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Full name James Charles Hildreth
Born September 9, 1984, Milton Keynes
Current age 24 years 35 days
Major teams Somerset,Somerset Cricket Board
Nickname Hildy, Hildz
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
5 ft 10 in
Education Millfield School, Glastonbury
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
79
133
11
4736
227*
38.81
7227
65.53
10
26
61
0
List A
92
88
13
2148
122
28.64
2
7
24
0
Twenty20
38
37
4
568
71
17.21
411
138.19
0
3
52
19
15
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
79
396
316
4
2/39
79.00
4.78
99.0
0
0
0
List A
92
150
185
6
2/26
2/26
30.83
7.40
25.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
38
12
169
247
10
3/24
3/24
24.70
8.76
16.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2003
Last First-class
Somerset v Lancashire at Taunton, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2003
Last List A
Lancashire v Somerset at Liverpool, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Warwickshire v Somerset at Birmingham, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard
Profile
James Hildreth is an aggressive batsman with a good range of shots, who is building a reputation as one of the most promising young players in county cricket. A bit of an old-fashioned batsman, he plays off the back foot, is very relaxed at the crease and plays the cut and the pull shot. He is an ex-pupil of Millfield, where he was in the XI for four years. He represented England youth sides at all levels, including the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2003-04. In just his second first-class match, in 2004, he hit 101 off 113 balls for Somerset against Durham, whose attack included Shoaib Akhtar. He scored 210 in his last Under-19 Test, against Bangladesh in August 2004, then in June 2005 he hit 38 from 24 balls as Somerset successfully chased an astonishing 343 against Australia. He is rated by Justin Langer as "an extraordinary talent". A talented allround sportsman, James played hockey for the West of England, tennis and squash for the South of England, rugby for Millfield and soccer for Luton Town as a teenager.
Sam Collins September 2006
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2003 NBC Denis Compton Award 2004 NBC Denis Compton Award 2005
