Gareth David James (born 1 December 1984) is an English
cricket
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er. James is a right-handed
batsman
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London
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.
James was contracted on to the Essex CCC Academy and throughout that time made his List A debut for the
Essex Cricket Board
The Essex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Essex.
From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.Surrey Cricket Board
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in the 2nd round of the
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire who beat Worcestershire by 7 wickets at Lord's.
Format
The eighteen f ...
which was held in 2002. His second and final List A match for the Board came against
Essex
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in the 3rd round same competition which was played in 2003. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 52 runs at a
batting average
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Cricket
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of 51.00, with a single
half century
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high score of 51 *.
In 2004, James made his first-class debut for CUCCE against
Warwickshire
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. From 2004 to 2007, he represented the University in 9 first-class matches, the last of which came against Essex. During the 2005/06 Sri Lankan cricket season, James played first-class matches for
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.
History
The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which ...
. His debut for the club came against Badureliya Sports Club. During the 2005/06 season, he played 4 first-class matches, the last of which came against
Saracens Sports Club
The Saracens Sports Club (Saracens SC) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricket team that competes in the Premier Trophy
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. In his career total of 13 first-class matches, he scored 378 runs at an average of 17.18, with a single half century high score of 51. In the field he took 4 catches.
In 2007, he played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Suffolk against Cumberland. In the same season, he also played a single
MCCA Knockout Trophy
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match for the county against
Norfolk
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