Great idea Andy. I am currently paired with W.G. Grace, someone who needs little introduction; a rather unflattering Wisden profile by Geoffrey Moorhouse can be read
here.
vvvrulz is currently paired with Fazal Mehmood, a great favourite of mine. For those who don't know, he was the best Asian pace bowler of all-time till Imran Khan came around, and many contemporaries regard him as the equal, if not the better, of Alec Bedser. Some quotes about Fazal can be read in my post
here.