LJ Wright Profile

General Information Full name Luke James Wright Born March 7, 1985, Grantham, Lincolnshire Current age 25 years 335 days Major teams England, England Lions, England Under-19s, Leicestershire, Leicestershire Cricket Board, Sussex, Wellington Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium-fast Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 43 29 Innings Played 32 24 Not Outs 3 2 Runs 632 346 Highest 52 71 Average 21.79 15.72 Balls Faced 706 271 St/R 89.51 127.67 100's 0 0 50's 2 1 4's 54 33 6's 18 11 Catches Taken 16 10 Stumpings Made 0 0 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 43 29 Innings Played 33 11 Balls 918 156 Runs 781 219 Wickets 15 6 Best Inning Bowling 2/34 1/5 Best Match Bowling 2/34 1/5 Average 52.06 36.50 Economy Rate 5.10 8.42 St/R 61.2 26.0 4 Wickets 0 0 5 Wickets 0 0 10 Wickets 0 0 Profile Luke James Wright (born 7 March 1985) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Born in Grantham, Wright joined Sussex in 2004, having started his career at Leicestershire. He was named in England's squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2004, and joined the International Twenty20 squad for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in September 2007. He made his One Day International debut on 5 September 2007 against India. Wright hit a century on debut for Sussex, and has won the Denis Compton medal on three separate occasions during his domestic career. On 26 June 2007 he smashed his maiden domestic Twenty20 Cup century, scoring 103 from only 45 balls, including 11 fours and six sixes before being bowled by Yasir Arafat in Sussex's 7 wicket win over Kent at Canterbury. Although Sussex was defeated in the semi-finals, Wright ended up as the highest run scorer of the competition. Wright has also found success in the longer one day formats, hitting 125 against Gloucestershire from 73 deliveries. Wright represented England at Under-17 level. In 2003 he traveled to Australia with the Under-19 team and took a hat-trick against South Africa, finishing with match figures of 5/46. In February 2006 he toured the West Indies to bolster the England a team.