Country: | England |
Fullname: | Martin Harold James |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1963 |
Birth Place: | Enfield, Middlesex, England |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Role: | Occasional wicket-keeper |
Family: | Kevan James (brother) |
Club1: | Hertfordshire |
Year1: | 1991 - 2003 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | List A |
Matches1: | 9 |
Runs1: | 89 |
Bat Avg1: | 9.88 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 26 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 17 May |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15578.html Cricinfo |
Martin Henry James (born 26 October 1963) is a former English cricketer. James was a left-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Enfield, Middlesex.
James had a long career for Hertfordshire, playing 70 matches between 1991 and 2003, and scoring 3,915 runs in total at an average of 32.90[1] He was captain of Hertfordshire from 2001[2] to 2003.[3] His highest score in minor counties cricket was 143, against Suffolk in August 1997, in a game in which he scored centuries in both innings.[4]
In 1993, he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy. He made 8 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2002.[5] In his 9 List A matches, he scored 89 runs at a batting average of 9.88, with a high score of 26.[6]
His brother, Kevan, played first-class cricket.