Martin Henry James (born 26 October 1963) is a former English cricketer. James was a left-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Enfield, Middlesex.
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| Full name | Martin Harold James | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-10-26) 26 October 1963 (age 58) Enfield, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Kevan James (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–2003 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
James had a long career for Hertfordshire, playing 70 matches between 1991 and 2003, and scoring 3,915 runs in total at an average of 32.90[1] He was captain of Hertfordshire from 2001[2] to 2003.[3] His highest score in minor counties cricket was 143, against Suffolk in August 1997, in a game in which he scored centuries in both innings.[4]
In 1993, he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy. He made 8 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2002.[5] In his 9 List A matches, he scored 89 runs at a batting average of 9.88, with a high score of 26.[6]
His brother, Kevan, played first-class cricket.