Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar is an English international cricketer who currently plays for Essex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and one-day debut for England in 2007. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009. He has also played for the Lions in South Africa. Born in Luton to Indian parents, he is the first Sikh to represent a nation other than India in Test cricket. He wears a black patka while playing and training. He is a crowd favourite in England, and many fans have worn patkas and fake beards while watching him play. During his early international career Panesar often received loud cheers whenever he came on to bat, bowl or field, the latter due to his history of less than skilful fielding. When first selected for England he was widely perceived as being a particularly inept batsman and fielder, which may have contributed to this reception; the TMS commentator Henry Blofeld once accidentally referred to him as Monty Python, a mistake possibly encouraged by his comic reputation. 

April 25th, 1982 in Luton (Age 42)