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Luke Wright
England
Player profile
Full name Luke James Wright
Born March 7, 1985, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Current age 23 years 308 days
Major teams England, England Lions, England Under-19s, Leicestershire, Leicestershire Cricket Board, Sussex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Ratcliffe College. Loughborough University
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
16 |
11 |
1 |
229 |
52 |
22.90 |
234 |
97.86 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
| T20Is |
8 |
8 |
0 |
98 |
30 |
12.25 |
77 |
127.27 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| First-class |
45 |
63 |
12 |
1536 |
155* |
30.11 |
2549 |
60.25 |
3 |
7 |
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24 |
0 |
| List A |
95 |
69 |
12 |
1153 |
125 |
20.22 |
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1 |
3 |
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25 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
40 |
30 |
3 |
533 |
103 |
19.74 |
340 |
156.76 |
1 |
1 |
57 |
23 |
16 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
16 |
9 |
186 |
157 |
3 |
2/34 |
2/34 |
52.33 |
5.06 |
62.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| T20Is |
8 |
2 |
30 |
45 |
1 |
1/32 |
1/32 |
45.00 |
9.00 |
30.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
45 |
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4205 |
2469 |
55 |
3/33 |
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44.89 |
3.52 |
76.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| List A |
95 |
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2922 |
2551 |
70 |
4/12 |
4/12 |
36.44 |
5.23 |
41.7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
40 |
27 |
486 |
643 |
28 |
3/17 |
3/17 |
22.96 |
7.93 |
17.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| ODI debut |
England v India at The Oval, Sep 5, 2007 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
England v South Africa at Cardiff, Sep 3, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| T20I debut |
England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard |
| Last T20I |
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard |
| T20I statistics |
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| First-class debut |
2003 |
| Last First-class |
Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
2002 |
| Last List A |
Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Stanford Superstars v England at Coolidge, Nov 1, 2008 scorecard |
As a medium-fast bowling allrounder, it's no surprise that Luke Wright admires Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff or that he hopes to emulate the latter in one day playing for England. That moment came a step closer when he was named in the Twenty20 World Championship squad.
Among his achievements, Wright has represented England Under-19s, won the Denis Compton medal three times and scored a century on his first-class debut for Sussex. He was also a key part of the Sussex team that won the C&G Trophy final in 2006. He has spent the last two winters at the National Academy based at Loughborough University, where he was right at home having studied Sports Science and Sports Massage there.
He took further steps towards emulating the likes of Flintoff and reaching the England side in February 2006 when he was called to the West Indies to bolster the England A squad, who had lost players to the seniors in India. Being in the Caribbean certainly beats spending your 21st birthday in the depths of the English winter.
But his career really took off during the 2007 Twenty20 Cup when he was the leading run-scorer with 346 runs, enough to earn him a place in England's 15-man squad to South Africa.
Jenny Thompson August 2007
NBC Denis Compton Award 2002
NBC Denis Compton Award 2004
NBC Denis Compton Award 2005
NBC Denis Compton Award 2007
Nov 8, 2008 |
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Luke Wright and James Anderson play football with local kids
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Nov 6, 2008 |
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Luke Wright gives the first press conference of England's tour
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Aug 13, 2008 |
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Luke Wright and Steve Kirby share a joke during training
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