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Full name Graham Richard Napier
Born January 6, 1980, Colchester, Essex
Current age 29 years 323 days
Major teams England, England Lions, Essex, Essex Cricket Board, Mumbai Indians, Wellington
Nickname Plank
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 5 ft 10 in
Education Gilberd School, Colchester
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 99 | 136 | 29 | 3283 | 125 | 30.68 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 185 | 143 | 18 | 2251 | 79 | 18.00 | 0 | 11 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 55 | 40 | 4 | 641 | 152* | 17.80 | 426 | 150.46 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 42 | 14 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 99 | 12687 | 7854 | 207 | 6/103 | 37.94 | 3.71 | 61.2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| List A | 185 | 6002 | 5082 | 205 | 6/29 | 6/29 | 24.79 | 5.08 | 29.2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 55 | 55 | 1143 | 1386 | 70 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 19.80 | 7.27 | 16.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 1997 |
| Last First-class | Derbyshire v Essex at Derby, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1997 |
| Last List A | Yorkshire v Essex at Leeds, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard |
Graham Napier's appeared to be making a steady rise prominence when in July 2004, when he was named in a pool of 30 players for the Champions Trophy. As a product of the Essex youth system, Napier made his mark in county cricket as an allrounder of great promise, particularly in the one-day game, where his hard-hitting batting was complemented by a nifty line in seam bowling, which can prove frustratingly hard to dispatch in the closing overs of a match. In 2003, he equalled the highest number of wickets taken by an Essex player in a one-day league campaign (33), and was subsequently selected for the ECB academy tour of Malaysia and India in early 2004. In recent seasons he has been troubled by injuries and slipped well down the Essex pecking order, to the point where he wasn't even sure of his place in the team. A few difficult seasons following, but in 2008 he wrote his name in the record books with an astonishing 152 against Sussex in the Twenty20, which included a world record 16 sixes. That innings drew the attention of England but also Mumbai Indians, the IPL franchise, and in 2009 he was named in England's World Twenty20 squad.
Andrew Miller May 2009
- Essex set up promotion chance (Sep 18, 2009)
- Napier to play for Central Districts (Sep 16, 2009)
- Thomas crashes through Sussex (Jun 17, 2009)
- Lungley leads rout of Leicester (May 28, 2009)
- Trego humbles Middlesex for 65 (May 4, 2009)
Nov 1, 2009
Graham Napier muscles the ball
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May 23, 2009
Sajid Mahmood removes Graham Napier to put Lancashire closer to victory
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Nov 27, 2008
Graham Napier celebrates the dismissal of Scott Styris
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