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Luke Wright

England

Full name Luke James Wright

Born March 7, 1985, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Current age 24 years 124 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
ODIs	16	11	1	229	52	22.90	234	97.86	0	2	22	8	6
T20Is	13	13	0	211	71	16.23	161	131.05	0	1	27	4	7
First-class	52	74	12	2008	155*	32.38	3169	63.36	5	10			25
List A	102	75	12	1323	125	21.00			1	3			28
Twenty20	51	41	3	769	103	20.23	532	144.54	1	3	85	26	22

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	16	9	186	157	3	2/34	2/34	52.33	5.06	62.0	0	0
T20Is	13	5	72	103	2	1/24	1/24	51.50	8.58	36.0	0	0
First-class	52		5058	2946	66	5/80		44.63	3.49	76.6	0	1
List A	102		3222	2800	74	4/12	4/12	37.83	5.21	43.5	3	0
Twenty20	51	36	636	833	34	3/17	3/17	24.50	7.85	18.7	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 West Indies at The Oval, Jun 15, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2003
Last First-class	Sussex v Somerset at Hove, Jun 16-19, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2002
Last List A	Sussex v Gloucestershire at Hove, Jul 5, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Middlesex v Sussex at Lord's, Jun 28, 2009 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