Howard Johnson (cricketer)

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Howard Johnson
Personal information
Full name
Howard Ray Johnson
Born (1964-08-16) 16 August 1964 (age 61)
Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  4)10 September 2004 v  New Zealand
Last ODI13 September 2004 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches2210
Runs scored9610
Batting average 9.003.0016.50
100s/50s0/000/0
Top score92* 16*
Balls bowled60316394
Wickets 199
Bowling average 69.0013.2234.11
5 wickets in innings 010
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling1/265/383/18
Catches/stumpings 0/–6/–4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 October 2008

Howard Ray Johnson (born 16 August 1964) is a Jamaican-born American former cricketer. [1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, [2] he played for the United States national cricket team from 2002 [3] until 2005 [4] and played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) during the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. [5]

Biography

Born in Jamaica in 1964, [2] Howard Johnson first played for the US in the 2002 Americas Championship in Buenos Aires. [3] He made his List A debut in 2004 when he played in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates [6] and his first-class debut later in the year when he played in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Canada and Bermuda. [7]

In between the two matches in the Intercontinental Cup, he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda, [3] winning the man of the match award against the Cayman Islands when he took 5/12. [8]

He last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy [4] in Ireland. After playing a warm-up game against Namibia [3] he played three matches in the tournament proper, against the UAE, Bermuda and Oman. Those three matches also represent the end of his List A career. [6]

References

  1. Howard Johnson at Cricinfo
  2. 1 2 Howard Johnson at CricketArchive
  3. 1 2 3 4 Other matches played by Howard Johnson Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  4. 1 2 Teams played for by Howard Johnson at CricketArchive
  5. ODIs played by Howard Johnson Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  6. 1 2 List A matches played by Howard Johnson at CricketArchive
  7. First-class matches played by Howard Johnson at CricketArchive
  8. Scorecard of Cayman Islands v USA, 6 July 2004 at CricketArchive