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Full name | James Ashley Stuart Spires | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Solihull, Warwickshire, England | 12 November 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1999-2005 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Warwickshire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,25 October 2010 |
James 'Jamie' Ashley Stuart Spires (born 12 November 1976) is an English cricketer. Spires is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Solihull,Warwickshire and educated at Solihull School.
Spires made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against Middlesex in 2001. From 2001 to 2002,he represented the county in 7 first-class matches,the last of which came against Sussex in the County Championship. [1] In his 7 first-class matches,he scored 70 runs at a batting average of 17.50,with a high score of 37*. In the field he took 3 catches. [2] With the ball he took 20 wickets at a bowling average of 38.40,with a single five wicket haul which yielded his career best figures of 5/165. [3]
In 2001,he represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham &Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001 at St George's Road,Millom. [4] In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 33 runs. [5]
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