James Neesham

James Neesham

Personal information
Full name	James Douglas Sheahan Neesham
Born	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 Auckland, New Zealand
Nickname	Jimmy
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast medium, Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 264)	14 February 2014 v India
Last Test	3 January 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 177)	19 January 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI	19 August 2015 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	83
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–2011	Auckland
2011–	Otago
2014	Delhi Daredevils
2014	Guyana Amazon Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 8 19 34 39 Runs scored 606 238 1,876 674 Batting average 43.28 21.63 36.78 29.30 100s/50s 2/3 0/0 5/7 0/3 Top score 137* 42* 147 69 Balls bowled 659 644 4,003 1,433 Wickets 11 20 71 52 Bowling average 32.81 34.35 32.67 27.40 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/42 4/42 5/65 5/44 Catches/stumpings 7/- 7/- 26/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 November 2015

James Douglas Sheahan "Jimmy" Neesham (born 17 September 1990) is a New Zealand All-rounder cricketer. He was born in Auckland, plays first-class cricket for Otago cricket team.

He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014. He made his maiden test century in that game scoring an unbeaten 137, the highest debut hundred by a Test number 8 batsman. On 9 June 2014, Neesham became the first New Zealander and overall 8th batsman to score centuries in his first two test matches by scoring 107 against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston.

Domestic career

Neesham began his first-class career with Auckland, but a move Otago Volts 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.

Neesham was picked by IPL Franchise Delhi Daredevils For IPL 7. The next year, he was picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 8 but unfortunately could not even play a single match for them due to injury and was dropped from the squad the very next season.

Neesham played for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2014 Caribbean Premier League, and is also scheduled to appear for Derbyshire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.

International career

Neesham made his test debut against India and scored 137*. This is the highest score by a number 8 batsman or lower on debut. On 9 June 2014 he made a century in his second test against the West Indies, becoming the first New Zealander to score centuries in his first two matches.

Statistics

Test Centuries

#	Runs	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	137*	1	India	Basin Reserve	Wellington	New Zealand	2014
2	107	2	West Indies	Sabina Park	Kingston	Jamaica	2014

Career best performances

as of 10 June 2014

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	BBI	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests	137*	New Zealand v India	Wellington	2014	1–62	New Zealand v India	Wellington	2014
ODI	42*	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	2013	4–42	New Zealand v Bangladesh	Dhaka	2013
T20I	14*	New Zealand v West Indies	Wellington	2014	3–16	New Zealand v West Indies	Auckland	2014
FC	147	Otago Volts v Central Districts Stags	Nelson	2014	5–65	Otago Volts v Northern Districts Knights	Whangarei	2013
LA	69	Otago Volts v Wellington Firebirds	Invercargill	2012	5–44	Otago Volts v Wellington Firebirds	Wellington	2011
T20	59*	Otago Volts v Auckland Aces	Queenstown	2012	3–16	New Zealand v West Indies	Auckland	2014

External links

• Player profile: James Neesham from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: James Neesham from CricketArchive
• James Neesham on Twitter