Steve James (cricketer)
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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.
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Full name | Stephen Peter James | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 56) Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2020 |
James was captain of Glamorgan for three seasons before injury forced his retirement at the age of 36 in early 2004, after 17 seasons with the club.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] He was removed by the paper just before Christmas 2016,[5] and now writes for The Times.