This is a chronological list of cricketers who were murdered. These cricketers played in first-class cricket, List A, or at a similar level. This list does not include those who were killed in wars. They are listed separately at List of cricketers who were killed during military service.
Nationality Player Circumstances of death Date of death Notes Reference 1 Edward Wright Murdered in riots at Jamaica. 23 November 1904 2 Claude Tozer Also a medical doctor, he was shot and killed by a patient. 21 December 1920 3 Robert Makant Murdered whilst on duty in Kurdistan. 18 June 1922 4 Norman Reid Shot dead by his wife. 5–6 June 1947 South African Test cricketer. Was originally reported as having died in 'tragic circumstances'. Investigations by Brian Bassano and David Frith revealed that Reid was shot in the head. His body was found in his bed on 18 June 1947. The death certificate concluded that Reid was shot by his wife "whilst of unsound mind". 5 Huntsman Williams Killed in rocket attack on his vehicle in Rhodesia. 3 August 1978 6 Jeff Stollmeyer Shot five times and beaten about the head by intruders at his Port-of-Spain home. 10 September 1989 Stollmeyer captained West Indies in 13 Test matches 7 Muni Lal Murdered along with his wife by burglars who broke into his house. 8 January 1990 Editor of Crickinia, an early Indian cricket annual, from 1939 to 1944, uncle of Arun Lal, Indian high commissioner in the West Indies and ambassador in Somalia 8 Haseeb-ul-Hasan Shot by an unknown gunman. 18 April 1990 9 William Strydom Shot during a robbery. 20 February 1995 10 Mahinda Jayaratne Died two days after being shot by a gunman who arrived by motorcycle at his home. 15 March 1997 11 Ashley Harvey-Walker Shot dead in a Johannesburg bar. 28 April 1997 12 Wirantha Fernando Killed by a mob. 17 April 2000 First to captain Colts Cricket Club at FC level 13 Francois Weideman Shot during a robbery. 4 June 2001 14 Nezam Hafiz Worked at the World Trade Center, New York during 9/11. 11 September 2001 First-class player for Guyana and later the US. 15 Mark Parker As a result of the Bali bombings. 12 October 2002 16 Rahatullah Shot. 11 February 2008 17 Charles Lwanga Beaten to death with iron bars by unknown assailants. 2 November 2010 Played for Uganda in the 2001 ICC Trophy 18 Louis Vorster Shot during an armed robbery. 18 April 2012 19 Errol Peart Shot while helping the victim of an attempted robbery. 2 December 2012 Played for USA in the 1990 ICC Trophy 20 Kuntal Chandra Body found in the outskirts of Dhaka. 2 December 2012 21 John Commins Found dead in his home in Cape Town. 3 January 2013 Uncle of Test cricketer John Commins 22 Fiqre Crockwell Shot dead in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda. 20 June 2016 23 William Haye Shot dead in Jamaica. 18 March 2019 24 Dinesh Schaffter Found bound and gagged in his car in Borella, Sri Lanka. 16 December 2022 Son of Chandra Schaffter and brother of Prakash Schaffter 25 Dhammika Niroshana Shot dead outside his home. 17 July 2024 First class cricketer and former Sri Lanka U-19 captain.
Possibly murdered
No. Player Circumstances of death Date of death Notes Player Profile 1 Percy Hardy Found dead on the floor of a lavatory at King's Cross station with his throat cut and a blood-stained knife by his side. 9 March 1916 Somerset history maintains Hardy committed suicide rather than be sent back to World War I battlefields. 2 Rajesh Peter Found dead in his flat in New Delhi in suspicious circumstances. 16 November 1995 Indian first-class player 3 Tertius Bosch Believed to have died from Guillain–Barré syndrome, but post mortem suggested that he was poisoned. The case has now been closed and nothing was found. 14 February 2000 South African Test player 4 Bob Woolmer Found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica during the 2007 cricket World Cup. Originally believed to have been strangled but the investigation returned an open verdict, ruling out neither strangulation nor death by natural causes. 18 March 2007 Woolmer, a former English Test cricketer, was the coach of the Pakistan cricket team at the time of his death 5 Nauman Habib Reportedly a victim of murder. 11 October 2011 Played 63 first-class and 30 List A matches in Pakistan
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