John was born in 1978 and grew up in Kent, where he honed his cricketing skills, becoming a talented junior at Gore Court CC before going on to play a high level of club cricket at Reigate Priory, Walton and Brondesbury CC. Cricket was his first love and he won many titles at Premiership level he went on the RICS cricket tour to Perth in 2006 and was a regular player for the West End Wide Boys CC.