3 Siblings who played cricket for two different countries
Siblings playing together for their country is common but playing for different countries is a rare occurrence.
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1. Frank Hearne (England/ South Africa) and George Hearne (GG Hearne)/ Alec Hearne (England)
Three brothers Frank Hearne, Alec Hearne, and George Hearne were the members of the famous Hearne family of cricketers who played first-class cricket between 1879 and 1904 for Kent County Cricket Club and Western Province. Frank was also one of the handful of cricketers who represented two countries.
Frank started his trade for England in 1889 in a Test match against South Africa and represented the English Nation in 2 games. However, he decided to shift his base to Africa and featured in 4 Tests for SA. Interestingly, Frank had played his last game in the purest format of the game in April 1896 for South Africa against England.
His brothers Alec and George, on the other hand, played for English nation throughout their cricket career as they represented the nation in one Test match each. Meanwhile, both the brothers had exemplary records in the domestic circuit. Alec has played 488 first-class games and scored more than 16,000 runs and picked up 1160 wickets. George, on the other hand, has more than 9000 runs and 686 wickets to his name in 328 first-class appearances.
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