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Full name | James Alexander Porter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leytonstone, London, England | 25 May 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–present | Essex (squad no. 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 9 September 2014 Essex v Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 4 August 2014 Essex v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,29 September 2023 |
James Alexander Porter (born 25 May 1993) is an English cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Essex since 2014. [1] He is a righthanded batsman who bowls right arm medium-fast pace. [2] [3]
In the 2011/12 season,Porter attended the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy and played club cricket for the West Torrens District Cricket Club in Adelaide. [4] [5] In 2013,Porter was included in the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Young Cricketers squad –he was already a member of the Essex Second XI. [6] At the time,he was a part-time cricketer,and also worked as a recruitment consultant. [7] [8] He played club cricket for Fives &Heronians club in Chigwell,before moving to Chingford cricket club,taking 33 wickets at an average of 13 in the 2014 season,as Chingford took their maiden Essex Premier League title. [9] He made his senior Essex debut in September 2014, [10] [11] taking the wicket of Darren Stevens with his fifth delivery in first-class cricket. [12] He also became the first player to represent a county team and Chingford since Robin Hobbs in 1961. [9] At the end of the 2014 season,Porter signed a new Essex contract until 2016. [13]
He played his first full season for Essex in the 2015 season,taking 38 wickets in the first 10 County Championship matches. [14] Essex head coach Paul Grayson called Porter refreshing,and said that "He's a good character and he's a very good bowler. He's lively medium,he does something with the ball and he asks lots of questions of batsmen." [12] In a tour match against an Australian team,Porter took 3 wickets in the second innings,dismissing David Warner,Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon; [15] [16] before the match,Porter had stated that he wanted to dismiss Warner. [14]
He made his Twenty20 debut for Essex in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 7 July 2017. [17]
In April 2018 he was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for his contribution to the Essex team that won the 2017 County Championship [18]
In July 2018,he was named in England's Test squad for the first Test against India, [19] but he was not selected for the match. [20]
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