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Full name | Martin Harold James | ||||||||||||||
Born | Enfield, Middlesex, England | 26 October 1963||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Kevan James (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1991–2003 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,17 May 2011 |
Martin Henry James (born 26 October 1963) is a former English cricketer. James was a left-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Enfield,Middlesex.
James had a long career for Hertfordshire,playing 70 matches between 1991 and 2003,and scoring 3,915 runs in total at an average of 32.90 [1] He was captain of Hertfordshire from 2001 [2] to 2003. [3] His highest score in minor counties cricket was 143,against Suffolk in August 1997,in a game in which he scored centuries in both innings. [4]
In 1993,he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy. He made 8 further List A appearances for the county,the last coming against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham &Gloucester Trophy,which was held in 2002. [5] In his 9 List A matches,he scored 89 runs at a batting average of 9.88,with a high score of 26. [6]
His brother,Kevan,played first-class cricket.
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