Stephen Peter James (born 7 September 1967) is an English journalist and former cricketer who played two Test matches for

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in 1998, making 71 runs in four innings. James was captain of Glamorgan for three seasons before retiring in 2003 after 17 seasons with the club, aged 35. He played a total of 245 first-class matches, making 15,890 runs at a

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just above 40, with a total of 47

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and a highest score of 309

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against Sussex in 2000which is the Glamorgan record highest score. He scored more than 1,000 runs in a season nine times, with his two most prolific seasons following each other1,766 runs in 1996 was followed up with 1,775 runs in 1997, which led to his selection for the England A team before graduating to Test level the following season. James also played two seasons of domestic cricket in

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for Mashonaland in 1993/94 and 1994/95. Since retirement, he has made a career as a journalist, initially covering cricket and rugby for ''

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'' and occasionally writing for ''

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''. He was removed by the paper just before Christmas 2016, and now writes for ''

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''.

Rugby career

James was also a successful rugby player with Lydney R.F.C. mainly at the full back position. In a career spanning the 1985/86 to 1995/96 seasons he scored 140 points, including 31 tries, in 81 games.

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1967 births Living people Alumni of Swansea University British male journalists British sportswriters British Universities cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Cricket historians and writers Cricketers from Gloucestershire England Test cricketers English cricketers English rugby union commentators English rugby union players Glamorgan cricket captains Glamorgan cricketers Mashonaland cricketers Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers People educated at Monmouth School for Boys Rugby union players from Lydney The Daily Telegraph people {{England-Test-cricket-bio-stub