James John Atkinson (born August 1990) is an international cricketer who plays cricket for

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. He also captained the Hong Kong cricket team before stepping down in May 2015. A

wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. ...

, he has also represented Hong Kong at Under-19s level, and was selected as part of their squad for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He was the first player (either male or female) born in the 1990s to play in ODI cricket as he made his debut at the age of 17 in 2008 against Pakistan during the 2008 Asia Cup. His father Steve played

Minor Counties The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes unde ...

cricket. In 2014, Atkinson captained the Hong Kong team in their first global tournament, the World T20 in Bangladesh, defeating the hosts in their final match after two losses. His highest score was 31 from 20 balls against Afghanistan in Chittagong before getting out LBW. In May 2015, he stepped down as Hong Kong's captain citing lack of form as his main reason. The decision came after he led the side in a 59-run win over

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in which he made an unbeaten 37-ball 64 in a T20 match. In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two The 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was an international cricket tournament that took place in April 2019 in Namibia. It was contested between six teams; Canada, Hong Kong, Oman, Papua New Guinea, the United States and tournament hos ...

tournament in Namibia. In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the

2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B The 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B was the second round of matches in Group B of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket W ...

tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Jamie 1990 births Living people Hong Kong cricketers Hong Kong cricket captains Hong Kong One Day International cricketers Hong Kong Twenty20 International cricketers Durham MCCU cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Hong Kong people of English descent Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong Wicket-keepers