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James Kirtley

James Kirtley
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Personal information
Full name Robert James Kirtley
Born (1975-01-10) 10 January 1975 (age 42)
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Nickname Ambi
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 616) 14 August 2003 v South Africa
Last Test 21 December 2003 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 166) 3 October 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 18 April 2004 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 16
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995–2010 Sussex
1996/1997 Mashonaland
2002 MCC
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 4 11 170 253
Runs scored 32 2 2040 445
Batting average 5.33 1.00 13.16 10.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 12 1 59 30*
Balls bowled 1079 549 31916 11098
Wickets 19 9 614 381
Bowling average 29.52 53.44 27.04 23.14
5 wickets in innings 1 0 29 9
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 4 n/a
Best bowling 6/34 2/33 7/21 6/50
Catches/stumpings 3/– 5/– 60/– 69/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 May 2010

Robert James Kirtley is a former English Test cricketer, who was born on 10 January 1975 in Eastbourne in the county of Sussex. He is a right arm fast to medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St.Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College.

His first One Day International was in 2001, as England beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets. Whilst not batting, he did take 2-33 off 9.1 overs with the ball. This was his first 'international' encounter, although he bowled Mashonaland to victory against England on their tour of Zimbabwe in 1996/1997. Later in 2001, he received the NBC Denis Compton Award.

In total, Kirtley has played eleven One Day Internationals. He has needed to bat on just two occasions, each time scoring 1. He has taken nine wickets, notably nabbing Virender Sehwag of India and Matthew Hayden of Australia. His best bowling figures in this form of cricket are 2-33, against Bangladesh, and he has a one-day bowling average of 53.44.

He made his Test debut in 2003 against South Africa, as England won by 70 runs. He contributed 4 with the bat over the two innings, facing 54 deliveries. He had more success bowling, however, taking 2-80 in the first innings, off 31 overs - an economy of 2.58 and 6-34 in the second innings, off 16.2 overs. He first trapped Graeme Smith lbw for 5, then Jacques Rudolph lbw for a duck, leaving the Proteas 28-2. Next, he clean bowled Neil McKenzie for 11, snaffled Andrew Hall (caught by Marcus Trescothick) for 0, and caught and bowled Paul Adams for 15. Finally, he dismissed Mark Boucher (caught by Alec Stewart) for 52, as the South Africans crumbled for 131. Finishing with match bowling figures of 8-114, Kirtley was awarded the player of the match award.


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