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Age: 29 Years
Height: 6′ 2″
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
Some Lesser Known Facts About James Neesham
- James Neesham is a New Zealand cricket participant. He was within the 2019 World Cup squad, and he was additionally within the tremendous over with Martin Guptill.
- Neesham considers himself because the look-alike of Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth.
- James began his profession by enjoying for native New Zealand groups. He began with the Auckland crew in New Zealand. He finally moved to the Otago Volts and made a reputation for himself.
- Neesham’s recognition rose due to his constant performances. In the 2011-2012 season, he scored greater than 40 runs thrice of the seven instances he performed. He additionally scored his career-best in bowling by attaining 5 for 44 towards Wellington.
- His efficiency led him to be chosen within the Champions League T20 limited-overs squad for the tour to South Africa.
- His efficiency within the 2013 Cricinfo Champions League T20 (CLT20) led him to be named because the discover of the match on the official web site of the CLT20. He was additionally named the Man of the Match.
- On 14 February 2014, Neesham made his Test debut towards India and scored 137. It was the very best rating by a debutant enjoying at quantity 8. His century helped New Zealand seal the win on the match.
- In 2014, for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 7, he was chosen by the IPL franchise, Delhi Daredevils.
- He participated within the 2014 Caribbean Premier League from the franchisee Guyana Amazon Warriors.
- The subsequent 12 months, in IPL 8, he was chosen by the franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders. Although, he didn’t play a single match within the match as a consequence of an damage, and he was dropped from the squad within the subsequent season.
- In 2016, he performed for Derbyshire within the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast.
- In June 2017, he performed for the Kent County Cricket Club within the NatWest T20 Blast.
- In June 2018, he signed a contract with the Wellington Cricket Club for the 2018-19 season.
- On 3 January 2019, in an ODI towards Sri Lanka, Neesham scored 34, which included 5 sixes. It was probably the most variety of runs scored in an over by a New Zealand participant in an ODI.
- He was chosen within the 2019 World Cup squad. On 1 June 2019, New Zealand’s first match within the World Cup was additionally coincidentally Neesham’s fiftieth ODI match.
- During his match towards Afghanistan within the World Cup, he took his first five-wicket haul. Interestingly, his haul additionally accomplished his fiftieth ODI wicket.