James Hopes

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James Hopes
Australia
Personal information
Full name James Redfern Hopes
Nickname Catfish
Born 24 October 1978 (1978-10-24) (age 29)
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
International information
ODI debut (cap 151) 1 March 2005: v New Zealand
Last ODI 4 March 2008: v India
ODI shirt no. 39
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001 - Queensland
Career statistics
Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches - 28 49 107
Runs scored - 433 2,648 2,121
Batting average - 24.05 32.69 27.19
100s/50s -/- 0/1 5/13 2/11
Top score - 63 146 115
Balls bowled - 1,031 6,546 4,825
Wickets - 21 85 137
Bowling average - 34.23 36.24 26.57
5 wickets in innings - 0 1 1
10 wickets in match - 0 0 0
Best bowling - 2/16 6/70 5/29
Catches/stumpings -/- 8/– 22/– 29/–

As of 4 March 2008
Source: cricinfo.com

James Redfern Hopes (born October 24, 1978 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. Hopes plays domestic cricket for Queensland and for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, he has represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 cricket.

A medium pacer whose aggressive batting has been shuffled around the Queensland top order, Hopes had previously played for Australia's Under 19 side as a batsman but as his career has progressed he has become more of a bowling all-rounder. Hopes has opened the batting for Australia in Twenty20 matches and was close to gaining selection in the 2007 World Cup, after being placed on standby for the injured Shane Watson. [1]

On March 4, 2008, James scored his maiden ODI 50 during his 28th match, scoring 63 off 80 balls against India in the 2nd final of the 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series. His effort, though, was in vain as India went on to win the game and the series.


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NAME Hopes, James Redfern
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Townsville, Queensland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH


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