| James Middlebrook | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | James Daniel Middlebrook |
| Nickname: | Dog |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Role: | All rounder |
| Club1: | Yorkshire |
| Club2: | Essex |
| Club3: | Northamptonshire |
| Club4: | Yorkshire |
| Year4: | 2015 |
| Clubnumber3: | 7 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 226 |
| Runs1: | 7,873 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.72 |
| 100S/50S1: | 10/35 |
| Top Score1: | 127 |
| Deliveries1: | 34,871 |
| Wickets1: | 475 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 38.15 |
| Fivefor1: | 15 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/78 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 112/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 192 |
| Runs2: | 1,737 |
| Bat Avg2: | 20.19 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 57* |
| Deliveries2: | 6,745 |
| Wickets2: | 146 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 36.43 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/27 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 51/– |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 106 |
| Runs3: | 613 |
| Bat Avg3: | 13.62 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 43 |
| Deliveries3: | 1,532 |
| Wickets3: | 56 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 34.67 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 3/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 27/– |
| Umpire: | true |
| Wodisumpired: | 2 |
| Umpwodidebutyr: | 2023 |
| Wt20isumpired: | 5 |
| Umpwt20idebutyr: | 2024 |
| Date: | 21 January |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/james-middlebrook-17013 ESPNcricinfo |
James Middlebrook (born 13 May 1977)[1] is a former English first-class cricketer, who last played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club on a short-term contract. He played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling off spin. Since retiring from professional cricket Middlebrook has become an umpire, standing in first-class matches from the 2017 season onwards.[2]
Middlebrook was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and made his first-class debut in the 1998 English cricket season with Yorkshire, but was released by them in 2001.[1] From 2002 to 2008 he plied his trade with Essex, taking 32 first-class wickets and 20 one day wickets. Middlebrook joined Northamptonshire at the start of the 2010 season,[3] where he regularly opened the batting. In January 2010, Middlebrook along with new team-mate David Sales, was picked to represent the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Durham in Abu Dhabi.[4] Despite being Northants leading runscorer in the 2014 season, Middlebrook was released following the club's relegation to Division Two of the County Championship.[5] He was signed by Yorkshire on a short-term contract as cover for Adil Rashid whilst the leg-spinner was part of England's tour party in the West Indies.