James Faulkner (cricketer)

James Faulkner

Faulkner in 2014

Personal information

Full name

James Peter Faulkner

Born

29 April 1990 (age 26)
Launceston, Tasmania Australia

Nickname

The Finisher, Jimmy

Height

186 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Left-arm fast-medium

Role

All-rounder

Relations

Peter Faulkner (father)

International information

National side

Australia

Only Test (cap 435)

21 August 2013 v England

ODI debut (cap 202)

1 February 2013 v West Indies

Last ODI

5 January 2017 v New Zealand

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 57)

1 February 2012 v India

Last T20I

22 February 2017 v Sri Lanka

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2008–

2011

2011–

2012

2013–2015

2015

2016–present

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	1	67	60	115
Runs scored	45	988	2,547	1,831
Batting average	22.50	34.06	32.24	30.51
100s/50s	0/0	1/4	2/15	1/10
Top score	23	116	121	116
Balls bowled	166	3,116	9,479	5,424
Wickets	6	95	187	162
Bowling average	16.33	30.08	24.77	29.70
5 wickets in innings	0	0	5	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	4/51	4/32	5/5	4/20
Catches/stumpings	0/–	20/–	26/–	32/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 February 2017

James Peter Faulkner (born 29 April 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Tasmania. An all-rounder, left-arm medium pacer and right-hand batsman, Faulkner has consistently picked up key wickets and also chips in with a few handy runs while batting in the lower-middle order, and earned the nickname of "The Finisher" due to his ability to close out the innings to set a big total or to seal victories as a batsman. In the 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season he made 300 runs at 30 and took 36 wickets at 17.72.

In the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season, Faulkner score his maiden first class hundred for the Tasmania cricket team against New South Wales cricket team.

In 2012, that he captained the Tasmania Under-17s, he was already in the state's U-19s and the Tasmania Second XI. Faulkner earned himself a state rookie contract for 2007–08, a place in the Australia U-19 team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and one of three positions in the Australian Cricket Academy's development squad for 2007.

He was part of the Pune Warriors India team in IPL 2011, and then a part for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2012. However he has just played three IPL matches between IPL 2011 and IPL 2012. During the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) players auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for $400,000. He has received two man of the matches in IPL 2014 vs RCB and in IPL 2015 vs KXIP respectively.

Faulkner was man of the match in the 2012–13 Sheffield Shield final, helping Tasmania secure its third title.

On 1 February 2012, Faulkner made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India. Despite his current status as a pace bowler, he started as an aspiring leg-spin bowler, which he now uses his topspinner or yorker-length googly as his slower ball variation.

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