Peterson was born in Winnipeg and studied in Vancouver at the Kitsilano Secondary School.

Tupa was born in Rarotonga and educated at St. Joseph Catholic Primary School.

Maregwede was born and raised in the Harare suburb of Highfield and first played cricket at Chipembere Primary School.

Thackeray was born in Mackay and educated at Mackay Primary School.

He was born in Glasgow in 1949 and was educated at Woodside Secondary School, Glasgow.

Hesjedal was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and was a student at Belmont Secondary School.

He was born in 1916 and educated at Portsmouth Northern Secondary School.

Kay was born on 24 October 1949 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was educated at Gracemount Secondary School.

He was born in Bedford and educated at the Epworth Normal School.

Stewart was born in Campbeltown and educated at Dalintober Primary School and the Edinburgh Academy.