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James Neesham

James Neesham
Personal information
Full name James Douglas Sheahan Neesham
Born (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 26)
Auckland, New Zealand
Nickname Jimmy
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 264) 14 February 2014 v India
Last Test 16 March 2017 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 178) 19 January 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI 4 March 2017 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 83
T20I debut (cap 59) 21 December 2012 v South Africa
Last T20I 8 January 2017 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010–2011 Auckland
2011– Otago
2014 Delhi Daredevils
2014 Guyana Amazon Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 12 35 15 39
Runs scored 709 676 122 674
Batting average 33.76 28.16 13.55 29.30
100s/50s 2/4 0/3 0/0 0/3
Top score 137* 74 28 69
Balls bowled 1,076 1,034 122 1,433
Wickets 14 32 11 52
Bowling average 48.21 34.78 23.54 27.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/42 4/42 3/16 5/44
Catches/stumpings 12/- 16/- 7/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2015

James Douglas Sheahan "Jimmy" Neesham (born 17 September 1990) is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He was born in Auckland, plays first-class cricket for Otago cricket team.

Neesham began his first-class career with Auckland, but a move Otago Volts worked well for him, as he made some important contributions in the 50-over format in the 2011/12 season, making three 40-plus scores in seven innings, all of them coming at more than a run a ball.

He was among the wickets too, taking a career-best 5 for 44 against Wellington and 4 for 23 against Canterbury . The rewards came soon, as he was included in the limited-overs squads for the tour to South Africa.

Neesham was picked by IPL Franchise Delhi Daredevils For IPL 7. The next year, he was picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 8 but unfortunately could not even play a single match for them due to injury and was dropped from the squad the very next season.

Neesham played for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2014 Caribbean Premier League, and is also scheduled to appear for Derbyshire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.

Neesham made his test debut against India and scored 137*. This is the highest score by a number 8 batsman or lower on debut. On 9 June 2014 he made a century in his second test against the West Indies, becoming the first New Zealander to score centuries in his first two matches.

He made his maiden test century in that game scoring an unbeaten 137, the highest debut hundred by a Test number 8 batsman.

On 9 June 2014, Neesham became the first New Zealander and overall 8th batsman to score centuries in his first two test matches by scoring 107 against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston.


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