# List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations

This is a list of Test cricketers who were born in a country that does not currently play Test cricket.
Updated 24 Oct 2023. Players in bold are still active.
| Name | Place of birth | Country of birth | Country played for | Test career | Test caps |
| Shakeel Ahmed | Kuwait City | Kuwait | Pakistan | 1998 | 1 |
| Tanvir Ahmed | Kuwait City | Kuwait | Pakistan | 2010–2013 | 5 |
| Freddie Brown | Lima | Peru | England | 1931–1953 | 22 |
| Tom Campbell | Edinburgh | Scotland | South Africa | 1910–1912 | 5 |
| Donald Carr | Wiesbaden | Germany | England | 1951–1952 | 2 |
| Frederick Cook | Java | Dutch East Indies | South Africa | 1896 | 1 |
| Mike Denness | Bellshill | Scotland | England | 1969–1975 | 28 |
| Ted Dexter | Milan | Italy | England | 1958–1968 | 62 |
| Phil Edmonds | Lusaka | Northern Rhodesia | England | 1975–1987 | 51 |
| Ashok Gandotra | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | India | 1969 | 2 |
| Gavin Hamilton | Broxburn, West Lothian | Scotland | England | 1999 | 1 |
| George Headley | Colón | Panama | West Indies | 1930–1954 | 22 |
| Moisés Henriques | Funchal | Portugal | Australia | 2013–2016 | 4 |
| Molly Hide | Shanghai | China | England | 1934-1954 | 15 |
| Charles Hime | St. George's | Bermuda | South Africa | 1896 | 1 |
| David Ironside | Lourenço Marques | Mozambique | South Africa | 1953–1954 | 3 |
| Archie Jackson | Rutherglen | Scotland | Australia | 1929–1931 | 8 |
| Geraint Jones | Kundiawa | Papua New Guinea | England | 2004–2006 | 34 |
| Alec Kennedy | Edinburgh | Scotland | England | 1922–1923 | 5 |
| Amjad Khan | Copenhagen | Denmark | England | 2009 | 1 |
| David Larter | Inverness | Scotland | England | 1962–1965 | 10 |
| Jan Lumsden | Musselburgh | Scotland | Australia | 1976–1978 | 6 |
| Gregor MacGregor | Edinburgh | Scotland | England | 1890–1893 | 8 |
| Fish Markham | Mbabane | Swaziland | South Africa | 1949 | 1 |
| Shan Masood | Kuwait City | Kuwait | Pakistan | 2013– | 10 |
| Jehan Mubarak | Washington, DC | United States | Sri Lanka | 2002–2015 | 13 |
| Buster Nupen | Ålesund | Norway | South Africa | 1921–1936 | 17 |
| Steve O'Keefe | Penang | Malaysia | Australia | 2014–2017 | 8 |
| Henry Olonga | Lusaka | Zambia | Zimbabwe | 1995–2002 | 30 |
| Dipak Patel | Nairobi | Kenya Colony | New Zealand | 1987–1997 | 37 |
| Ian Peebles | Aberdeen | Scotland | England | 1927–1931 | 13 |
| Derek Pringle | Nairobi | Kenya | England | 1982–1992 | 30 |
| Neal Radford | Luanshya | Northern Rhodesia | England | 1986–1988 |
| Lindsay Reeler | – | Northern Rhodesia | Australia | 1984–1987 | 3 |
| Dermot Reeve | Kowloon | Hong Kong | England | 1992 | 3 |
| Gordon Rowe | Glasgow | Scotland | New Zealand | 1946 | 1 |
| Eric Russell | Dumbarton | Scotland | England | 1961–1967 | 10 |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | Tokyo | Japan | England | 2014- | 10 |
| Lall Singh | Kuala Lumpur | British Malaya | India | 1932 | 1 |
| Peter Such | Helensburgh | Scotland | England | 1993–1999 | 11 |
| Paul Terry | Osnabrück | West Germany | England | 1984 | 2 |
| John Traicos | Zagazig | Egypt | South Africa, Zimbabwe | 1970–1993 | 7 |
| Qasim Umar | Nairobi | Kenya | Pakistan | 1983–1986 | 26 |
| Ken Weekes | Boston | United States | West Indies | 1939 | 2 |
| Dick Westcott | Lisbon | Portugal | South Africa | 1954–1958 | 5 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 At the time they played Test cricket, the England team represented all of Great Britain
* 1 2 At the time of their birth, the England team represented all of Great Britain
* ↑ Hamilton also played ODIs and T20Is for Scotland
* ↑ Jones also played 2 ODIs for Papua New Guinea