One is Australia and one is England, these players have created a stir in cricket for two countries.

<पी शैली="पाठ-संरेखण: औचित्य सिद्ध करें;">The USA Cricket Board has recently announced that their team will play a series of 5 T20 matches with the Canadian team from April 7 to 13. Former New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson has also got a place in the USA team for this series, who shifted to America in 2020 and was allowed to play for the American team in 2023. Corey Anderson is not the only cricketer who has played cricket for two teams at the international level. So let us know about those players who have played cricket for two countries in their career.

1. Corey Anderson – New Zealand and USA

Corey Anderson last played an international cricket match in 2018. Three years after shifting to USA in 2020, i.e. in 2023, he got permission to play international cricket for the American team. Now he will be playing an international cricket match after 5 years in the upcoming T20 series against Canada. Anderson has performed well in domestic T20 tournaments. Due to his aggressive batting and being a fast bowler, he can prove to be effective for the USA team. Apart from scoring 485 runs in 31 matches in his T20 career, Anderson also took 14 wickets.

2. Eoin Morgan – England and Ireland

England became world champion in the 2019 ODI Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan, but before joining the England team, Morgan used to represent the Ireland team at the international level. Morgan was born in Ireland and was seen playing for this team in the 2007 World Cup. Eoin Morgan started playing for England in 2009 in search of a better option and to fulfill his dream of playing Test cricket.

3. Dirk Nance – Australia and Netherlands

Dirk Nannes was born in Australia, but his international cricket career started in the Netherlands. He was seen playing for Netherlands in the 2009 T20 World Cup, in which he was able to take only 1 wicket in 2 matches. About two months after making his debut for the Netherlands, he was included in the Australian team and was seen playing for the Kangaroo team in the 2010 T20 World Cup. This time he was the bowler taking the most wickets in the World Cup tournament. He took 14 wickets in 7 matches for Australia.

4. Ed Joyce – England and Ireland

Like Eoin Morgan, Ed Joyce has also played for both England and Ireland. Joyce played for England in the 2007 ODI Cricket World Cup, but after some time he became an integral part of the Ireland team. In his career, Joyce scored 2,622 runs in 78 ODI matches, scoring 6 centuries and 15 fifties. He had scored 405 runs in 18 T20 matches. Joyce was last seen playing for Ireland in 2018.

5. Kepler Vessels – South Africa and Australia

Kepler Wessels was the first cricketer in the world to play cricket at the international level for two different countries. He represented the Australian team in international cricket between 1982 and 1985. He took retirement in 1985, but six years later he found himself playing cricket for South Africa. Kepler was a part of the South African team from 1991 to 1994. He scored 2,788 runs while playing 40 test matches in his career. Apart from this, he also scored 3,367 runs in 109 ODI matches.

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