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Full name Jason Edward Riche Gallian

Born June 25, 1971, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Current age 38 years 15 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

Jason Edward Riche Gallian
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 3 6 0 74 28 12.33 309 23.94 0 0 8 0 1 0
First-class 258 441 36 15257 312 37.67 38 72 231 0
List A 230 226 17 6746 134 32.27 11 40 77 0
Twenty20 16 16 0 315 62 19.68 306 102.94 0 2 35 1 5 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 3 2 84 62 0 - - - 4.42 - 0 0 0
First-class 258 7162 4164 96 6/115 43.37 3.48 74.6 1 0
List A 230 2049 1808 55 5/15 5/15 32.87 5.29 37.2 0 1 0
Twenty20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 Kent v Essex at Tunbridge Wells, Jun 16-19, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 1992
Last List A Derbyshire v Essex at Derby, May 4, 2009 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
Profile

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. They bounced straight back, but at the end of that summer he moved on again, choosing to take on the role of senior statesman at Essex.
Martin Williamson September 2008

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Sep 13, 2008

Jason Gallian tries to clear the off side, Kent v Essex, Pro40, Canterbury, September 13, 2008

Jason Gallian tries to clear the off side

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Apr 12, 2008

Jason Gallian portrait, 2008

Jason Gallian portrait

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Apr 21, 2004

Jason Gallian

Jason Gallian

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Varsity Match: Cambridge U v Oxford Uni at Cambridge - Jul 7-10
Oxford Uni 152 & 226 Cambridge U 339 & 20/0
Essex v Glamorgan at Chelmsford - Jul 7-10
Glamorgan 515/9d Essex 200 & 274/5 (f/o)
Northants v Derbyshire at Northampton - Jul 7-10
Northants 433/9d Derbyshire 502/9d
Warwickshire v Sussex at Birmingham - Jul 7-10
Warwickshire 407 Sussex 429/8d
1st Test: England v Australia at Cardiff - Jul 8-12
England 435 Australia 382/4
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