A cricketer fond of studies who is now becoming famous for the similarity in name with a Prime Minister, these 4 cricketers in the list also have a connection with the country's PM.

* Originally from South Africa and learned cricket there. Student of Hilton College which is called a sports factory in the country (Mike Procter and Lungi Ngidi were also students here).

* Mother is English so got British passport and came to England in 2021.

* Studying for an Economics and Finance degree at Exeter University while still playing cricket.

* So fond of studying and getting a degree that in August, there were final exams but he did not leave cricket. After finishing a match for Trent Rockets in Birmingham, drove straight to Exeter from there. Reached at 2.30 pm, examination at 9.30 am and from there by car left for Nottingham for the next day's match.

* Still started studying for masters.

Apart from all this, there is one more special thing for which we are discussing Turner here. Full name is John Turner and this was also the name of a Prime Minister of Canada. When this matter came to light, it was immediately said that he is the first international cricketer to share his name with a PM. John Turner was PM for 79 days in 1984. However, now more such names have emerged. See :

* Robert Peel- The cricketer with this name played 20 tests for England. Once he came to play a test and was drunk. The captain first arranged for him to take a bath and later Peel bowled the Test-winner. This is the same person whose story of urinating on the pitch during a County Championship match is very famous. This name was the PM of UK in 1834-35 and 1841-46. It was he who created the Metropolitan Police there. It is also said that he used the word 'Bobby' for a police officer and this name is being used till today.

* Yasser Arafat (Yasser/Yasir Arafat) – Pakistan's international cricketer in all three formats but lagged behind other all-rounders in that era. Became very famous in county cricket in England. This seamer once took 5 wickets in 6 balls in a domestic match. If we look at politics, he was the first President of Palestine with this name.

And some similar names:

1* David Lloyd and David Lloyd George: David Lloyd played Test and ODI for England. Later became an umpire and commentator. George was the British PM from 1916 to 1922.

2* Robert John Kennedy/Robert Francis Kennedy, but both were famous by the name of Robert Kennedy: Played Test and ODI for New Zealand but did not achieve anything special and it is written about him that He was not a player of international cricket standard. Coincidentally, the politician with this name also did not get success. In 1968, he was in the race for the presidential election in America but he was assassinated. And see- Cricketer Robert Kennedy was nicknamed 'Senator'.

3*PV Narasimha Rao/MV Narasimha Rao: PV was the PM of India from 1991 to 1996 and MV played a total of 4 Tests in 1978 and 1979. MV was the first Indian cricketer to be awarded MBE in the UK. Later he became a coach and people like VVS Laxman, Mithali Raj and Hanuma Vihari were trainees of his academy.

4* The name of Mohammad Ali (current Pakistani cricketer) can also be added to this list because it is similar to Mohammad Ali Jinnah (first PM of Pakistan). Similarly, one Mohammad Imran Khan also played for Pakistan and his name is similar to the cricketer-PM Imran Khan. There are more such names and this list will keep getting longer.