James Michael Hands (born 9 October 1978) is an English

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er. Hands is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Truro,

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

. Hands made his

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

debut for

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in 1996 against

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. From 1996 to 2007, he represented the county in 42 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against

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. Hands also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against

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in 1998. From 1998 to 2004, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

. Hands also represented Cornwall in

List A cricket List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

. His first List A match came against

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in the

1996 NatWest Trophy The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Essex Co ...

. From 1996 to 2003, he represented the county in eight List A matches, the last of which came against the

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in the 1st round of the

2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy The 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 28 August 2003 and 28 August 2004. The competition was won by Gloucestershire Gladiators who beat the Worcestershire Royals by 8 wickets at Lord's. ...

which was played in 2003. In his eight List A matches, he scored 187 runs at a batting average of 23.37, with a single

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1. With the ball he took 10 wickets at a

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of 24.50, with best figures of 3/25.List A Bowling For Each Team by James Hands
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-14. Hands played club cricket for Blackheath Cricket Club in the

Kent Cricket League The Kent Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Kent, England. The league was founded in 1970 and the first season of play was 1971. The twelve founding clubs were Ashford, Aylesford Paper Mills, Dart ...

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* 1978 births Living people Cricketers from Truro English cricketers Cornwall cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub