English cricket team may see first set of twins on national squad

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Craig Overton vividly remembers those childhood summers with twin brother Jamie, spending entire days at the local cricket club where their father played.

Sometimes they’d mess around in the nets for seven to eight hours. Other times they’d play different ball sports beside the cricket field.

Always they’d be competing, "trying to outdo each other" as Craig puts it.

"That," he said Tuesday, "is probably why we have got to where we have got to, really."

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England's Craig Overton, left, and Jamie Overton during a nets session at Emerald Headingley Stadium, Leeds, Tuesday June 21, 2022, ahead of the 3rd test match against England. (Tim Goode/PA via AP)

Not only did they develop into fully fledged English county cricketers, Craig and Jamie are now in the same England test squad. They could become the first set of twins to play in the same international team for England if they are selected against New Zealand for the third test starting at Headingley on Thursday.

"It is pretty phenomenal, really," Craig said.

The sibling rivalry is still there, too.

Only two weeks ago, the 28-year-old Overtons went head to head in an English County Championship match — Craig plays for Somerset and Jamie plays for Surrey, both as fast bowlers — and Jamie sent down a fierce bouncer that hit Craig on the helmet and led to him sustaining a concussion.

Indeed, Craig needed to pass a test on Tuesday to make sure he was fine to play against the New Zealanders.

"I think any sibling rivalry you are always going to have a bit of extra spice," Jamie said. "Knowing me and Craig, we are probably even spicier than a lot of