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Full name Wayne Robert James
Born August 27, 1965, Bulawayo
Current age 43 years 3 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Matabeleland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
4
0
61
33
15.25
154
39.61
0
0
7
0
16
0
ODIs
11
8
1
101
29
14.42
255
39.60
0
0
4
0
6
0
First-class
40
70
6
2442
215
38.15
3
16
101
7
List A
36
32
1
468
57
15.09
0
1
22
1
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
36
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, Dec 16-21, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Oct 26-31, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at New Plymouth, Feb 23, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Sep 3, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1986/87 - 1996/97
List A span
1987/88 - 1996/97
Profile
The svelte Wayne James made four Test and 11 one-day appearances for Zimbabwe in the late 80s and early 90s as a stylish batsman and excellent fielder. He regularly kept wicket, and it was as a wicketkeeper that he made all four of his Test appearances between 1993-94 and 1994-95. But he failed to make any real impression, and with Andy Flower occupying the keeper-batsman role, James was only ever on the fringes of the side. He was no slouch with the bat, scoring 215 for Matabeleland in the Logan Cup, and it was in that tournament in 1995-96 that he set a world record with nine dismissals (seven caught, two stumped) in Mashonaland Country Districts' first innings, adding four more catches in the second (the match total of 13 was also a world record). Not content with that, he cracked 99 in the first innings, and was stranded on 99 not out in the second. To top it all, the winning runs were four byes.
Martin Williamson (April 2004)
