James Neesham

New Zealand|Batting Allrounder
James Neesham
INTL CAREER: 2012 - 2023
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Full Name

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

Born

September 17, 1990, Auckland

Age

33y 184d

Also Known As

Jimmy Neesham

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Batting Allrounder

Allrounder, and Twitter star, Jimmy Neesham went from the brink of retirement from cricket to almost delivering New Zealand the 2019 World Cup. In the tournament he was outstanding with bat and ball then in the final against England claimed three wickets and produced the final-ball run out to tie the scores after 50 overs. He was entrusted with the bat in the Super Over and scored 13 off 5 balls including a huge six off Jofra Archer. He was at the non-striker's end for the last ball when Martin Guptill was run out coming back for a second run that would have won New Zealand the World Cup.

He made his international debut in a Twenty20 international on New Zealand's tour to South Africa in 2012-13, following some impressive performances in the shorter formats in the domestic season. Neesham began his first-class career with Auckland, but a move Otago worked well for him, as he made some important contributions in the 50-over format in the 2011-12 season, making three 40-plus scores in seven innings, all of them coming at more than a run a ball. He was among the wickets too, taking a career-best 5 for 44 against Wellington and 4 for 23 against Canterbury. The rewards came soon, as he was included in the limited-overs squads for the tour to South Africa and made his T20I and ODI debuts.

In February 2014, Neesham made a century on Test debut against India and was at the other end when skipper Brendon McCullum became the first Black Cap to score a Test triple century. He became just the eighth player in Test history to score hundreds in his first two Tests when he made a century against West Indies in Jamaica.

He narrowly missed the cut for the home World Cup in 2015, an experience he described as "gut-wrenching", when Grant Elliott was preferred at the last minute. Neesham found himself in the stands at Eden Park as Elliott struck that iconic six against South Africa to secure a spot in the final.

Neesham was part of the one-day side over the next two seasons but was dropped after the 2017 Champions Trophy. He was ready to retire but was talked out of it and asked instead to take a break from the game. He returned in 2018 and dominated domestic one-day cricket scoring 503 runs at an average of 62.87 with a strike rate of 110.79, which earned him an international recall to face Sri Lanka. He made 47 not out from 13 balls and 64 from 37 in his first two ODIs back in January 2019 and locked up his 2019 World Cup spot.
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James Neesham Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests12221709137*33.76106966.32248811120
ODIs766512149597*28.20149699.930712838270
T20Is72581990048*23.07570157.89006850320
FC6811410337314732.43470871.6451845152700
List A140123253343120*34.113199104.50220299103550
T20s26922361391397*24.152743142.650113021791060

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests12211076675143/423/4248.213.7676.8000
ODIs767224482556715/275/2736.006.2634.4220
T20Is72506691017363/163/1628.259.1218.5000
FC68115717340951245/656/8233.023.4257.8220
List A140123458045301495/275/2730.405.9330.7640
T20s269227370155792174/244/2425.709.0417.0300
James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

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Recent Matches of James Neesham

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Rangpur vs Barishal280/1628-Feb-2024MirpurT20
Rangpur vs Victorians97*0/3726-Feb-2024MirpurT20
Rangpur vs Victorians69*--20-Feb-2024ChattogramT20
Rangpur vs Barishal281/2719-Feb-2024ChattogramT20
Rangpur vs Chattogram50/4216-Feb-2024ChattogramT20

Photos of James Neesham

Jimmy Neesham slammed an unbeaten 51 in 26 balls
Jimmy Neesham captained Pretoria Capitals in the injury-enforced absence of Wayne Parnell
Jimmy Neesham played a useful hand to keep New Zealand ahead of the DLS target
James Neesham picked up the pieces for New Zealand
James Neesham was bowled through the gate
James Neesham gets attended to after copping a blow to his right hand