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	Luke Wright

Luke Wright

England

Player profile

Full name Luke James Wright
Born March 7, 1985, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Current age 23 years 66 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 5 4 0 121 50 30.25 94 128.72 0 1 11 6 1 0

T20Is 7 7 0 74 30 10.57 59 125.42 0 0 7 3 3 0

First-class 37 51 10 1321 155* 32.21 2094 63.08 3 7 17 0

List A 77 56 10 932 125 20.26 1 2 20 0

Twenty20 36 27 3 507 103 21.12 313 161.98 1 1 52 23 16 0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

ODIs 5 3 42 39 0 - - - 5.57 - 0 0 0

T20Is 7 1 6 13 0 - - - 13.00 - 0 0 0

First-class 37 3514 1973 46 3/33 42.89 3.36 76.3 0 0 0

List A 77 2528 2230 56 4/12 4/12 39.82 5.29 45.1 2 0 0

Twenty20 36 25 444 597 27 3/17 3/17 22.11 8.06 16.4 0 0 0

Career statistics
ODI debut England v India at The Oval, Sep 5, 2007 scorecard

Last ODI New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard

Last T20I New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut 2003

Last First-class England Lions v New Zealanders at Southampton, May 8-11, 2008 scorecard

List A debut 2002

Last List A Sussex v Middlesex at Hove, May 5, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20 New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 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