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Full name Jason Edward Riche Gallian
Born June 25, 1971, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Current age 37 years 110 days
Major teams England, Essex, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Oxford University
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Oxford University

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

12.33

309

23.94

First-class

252

430

15021

312

38.02

226

List A

227

223

6676

134

32.40

Twenty20

315

19.68

306

102.94

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

4.42

First-class

252

7162

4164

6/115

43.37

3.48

74.6

List A

227

2049

1808

5/15

32.87

5.29

37.2

Twenty20

Career statistics

Test debut

England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 6-8, 1995 scorecard

Last Test

South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-30, 1995 scorecard

Test statistics

First-class debut

1990

Last First-class

Essex v Warwickshire at Chelmsford, Sep 17-20, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1992

Last List A

Kent v Essex at Canterbury, Sep 13, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

Born and raised in Australia, Jason Gallian captained Australian Young Cricketers against England in 1989-90 but subsequently moved to England and signed for Lancashire. At his best, Gallian is a class batsman - he has been described as a slimmed-down Mike Gatting - and in the period before he qualified for England in 1994, a decent international career was considered a virtual certainty. But he was dogged by ill-luck and inconsistency. His Test debut in 1995 was on a minefield at Birmingham where West Indies' fast bowlers blew England away in a little over two days, Gallian collecting a fractured finger in his first innings. He returned for the final Test at The Oval as a makeshift opener, and did enough to go with England to South Africa that winter. He played his third and final Test at Port Elizabeth where Christopher Martin-Jenkins wrote that he "confirmed his character if not his unarguable Test quality". He continued to score consistently for Lancashire - in 1996 he hammered 312 against Derbyshire, the highest score at Old Trafford - but grew increasingly disenchanted and moved to Nottinghamshire in pursuit of new challenges at the end of the following season. He was subsequently appointed their captain but continued to be dogged by injury - he missed almost all 2001 after undergoing knee surgery and then breaking a knuckle in his first match back. Following one year back in the ranks, he was reappointed captain of Nottinghamshire in 2004. However, after a fractious relationship with Kevin Pietersen amongst others he was replaced by Stephen Fleming for the 2005 season, a decision that he did not take too well initially. He still topped 1000-runs that season as Nottinghamshire won the Championship. 2006 was a lean year for Gallian as he failed to threaten the 1000-run mark and Nottinghamshire were relegated to Division Two.
Martin Williamson September 2006

Sep 13, 2008

Jason Gallian tries to clear the off side © Getty Images

Apr 12, 2008

Jason Gallian portrait © Getty Images

Apr 8, 2005

Jason Gallian portrait, 2005 © Getty Images

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