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Full name | Stephen Peter James | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, UK | 7 September 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 18 June 1998 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 27 August 1998 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–2003 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993/94–1994/95 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,11 July 2020 |
Stephen Peter James (born 7 September 1967) is an English journalist and former cricketer who played two Test matches for England in 1998, [1] making 71 runs in four innings.
James was captain of Glamorgan for three seasons before retiring in 2003 after 17 seasons with the club,aged 35. He played a total of 245 first-class matches,making 15,890 runs at a batting average just above 40,with a total of 47 centuries and a highest score of 309 not out against Sussex in 2000 –which is the Glamorgan record highest score. [2] He scored more than 1,000 runs in a season nine times,with his two most prolific seasons following each other –1,766 runs in 1996 was followed up with 1,775 runs in 1997,which led to his selection for the England A team before graduating to Test level the following season.
James also played two seasons of domestic cricket in Zimbabwe for Mashonaland in 1993/94 and 1994/95.
Since retirement,he has made a career as a journalist,initially covering cricket and rugby for The Sunday Telegraph and occasionally writing for The Daily Telegraph . [3] He was removed by the paper just before Christmas 2016, [4] and now writes for The Times .
James was also a successful rugby player with Lydney R.F.C. mainly at the full back position. In a career spanning the 1985/86 to 1995/96 seasons he scored 140 points,including 31 tries,in 81 games. [5]
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