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Full name Damien Geoffrey Wright
Born July 25, 1975, Casino, New South Wales
Current age 33 years 1 days
Major teams Scotland,Glamorgan,Northamptonshire,Tasmania
Nickname Moves
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.87 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
86
133
21
2689
111
24.00
1
13
40
0
List A
90
70
20
867
55
17.34
0
4
20
0
Twenty20
15
13
2
165
38*
15.00
111
148.64
0
0
12
8
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
86
17518
8249
271
8/60
30.43
2.82
64.6
8
0
List A
90
4567
3160
113
5/37
5/37
27.96
4.15
40.4
3
1
0
Twenty20
15
15
301
372
12
3/17
3/17
31.00
7.41
25.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Glamorgan v Middlesex at Swansea, May 23-24, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Glamorgan v Surrey at Cresselly, May 28, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Bristol, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard
Profile
After managing only two first-class games in 2005-06 because of back stress fractures, Damien Wright celebrated his return in style last summer when he bowled Tasmania to their first Pura Cup title. Wright gave New South Wales no chance of a face-saving draw, taking 5 for 13 on the final day to seal the win. He had already been instrumental in setting up the one-sided finish - he collected 3 for 38 in the first innings and made vital batting contributions of 67 and 47. He only played five matches for the season but his 18 victims at 23.16 put him within reach of the state record. If Wright can accumulate 14 wickets next summer, he will top Tasmania's all-time Pura Cup tally - he begins the season third behind Colin Miller and Shaun Young. It would be a fitting reward for Wright, who was originally from New South Wales and moved south in 1997-98. During his journeyman career he has played for Scotland in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, made eight Australia A appearances and had stints with two counties. His 2004-05 home summer was excellent - he picked up 39 wickets at 31.35 and 534 runs in the Pura Cup - and he then headed to Northamptonshire, where he combined 53 wickets with 609 runs. However, the extra workload hurt his back and he sat out most of 2005-06 and the start of 2006-07. He signed with Glamorgan for 2007, on the understanding he would not be overworked. Cricinfo staff July 2007
