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Full name William Ingleby Jefferson
Born October 25, 1979, Derby
Current age 28 years 205 days
Major teams Durham UCCE,Essex
Nickname Santa, Lemar, Jeffer
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 10 in
Education Oundle School; Durham University
Relations Grandfather - J Jefferson,Father - RI Jefferson
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
79
140
12
4811
222
37.58
11
19
72
0
List A
77
76
5
2564
132
36.11
4
14
36
0
Twenty20
16
16
2
208
51
14.85
167
124.55
0
1
24
8
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
79
120
60
1
1/16
60.00
3.00
120.0
0
0
0
List A
77
24
9
2
2/9
2/9
4.50
2.25
12.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
2000
Last First-class
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, May 14-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000
Last List A
Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire at Nottingham, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Nottinghamshire v Kent at Nottingham, Jul 17-18, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Towering at 6ft 91/2 ins, Will Jefferson made big strides for Essex from his debut in 2000 before moving north to Trent Bridge at the end of 2006. An opening batsman with a range of attacking strokes, Jefferson excelled at school and university level, and announced himself in county cricket with his first full season with Essex in 2002. He scored nearly 800 runs at an average of little under 40, including a match-winning 165 not out against Nottinghamshire at Chelmsford to seal Essex's promotion to Division One. That innings also earned him his county cap. But he suffered from a string of injury problems and found himself unable to secure a regular place, and at the end of 2006 he left Essex by mutual consent to join Nottinghamshire. He suffered an unfortunate injury when he put his hand through a window and severed tendons in his hand, but returned to put his name in the frame for international honours. England Lions is as far as he has managed to date and time may be running out. He is also a reliable slip fielder.
Cricinfo staff September 2007
