Luke Wright

Personal information

Full name

Luke James Wright

Born

7 March 1985 (age 31)
Grantham, England

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium-fast

Role

All-rounder

Relations

Ashley Wright (brother)

International information

National side

England

ODI debut (cap 204)

5 September 2007 v India

Last ODI

2 March 2014 v West Indies

ODI shirt no.

6 (formerly 45)

T20I debut (cap 32)

13 September 2007 v Zimbabwe

Last T20I

11 March 2014 v West Indies

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2003

Leicestershire

2004–present

Sussex (squad no. 10)

2011–2016

2012–2013

2012

2013

2016–present

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	50	51	122	191
Runs scored	707	759	6,531	4,243
Batting average	20.20	18.97	40.06	31.19
100s/50s	0/2	0/4	16/33	9/14
Top score	52	99*	226*	143*
Balls bowled	1,038	330	8,264	4,752
Wickets	15	18	120	111
Bowling average	58.93	25.83	40.51	38.11
5 wickets in innings	0	0	3	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/34	2/24	5/65	4/12
Catches/stumpings	18/–	14/–	51/–	59/–

Source: CricketArchive, 28 August 2016

Luke James Wright (born 7 March 1985) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Born in Bottesford near Grantham, Wright joined Sussex in 2004, having started his career at Leicestershire. He was named in England's squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2004, and joined the International Twenty20 squad for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in September 2007. He made his One Day International debut on 5 September 2007 against India.

Wright hit a century on debut for Sussex, and has won the Denis Compton medal on three separate occasions during his domestic career. On 26 June 2007 he smashed his maiden domestic Twenty20 Cup century, scoring 103 from only 45 balls, including 11 fours and six sixes before being bowled by Yasir Arafat in Sussex's 7 wicket win over Kent at Canterbury. Although Sussex were defeated in the semi-finals, Wright ended up as the highest run scorer of the competition. Wright has also found success in the longer one day formats, hitting 125 against Gloucestershire from 73 deliveries.

In April 2008, Wright played for the MCC at the opening match of the 2008 county season. Making 15 in the first innings while Sussex were bowled out for 171, he hit a quickfire 155* from 185 deliveries, with 21 fours and three sixes, during a rain-interrupted second innings, his highest score thus far. In May 2008 he was selected for the England Lions team to face the touring New Zealand side at the beginning of the latter's tour of England. With the Lions struggling, Wright hit 120 off 131 deliveries to bring them to 280 all out, giving rise to speculation about his place in the national team.

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