James Gair Cameron (born 31 January 1986,

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) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. Educated at

St George's College, Harare St George's College is a private Jesuit boys high school in Harare, Zimbabwe. The school, colloquially referred to as Saints or George's, is located in Borrowdale, a Harare suburb. The land was donated to the Jesuits. This led to the relocation ...

, Cameron represented Zimbabwe at under-15 and under-19 level. At under-19 level he played in four Youth One-Day Internationals in 2004, opening the batting with

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; his scores were 1, 0, 84 * and 68 (a total of 153 runs at 51.0); his solitary wicket was

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, lbw. During his four years of study at the

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, he played

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for University CC. His time with University CC yielded a total of 2267 runs at 45.34; during the 2009–10 season he scored 608 runs in 13 innings at 60.8. He signed for

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at the start of the 2010 season. In Worcestershire's final match of the 2010 season, Cameron scored 105, his maiden first-class century, sharing a partnership of 215 with

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(who scored 115) to secure Worcestershire's promotion to the first division of the County Championship. He retired from professional cricket at the end of the 2012 season to pursue a career in financial services.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, James Zimbabwean people of British descent 1986 births Living people Cricketers from Harare Zimbabwean cricketers White Zimbabwean sportspeople Worcestershire cricketers Alumni of St. George's College, Harare