James Wright (cricketer)
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James Wright was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Hertfordshire
. He was born in Hampstead
.
Wright, who represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1972 and 1983, made two List A appearances for the team, the first in 1974, in which he scored 19 runs and took figures of 0-47, and the second in 1981, in which he scored 14 not out and took figures of 1-38, taking the wicket of Graham Gooch
.
Between 2003 and 2005, Wright played for Hertfordshire in the Over-50s County Championship.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He was born in Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
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Wright, who represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1972 and 1983, made two List A appearances for the team, the first in 1974, in which he scored 19 runs and took figures of 0-47, and the second in 1981, in which he scored 14 not out and took figures of 1-38, taking the wicket of Graham Gooch
Graham Gooch
Graham Alan Gooch OBE DL is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time with 67,057 runs...
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Between 2003 and 2005, Wright played for Hertfordshire in the Over-50s County Championship.
External links
- James Wright at Cricket Archive