QUOTE(Viridae @ Mon 8th June 2009, 11:31pm)
This is a list of who has access to the functionaries mailing list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FUNC#functionaries-enMight provide an indication.
I'm not seeing any obvious cricketers...
If I had to guess, I'd say it's probably Jimbo himself. He travels a lot, so it's likely someone in India or Pakistan or South Africa taught him the essentials of the game at some point or other.