James Faulkner (cricketer)
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James Peter Faulkner is a cricketer who plays for Tasmania
. Faulkner is an all-rounder
, and in the 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season
he made 300 runs at 30 and took 36 wickets at 17.72.
James Faulkner is the son of Peter Faulkner
, who also played first-class cricket
for Tasmania.
Faulkner plays for the Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League
.
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
. Faulkner is an all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
, and in the 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season
2010–11 Sheffield Shield season
The 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season was the 118th season of the Sheffield Shield, the first-class domestic cricket competition of Australia. The season began on 8 October 2010, and ended on 21 March 2011 at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart, with the Tasmanian Tigers wining their second...
he made 300 runs at 30 and took 36 wickets at 17.72.
James Faulkner is the son of Peter Faulkner
Peter Faulkner
Peter Ian Faulkner was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania. An allrounder, he took over 100 wickets and made over 2000 runs in his first-class career....
, who also played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Tasmania.
Faulkner plays for the Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
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