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Full name Luke James Wright
Born March 7, 1985, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Current age 23 years 273 days
Major teams England,England Lions,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
16
11
1
229
52
22.90
234
97.86
0
2
22
8
6
0
T20Is
8
8
0
98
30
12.25
77
127.27
0
0
12
3
3
0
First-class
45
63
12
1536
155*
30.11
2549
60.25
3
7
24
0
List A
95
69
12
1153
125
20.22
1
3
25
0
Twenty20
40
30
3
533
103
19.74
340
156.76
1
1
57
23
16
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
16
9
186
157
3
2/34
2/34
52.33
5.06
62.0
0
0
0
T20Is
8
2
30
45
1
1/32
1/32
45.00
9.00
30.0
0
0
0
First-class
45
4205
2469
55
3/33
44.89
3.52
76.4
0
0
0
List A
95
2922
2551
70
4/12
4/12
36.44
5.23
41.7
3
0
0
Twenty20
40
27
486
643
28
3/17
3/17
22.96
7.93
17.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
England v India at The Oval, Sep 5, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI
England v South Africa at Cardiff, Sep 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2003
Last First-class
Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002
Last List A
Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard
Stanford Superstars v England at Coolidge, Nov 1, 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
