5 Father-Son Pairs Who've Featured In The Same Cricket Match

It is seen in many fields that a son looks forward to making a career in the same field, taking inspiration from the kind of position his father has achieved. In the same way in cricket, there have been father-son duos wherein, following the footsteps of a father, a son has also made his career in cricket.

Following the footsteps of his father, there have been many sons in cricket history who fulfilled their dream of becoming a cricketer. Out of these, today we introduce to you the father-son duo in cricket history who played some matches together for the same team. So let’s look at those 5 father-son pairs.

Father-Son Duo: 5 Pairs Who Have Featured In The Same Match

1. Lala Amarnath-Surinder Amarnath

Who does not know Lala Amarnath, one of the oldest players in Indian cricket history today! Lala Amarnath made his debut for India in 1933. Lala played a total of 24 Test matches for India.

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After this, his son Surinder Amarnath also managed to play for India. Surinder Amarnath played a total of 10 Test matches for India. But the most special moment of their careers came when, in the year 1963, both father Lala and son Surinder went to play in a match.

The match was played in Mumbai for charity, where 52-year-old Lala also took to the field, while his 15-year-old son also played for the first time.

2. Shivnarine Chanderpaul-Tagenarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who played the most Test matches in West Indies cricket history, has been a legendary batsman of his team. Shivnarine Chanderpaul served the West Indies for years and became their most-capped Test match batsman. Chanderpaul played his last international match in 2015.

After this, Chanderpaul continued to play domestic cricket. At the same time in the year 2017, a massive turnaround took place when his son Tagenarine Chanderpaul was seen batting with Shivnarine Chandrapal during a domestic cricket game in the West Indies. The father-son duo also shared a 256-run partnership between themseves.

3. Willie Quaife-Bernard Quaife

Willie Quaife was one of the most stylish batsmen of England who played 7 Tests as one of the shortest players to appear in International cricket. Son Bernard was a good enough wicketkeeper to play 319 First-class matches. The two played alongside each other on 20 occasions for Warwickshire before Quaife junior moved to Worcestershire.

4. Denis Streak-Heath Streak

Denis Streak belonged to a period before Zimbabwe had achieved Test status, but managed to represent the country at lawn bowls. Son, Heath, however, did much better, scoring almost 2000 runs and picking up 216 wickets for Zimbabwe.

In 1996, Denis returned to First-class cricket after a gap of eleven years to bowl alongside his son as Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Districts to win the Lonrho Logan Cup.

5. George Gunn- George Vernon Gunn

In 1931, playing for Nottinghamshire against Warwickshire, George Vernon Gunn scored his first century, remaining unbeaten on 100. In the same match, his father George, at the age of 53, piled up 183. This is believed to be the only instance of father and son reaching three figures in the same First-class match.

Gunn senior was perhaps the best batsman to play for Nottinghamshire, and Gunn junior, although he did not play for England like his father, did not do too badly either. They appeared in the same match on as many as 34 occasions.

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