire, ICC World XI, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Surrey Playing role Top-order batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 71 110 30 Innings Played 123 100 30 Not Outs 6 15 4 Runs 5666 3517 937 Highest 227 116 79 Average 48.42 41.37 36.03 Balls Faced 9084 4057 656 St/R 62.37 86.68 142.83 100's 17 7 0 50's 21 21 5 4's 677 327 93 6's 54 63 25 Catches Taken 44 32 12 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 71 110 30 Innings Played 39 18 3 Balls 873 310 30 Runs 584 289 53 Wickets 5 7 1 Best Inning Bowling 1/0 2/22 1/27 Best Match Bowling 1/10 2/22 1/27 Average 116.80 41.28 53.00 Economy Rate 4.01 5.59 10.60 St/R 174.6 44.2 30.0 4 Wickets 0 0 0 5 Wickets 0 0 0 10 Wickets 0 0 0 Profile Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE was born 27 June 1980, he is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club, England, and was the captain of the Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore in second season of the IPL. Kevin Pietersen's career has verged on the extraordinary at every turn. From shunning the South African quota system, to returning to his homeland with three ODI centuries and securing the Ashes with his maiden Test ton. After a quiet debut against Zimbabwe he was thrown in during the one-dayers against South Africa in 2005. Undeterred by hostile receptions from the home crowds, he announced his arrival - loudly, of course - with three centuries in five innings, and in doing so demonstrated his peerless eye for the ball and for making headlines, too. After plying his trade successfully in the English county circuit, Pietersen earned the England cap in 2004. From scoring hundreds against South Africa in South Africa, to being part of two Ashes-winning squads, to being appointed captain of the England team, and then relinquishing captaincy in controversial circumstances.

IR Bell Profile

General Information Full name Ian Ronald Bell Born April 11, 1982, Walsgrave, Coventry, Warwickshire Current age 28 years 286 days Major teams England, England Lions, Marylebone Cricket Club, Warwickshire, Warwickshire Cricket Board Playing role Top-order batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 62 85 7 Innings Played 106 82 7 Not Outs 11 8 1 Runs 4192 2677 175 Highest 199 126* 60* Average 44.12 36.17 29.16 Balls Faced 8283 3718 146 St/R 50.60 72.00 119.86 100's 12 1 0 50's 26 16 1 4's 483 265 21 6's 18 11 2 Catches Taken 53 26 4 Stumpings Made 0 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 62 85 7 Innings Played 6 6 - Balls 108 88 - Runs 76 88 - Wickets 1 6 - Best Inning Bowling 1/33 3/9 - Best Match Bowling 1/33 3/9 - Average 76.00 14.66 - Economy Rate 4.22 6.00 - St/R 108.0 14.6 - 4 Wickets 0 0 - 5 Wickets 0 0 - 10 Wickets 0 0 - Profile Ian Ronald Bell MBE was born 11 April 1982 in Coventry, West Midlands. He is an England Test cricketer. He also plays county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed higher/middle order batsman, described by The Times as an "exquisite rapier,"[1] and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He is also noted for his sharp reflexes and often fields in close catching positions. Once described by Dayle Hadlee as the best 16-year old he had ever seen, Ian Bell had been earmarked for greatness long before he was drafted onto the England tour of New Zealand in 2001-02, as cover for the injured Mark Butcher. Technically sound, Bell is a top-order batsman very much in the mould of Michael Atherton, who was burdened with similar expectations when he made his England debut a generation ago. But unlike Atherton, who invariably produced his best when his back was firmly against the wall, Bell's most fluent efforts have generally come about in a pressure vacuum, a trait that belies an average hovering around the 40 mark, and a record of a century every five or so Tests. As a youngster Bell attended Princethorpe College and made the 1st XI in year 7. He was not just a talented young cricketer; he also attended Coventry City's school of excellence, despite being a supporter of Aston Villa.

G Onions Profile

General Information Full name Graham Onions Born September 9, 1982, Gateshead Current age 28 years 144 days Major teams England, Durham, Durham Cricket Board, Marylebone Cricket Club Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium-fast Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 8 4 Innings Played 10 1 Not Outs 7 0 Runs 30 1 Highest 17* 1 Average 10.00 1.00 Balls Faced 97 2 St/R 30.92 50.00 100's 0 0 50's 0 0 4's 4 0 6's 0 0 Catches Taken 0 1 Stumpings Made 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 8 4 Innings Played 15 4 Balls 1429 204 Runs 869 185 Wickets 28 4 Best Inning Bowling 5/38 2/58 Best Match Bowling 7/102 2/58 Average 31.03 46.25 Economy Rate 3.64 5.44 St/R 51.0 51.0 4 Wickets 1 0 5 Wickets 1 0 10 Wickets 0 0 Profile Graham Onions was born 9 September 1982 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. He is an English cricketer. He plays for Durham and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket, and following success in the series, was retained for the 2009 Ashes series. In April 2010 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him as one of its five cricketers of the year for 2009. He is a brisk and tenacious seam bowler, with a name to delight headline writers, Graham Onions has become an integral cog in the England team. Another paceman off the Durham production line, his accurate bowling has almost taken a back foot to his steely last-wicket defiance in his short England career so far. He first caught the eye during the 2006 season and did enough to earn a place in England's provisional 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy, but it wasn't until 2009 that he secured his Test debut. He was called up to replace Darren Gough in England's one-day squad against Pakistan in September 2006 and that winter toured Bangladesh with England A.