Josh de Caires

Joshua Michael de Caires (born 25 April 2002) is an English cricketer, and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship.

Personal life De Caires is from Paddington, Middlesex, England. and the great-grandson of former West Indian cricketer Frank de Caires. De Caires says that he has rarely seen his father batting, as he was born eight months after Atherton's last Test match. where he was coached by former England cricketer Mark Ilott, and as of 2021, he was a student of economics at the University of Leeds.

Career De Caires is a batsman, who often opens the batting. He started playing for Middlesex CCC under-14s in 2015. On debut, he scored 90*. In 2017, De Caires made his debut for Middlesex Second XI, at the age of 15. In 2021, De Caires played for Leeds/Bradford MCCU in a match against Yorkshire CCC. He scored 118 from 292 deliveries to help Leeds/Bradford secure a draw in the match. The match did not have first-class status, as university matches no longer qualify for first-class status.

De Caires made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship. On 9 July 2021, he made his Twenty20 debut, also for Middlesex, in the 2021 T20 Blast. He made his List A debut on 3 August 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.

In 2022, De Caires scored a half-century for Leeds/Bradford MCCU in a match against Yorkshire. In Middlesex's first match of the 2022 County Championship, he scored his maiden first-class half-century.

In the 2023 County Championship match against Hampshire, De Caires took career best figures of 7–144. Later in the season, he took 8–106 in a match against Essex.

De Caires signed a new two-year contract with Middlesex in November 2025, tying him into the club until at least the end of the 2027 season.