Nickname Jimmy Batting style Left-handed Role Cricketer | Name James Neesham Odi shirt number 83 | |
Full name James Douglas Sheahan Neesham Bowling style Right-arm fast medium, Right-arm medium Last Test 3 January 2015 v England Similar People Corey Anderson, Mike Hesson, Grant Elliott, Gary Kirsten Profiles |
New Zealand's James Neesham missed 6 Sixes and fastest fifty record against Srilanka | 47* off 13
James Douglas Sheahan Neesham (born 17 September 1990), known as Jimmy Neesham, is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He was born in Auckland and plays first-class cricket for the Otago cricket team.
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- New Zealands James Neesham missed 6 Sixes and fastest fifty record against Srilanka 47 off 13
- New World Record of ODI Cricket JAMES Neesham hit 5 sixes in 1over 34 run in 1over against Sri Lanka
- Domestic career
- International career
- References
New World Record of ODI Cricket JAMES Neesham hit 5 sixes in 1over 34 run in 1over against Sri Lanka
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 for Derbyshire in the English 2016 NatWest t20 Blast. In June 2017 he signed to play for Kent in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast, making his debut in Kent's opening match of the tournament in July.
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.
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.
Neesham along with Matt Henry holds the highest 9th wicket partnership for New Zealand in ODIs(84)