Full name James Andrew Hamilton Marshall
Born February 15, 1979, Warkworth, Auckland
Current age 30 years 283 days
Major teams New Zealand, Buckinghamshire, New Zealand A, Northern Districts
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relation Twin brother - HJH Marshall
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 7 | 11 | 0 | 218 | 52 | 19.81 | 558 | 39.06 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| ODIs | 10 | 10 | 0 | 250 | 161 | 25.00 | 313 | 79.87 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7.00 | 15 | 93.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 113 | 195 | 10 | 5496 | 235 | 29.70 | 10 | 27 | 110 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 131 | 127 | 11 | 4201 | 161 | 36.21 | 6 | 28 | 46 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 420 | 58* | 26.25 | 352 | 119.31 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ODIs | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20Is | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 113 | 549 | 324 | 4 | 1/5 | 81.00 | 3.54 | 137.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 131 | 289 | 269 | 4 | 1/20 | 1/20 | 67.25 | 5.58 | 72.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.75 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Mar 26-29, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v New Zealand at Manchester, May 23-26, 2008 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 26, 2005 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Ireland v New Zealand at Aberdeen, Jul 1, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard |
| Last T20I | England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1997/98 |
| Last First-class | Northern Districts v Central Districts at Whangarei, Nov 17-19, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1999/00 |
| Last List A | New Zealand A v England Lions at Palmerston North, Mar 16, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | New Zealand A v England Lions at New Plymouth, Mar 19, 2009 scorecard |
The versatile James Marshall can play as both opener and middle-order batsman. He opened the batting for his province Northern Districts until 2004-05, and it is at the top of the order that he has had his major successes at first-class level since he made his debut in 1997-98. But it was as a middle-order player that he made his one-day international debut for New Zealand against Australia in February 2005. Just weeks later he was called into the team for the third Test against Australia - but this time as an opener. His twin brother Hamish played both matches.
When Marshall made his Test debut, he had a batting average of 28.70, but he was picked on potential rather than his track record, the same as Hamish. Technique was also a major factor in the New Zealand selectors' decision to ask him to open once again. But his lack of runs led to him losing his national contract in 2006, although later the same year he made his first ODI half-century against Sri Lanka in Queenstown. He concentrated on Northern Districts and captained the team to its fifth State Championship title in 2006-07. New Zealand's top-order struggles allowed him to regain his contract and earn a place on the tour of England in 2008, following a strong 2007-08 domestic season during which he scored 616 first-class runs at 51.33. Marshall raised hopes that he might be able to fill the bothersome Test No. 3 spot after an attractive century against Essex, but as in his previous outings at Test level struggled against the swing. Didn't get a chance in the ODIs afterwards, but picked up a maiden hundred against Ireland that summer.
Andrew McLean July 2008
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