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Full name Luke James Wright
Born March 7, 1985, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Current age 23 years 134 days
Major teams England,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
10
9
0
210
52
23.33
219
95.89
0
2
20
8
5
0
T20Is
8
8
0
98
30
12.25
77
127.27
0
0
12
3
3
0
First-class
41
57
11
1428
155*
31.04
2342
60.97
3
7
21
0
List A
82
61
10
1021
125
20.01
1
3
24
0
Twenty20
38
29
3
532
103
20.46
335
158.80
1
1
57
23
16
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
10
8
180
154
3
2/34
2/34
51.33
5.13
60.0
0
0
0
T20Is
8
2
30
45
1
1/32
1/32
45.00
9.00
30.0
0
0
0
First-class
41
3885
2256
51
3/33
44.23
3.48
76.1
0
0
0
List A
82
2666
2345
59
4/12
4/12
39.74
5.27
45.1
2
0
0
Twenty20
38
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 New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 28, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
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
First-class debut
2003
Last First-class
Kent v Sussex at Canterbury, Jun 6-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002
Last List A
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 28, 2008 scorecard
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
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
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2002
NBC Denis Compton Award 2004
NBC Denis Compton Award 2005
NBC Denis Compton Award 2007
