The cricket community was left poorer in 2025. Although it was an exceptional year, we lost many former cricketers. From well-regarded players like Dilip Doshi, Bob Simpson, or Robin Smith to rather unknown cricketers from yesteryears, who have left us. As the year comes to an end, InsideSport brings you the unfortunate list.
International cricketers who died in 2025
| Player | Country | Age | Matches Played |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dilip Doshi | India | 77y 183d | 33 Tests & 15 ODIs |
| Syed Abid Ali | India | 83y 184d | 29 Tests & 5 ODIs |
| Bob Simpson | Australia | 89y 194d | 62 Tests & 2 ODIs |
| Robin Smith | England | 62y 79d | 62 Tests & 71 ODIs |
| Bernard Julien | West Indies | 75y 205d | 24 Tests & 12 ODIs |
| Wayne Larkin | England | 71y 218d | 13 Tests & 25 ODIs |
| Somachandra De Silva | Sri Lanka | 83y 188d | 12 Tests & 41 ODIs |
| Keith Stackpole | Australia | 84y 286d | 43 Tests & 6 ODIs |
| Barry Knight | England | 87y 265d | 29 Tests |
| Bob Cowper | Australia | 84y 218d | 27 Tests |
| Wazir Mohammad | Pakistan | 95y 295d | 20 Tests |
| Peter Lever | England | 84y 191d | 17 Tests & 10 ODIs |
| Robert Anderson | New Zealand | 76y 241d | 9 Tests & 2 ODIs |
| Jayananda Warnaweera | Sri Lanka | 64y 327d | 10 Tests & 6 ODIs |
| David Renneberg | Australia | 82y 195d | 8 Tests |
| John Jameson | England | 84y 75d | 4 Tests & 3 ODI |
| David Lawrence | England | 61y 145d | 5 Tests & 1 ODI |
| Ken Shuttleworth | England | 80y 279d | 5 Tests & 1 ODI |
| Buster Farrer | South Africa | 88y 54d | 6 Tests |
| Godfrey Lawrence | South Africa | 92y 346d | 5 Tests |
| Gordon Rorke | Australia | 87y 8d | 4 Tests |
| Prakash Bhandari | India | 89y 357d | 3 Tests |
| Hammond Furlonge | West Indies | 90y 321d | 3 Tests |
| Ronald Draper | South Africa | 98y 66d | 2 Tests |
| Farooq Hamid | Pakistan | 80y 31d | 1 Test |
| Keith Slater | Australia | 88y 349d | 1 Test |
| Babu Meman | Zimbabwe | 73y 6d | 1 ODI |
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