Kevan James

Personal information
Full name	Kevan David James
Born	(1961-03-18) 18 March 1961 Lambeth, London, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1985–1999	Hampshire
1982/83–1984/85	Wellington
1980–1984	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	225	254
Runs scored	8,526	2,459
Batting average	30.45	19.83
100s/50s	10/42	–/7
Top score	162	66
Balls bowled	24,687	10,958
Wickets	395	247
Bowling average	31.91	31.28
5 wickets in innings	11	2
10 wickets in match	1	–
Best bowling	8/49	6/35
Catches/stumpings	78/–	69/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 May 2011

Kevan David James (born 18 March 1961, Lambeth, London) was educated at the Edmonton County School, in the London Borough of Enfield.

James was an English first-class cricketer for 19 years. He spent most of his career with Hampshire whom he won the NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup with in the early 1990s.

A middle-order batsman and left-arm seam bowler, he toured Australia and the West Indies with Young England before forging a successful career with Hampshire. He also played some first-class cricket for Wellington in New Zealand. James is perhaps best known for a game against the Indians in 1996 when he took a record equaling four wickets in four balls, and followed it up with a hundred later in the match. These Indian wickets included Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. The Cricinfo report from the match claimed that no-one, in the history of cricket, had taken four wickets in four balls and scored a hundred in the same game.

His brother, Martin, played List A cricket for Hertfordshire.

External links

• Player profile: Kevan James from ESPNcricinfo