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Full name John James Whitaker
Born May 5, 1962, Skipton, Yorkshire
Current age 46 years 159 days
Major teams England,Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
1
0
11
11
11.00
34
32.35
0
0
1
0
1
0
ODIs
2
2
1
48
44*
48.00
65
73.84
0
0
2
1
1
0
First-class
315
497
51
17198
218
38.56
38
80
172
0
List A
282
264
24
7770
155
32.37
6
47
66
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
315
178
268
2
1/29
134.00
9.03
89.0
0
0
List A
282
26
13
0
-
-
-
3.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Only Test
Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1986 scorecard
England v Pakistan at Sharjah, Apr 7, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1983 - 1999
List A span
1983 - 1998/99
Profile
James Whitaker was a member of England's Ashes-winning side in 1986-87. He made his one appearance at Adelaide, when Ian Botham was injured, and managed 11 before falling to Bruce Reid. With David Gower and Phil DeFreitas also playing, England included three Leicestershire players for the first time.
He made the trip on the back of 1526 runs at 66.34 in 1986 - despite having bones broken in both hands by Malcolm Marshall during the summer. Whitaker remained a one-club man, and led Leicester to the County Championship in 1996 and 1998. After being forced to retire with a leg injury he had a spell as general manager at Grace Road before taking on the role of director of cricket. His 22-year association with the club ended in 2005 when they announced a new coaching structure and Whitaker left his director post. Three years later, however, he was give a part-time selectorial role with England under Geoff Miller, who was named David Graveney's successor in January 2008. Martin Williamson January 2008
