Here is a list of the longest cricket biographies, sorted by length.
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The list
edit- 23910 ⇑ Ravi Shastri
- 23905 ⇑ Brian Close
- 11051 W. G. Grace
- 10278 ⇑ Julius Caesar (cricketer)
- 10048 ⇑ Wilfred Rhodes
- 9621 ⇓ Sachin Tendulkar
- 8821 ⇑ Ian Botham
- 8716 ⇑ Kepler Wessels
- 8663 ⇑ Glenn McGrath
- 8575 ⇑ Imran Khan
- 8564 ⇑ Brian Statham
- 8435 ⇑ Shane Warne
- 8406 ⇑ Michael Vaughan
- 8281 ⇑ Brian Lara
- 8137 Mike Atherton
- 8119 Dennis Lillee
- 8035 ⇑ Donald Bradman
- 7917 ⇑ Herbert Sutcliffe
- 7507 ⇑ Muttiah Muralitharan
- 6814 ⇑ Palwankar Baloo
- 6682 ⇓ Sourav Ganguly
- 6671 Rahul Dravid
- 6634 Douglas Marillier
- 6544 Adam Gilchrist
- 6456 Ricky Ponting
- 6306 Graham Dilley
- 6306 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
- 6207 Kevin Pietersen
- 6187 George Lohmann
- 6062 Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne)
- 5994 Brett Lee
- 5918 George Geary
- 5844 Steve Waugh
- 5827 Fred Titmus
- 5798 Tom Richardson
- 5795 James Anderson (cricketer)
- 5783 Malcolm Marshall
- 5781 ⇑ A. E. J. Collins
- 5675 Andrew Flintoff
- 5428 William Lockwood
- 5351 Charles Studd
- 5018 Andrew Strauss
- 5000 Norman Gifford
- 4992 Douglas Jardine
- 4859 Wasim Akram
- 4851 Thomas Wass
- 4828 Hugh Bartlett
- 4809 Geoffrey Boycott
- 4753 Johnny Wardle
- 4674 Jack Birkenshaw
- 4616 Len Hutton
- 4586 Roy Kilner
- 4583 Tony Greig
- 4564 Winston Davis
- 4535 Bill Whitty
- 4534 Frank Cameron
- 4464 Javed Miandad
- 4442 Gregor MacGregor (cricketer)
- 4405 John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset
- 4374 Albert Hallam
- 4302 Chetan Chauhan
- 4254 Charles Coventry (Zimbabwean cricketer)
- 4239 Darren Lehmann
- 4216 Arthur Fielder
- 4202 Kapil Dev
- 4154 Charlie Townsend
- 4146 Frank Foster
- 4104 ⇑ Conrad Hunte
- 4077 Charles Turner (cricketer)
- 4067 Graeme Hick
- 4025 Colin Blythe
- 4013 Anil Kumble
- 3905 Sammy Woods
- 3872 Tich Freeman
- 3865 William Ashley
- 3852 Phil Newport
- 3835 Kabir Ali
- 3828 Blair Hartland
- 3818 Lance Gibbs
- 3800 Leslie Townsend
- 3744 Stan Nichols
- 3714 Aubrey Faulkner
- 3700 M.J. Gopalan
- 3671 David Hookes
- 3631 IL Bula
- 3613 Lord Frederick Beauclerk
- 3611 Alf Gover
- 3611 Mark Waugh
- 3591 Mark Robinson (cricketer)
- 3565 Sunil Gavaskar
- 3558 Keith Miller
- 3542 Schofield Haigh
- 3530 Eddie Barlow
- 3525 Budhi Kunderan
- 3509 Alan Mullally
- 3500 Ken Higgs
- 3495 John Davison
- 3472 Len Braund
- 3457 Alec Bedser
- 3456 Daryl Tuffey
- 3455 Waqar Younis
- 3454 Paul Collingwood
- 3445 Alphonso Theodore Roberts
- 3443 Ewart Astill
- 3439 Maurice Tate
- 3438 Frank Laver
- 3436 Rick Darling
- 3435 ⇓C.K. Nayudu
- 3433 Ranjitsinhji
- 3431 Jack Hearne (John William Hearne)
- 3428 Johnny Briggs
- 3425 Jim Phillips
- 3401 Courtney Walsh
- 3400 Dick Barlow
- 3307 Bob Crockett
- 3299 Sidath Wettimuny
- 3278 Eddie Gilbert (cricketer)
- 3277 Arthur Mold
- 3259 George Harris, 4th Baron Harris
- 3253 Ted Wainwright
- 3250 Madhavrao Scindia
- 3248 Douglas Hondo
- 3243 Phil Mead
- 3217 Ernest Tyldesley
- 3202 Richard Illingworth
- 3201 Vallance Jupp
- 3191 Inzamam-ul-Haq
- 3180 Roy Dias
- 3178 Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
- 3176 Bobby Peel
- 3175 Abdul Razzaq
- 3174 Fred Bakewell
- 3172 ⇑ Alf Valentine
- 3160 Major Booth
- 3140 Ben Smith
- 3139 Vijay Hazare
- 3105 Narendra Hirwani
- 3103 Marcus Trescothick
- 3077 Ian Peebles
- 3046 Jock Cameron
- 3032 Harold "Dickie" Bird
- 3023 Arjuna Ranatunga
- 3020 Bobby Abel
- 3013 Bill Bowes
- 2997 Johnny Tyldesley
- 2993 Charlie Parker (cricketer)
- 2984 Abdul Kardar
- 2980 Gary Kirsten
- 2978 Steve Harmison
- 2967 Roger Wijesuriya
- 2941 M. L. Jaisimha
- 2914 Virender Sehwag
- 2910 Ian Bell (cricketer)
- 2902 Frank Tarrant
- 2900 Herbert Strudwick
- 2894 Dominic Cork
- 2891 Shahid Afridi
- 2881 William Attewell
- 2866 Jasu Patel
- 2865 Bob Appleyard
- 2865 Charles Bannerman
- 2854 Bapu Nadkarni
- 2852 Hansie Cronje
- 2852 Syed Mohammad Hadi
- 2846 Patsy Hendren
- 2843 Hedley Verity
- 2831 Syed Kirmani
- 2830 Yashpal Sharma
- 2818 Dilip Sardesai
- 2815 Ashok Mankad
- 2806 Dwayne Bravo
- 2802 Deepak Shodhan
- 2793 Mike O'Shea
- 2780 Martin van Jaarsveld
- 2767 Sanath Jayasuriya
- 2761 Chris Schofield
- 2761 Duleep Mendis
- 2736 George Thompson (cricketer)
- 2728 Ian Healy
- 2724 Jack Mercer (cricketer)
- 2715 Tom Goddard
- 2713 Colin Cowdrey
- 2712 Frederick Martin
- 2694 William Scotton
- 2693 Jack Crawford (cricketer)
- 2691 Razor Smith
- 2688 Andrew Symonds
- 2681 Gilbert Jessop
- 2671 Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- 2646 Tom Taylor (cricketer)
- 2642 Nana Joshi
- 2627 Brian Johnston
- 2624 Javagal Srinath
- 2606 Derek Shackleton
- 2605 Bill Copson
- 2603 Bill Edrich
- 2598 Jack Russell (Essex cricketer)
- 2586 Navjot Singh Sidhu
- 2578 Michael Hussey
- 2574 Abdul Qadir
- 2571 Richie Benaud
- 2568 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
- 2567 J. G. Greig
- 2563 Frank Mitchell
- 2553 Chris Read
- 2532 Ranjan Madugalle
- 2528 Ted Peate
- 2523 Jackie McGlew
- 2520 Patterson Thompson
- 2515 Clem Hill
- 2513 Irfan Pathan
- 2481 Albert Trott
- 2476 Jimmy Adams
- 2475 Tony Lock
- 2452 Wazir Ali
- 2451 Derek Randall
- 2446 Krishnamachari Srikkanth
- 2446 Ray Price (cricketer)
- 2431 Imran Farhat
- 2424 Geoff Marsh
- 2422 Tom Hayward
- 2420 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
- 2406 Matthew Maynard
- 2391 Warren Bardsley
- 2366 Allan Border
- 2366 Denis Compton
- 2359 Betty Wilson
- 2358 Andy Sandham
- 2358 Mark Butcher
- 2351 Edward Tylecote
- 2350 Thomas Lord
- 2348 Cyril Washbrook
- 2345 Jeff Wilson (sportsman)
- 2343 Vinoo Mankad
- 2334 Dick Pilling
- 2333 Percy Holmes
- 2326 Kiran More
- 2326 Maurice Tremlett
- 2324 Jonathan Agnew
- 2317 Brendon Kuruppu
- 2317 Eric Rowan
- 2305 Abid Ali
- 2303 Irvine Shillingford
- 2301 Andy Goram
- 2299 Tony Reid
- 2298 Fred Spofforth
- 2298 Mfuneko Ngam
- 2297 Chetan Sharma
- 2296 C. B. Fry
- 2294 Arthur Carr
- 2284 Balwinder Sandhu
- 2269 Colin Egar
- 2262 Khurram Khan
- 2251 Buster Nupen
- 2245 Neville Cardus
- 2244 Alan Butcher
- 2241 Raman Lamba
- 2240 Robert Bush
- 2240 Sandy Singleton
- 2239 Nathan Astle
- 2233 ⇓Lala Amarnath
- 2224 Hemu Adhikari
- 2224 Shivnarine Chanderpaul
- 2213 Eddie Paynter
- 2202 Dave Nourse
- 2199 Peter Chingoka
- 2191 Ted McDonald
- 2187 Nadine George
- 2184 David Denton
- 2182 Bill Alley
- 2177 Mahela Jayawardene
- 2175 Fuller Pilch
- 2172 Ric Charlesworth
- 2171 Dirk Wellham
- 2170 George Coulthard
- 2167 Dattu Phadkar
- 2165 Devon Malcolm
- 2157 Gavin Hamilton
- 2151 John Ferris
- 2149 Harold Larwood
- 2149 Ian Salisbury
- 2138 Cotar Ramaswami
- 2138 Rikki Clarke
- 2136 Fred Trueman
- 2129 Phil Simmons
- 2126 Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
- 2126 David Shepherd
- 2125 George Alfred Wilson
- 2123 Jack Blackham
- 2122 A.G. Kripal Singh
- 2122 George Ulyett
- 2102 Alan Knott
- 2092 Hanif Mohammad
- 2077 Richard Hadlee
- 2076 Ray Bright
- 2075 David Sheppard
- 2075 Matthew Elliott
- 2061 Chris Harris (cricketer)
- 2057 Jack Worrall
- 2055 Tom Wills
- 2054 Simon Katich
- 2050 Ashley Giles
- 2038 William Beldham
- 2036 Bill Merritt
- 2036 Fred Rumsey
- 2033 Matthew Mason
- 2022 Bill Frindall
- 2021 Darren Gough
- 2021 James Langridge
- 2021 Rusi Modi
- 2015 Alester Maregwede
- 2015 John Sharpe (cricketer)
- 2014 Kim Hughes
- 2013 Learie Constantine
- 2002 Michael Clarke (cricketer)