Luke Wright (cricketer)

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Luke Wright


country = England
fullname = Luke James Wright
nickname =
living = true
dayofbirth = 7
monthofbirth = 3
yearofbirth = 1985
placeofbirth = Grantham
countryofbirth = England
heightft = 6
heightinch = 0
role = All-rounder
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
international = true
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testdebutyear =
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lasttestdate =
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odidebutdate = 5 September
odidebutyear = 2007
odidebutagainst = India
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odishirt = 45
lastodidate = 3 September
lastodiyear = 2008
lastodiagainst = South Africa

club1 = Sussex
year1 = 2002–present
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100s/50s3 = 3/7
top score3 = 155*
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best bowling3 = 3/33
catches/stumpings3 = 24/–
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matches4 = 95
runs4 = 1,153
bat avg4 = 20.22
100s/50s4 = 1/3
top score4 = 125
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wickets4 = 70
bowl avg4 = 36.44
fivefor4 = 0
tenfor4 = n/a
best bowling4 = 4/12
catches/stumpings4 = 25/–
date = 04 October
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44043/44043.html CricketArchive

Luke James Wright (born March 7, 1985) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Born in Grantham, Wright joined Sussex in 2004, having spent all of the rest of his career thus far at Leicestershire. He was named in England's squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2004, and joined the International Twenty20 squad for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in September 2007. He made his One Day International debut on September 5 2007 against India.

County career

Wright hit a century on debut for Sussex, and has won the Denis Compton medal on three separate occasions during his domestic career. [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23460.html Luke Wright] at Cricinfo retrieved September 3 2007] On June 26 2007 he smashed his maiden domestic Twenty20 Cup century, scoring 103 from only 45 balls, including 11 fours and six sixes before being bowled by Yasir Arafat in Sussex's 7 wicket win over Kent at Canterbury. Although Sussex were defeated in the semi-finals, Wright ended up as the highest run scorer of the competition. [http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/sussex/luke-wright,62,PP.html Luke Wright] at the ECB retrieved September 3 2007] Wright has also found success in the longer one day formats, hitting 125 against Gloucestershire from 73 deliveries. [ [http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/wright-races-to-the-top,14294,EN.html "Wright races to the top"] ECB retrieved September 3 2007] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/6933715.stm "Wright marks call-up with hundred"] BBC News retrieved September 3 2007]

In April 2008, Wright played the MCC at the opening match of the 2008 country season. Making 15 in the first innings while Sussex were bowled out for 171, he hit a quickfire 155* from 185 deliveries, with 21 fours and three sixes, during a rain-interrupted second innings, his highest score thus far. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2008/4/14371/html/scorecard.stm MCC v Sussex] BBC News retrieved April 12 2008] In May 2008 he was selected for the England Lions team to face the touring New Zealand side at the beginning of the latter's tour of England. With the Lions struggling, Wright hit 120 off 131 deliveries to bring them to 280 all out, giving rise to speculation about his place in the national team. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/7387870.stm "Wright on cue after Kiwis impress"] BBC News retrieved May 9 2008]

England career

Wright represented England at Under-17 level. In 2003 he travelled to Australia with the Under-19 team and took a hat-trick against South Africa, finishing with match figures of 5/46. In February 2006 he toured the West Indies to bolster the England A team.

In July 2007, he was selected in the preliminary 30-man England Squad for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in September, having been the top domestic Twenty20 scorer with 346 runs that season, and on August 6 he was named in the final 15-man squad. On September 3 it was announced that he would also join the England ODI squad as a replacement for the injured Ravi Bopara and Andrew Flintoff for the final two matches against India. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6973729.stm "England call up Wright as cover"] BBC News retrieved September 3 2007]

On September 5 2007 Wright made his one day international debut against India at The Oval, London; hitting a half century in a 106 run 6th wicket stand with Middlesex batsmen Owais Shah. Wright was run out on 50, only by a matter of inches after facing just 39 balls, and received a standing ovation. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6979749.stm "England v India 6th ODI"] BBC News retrieved September 5 2007] In his second match at Lords he was out for a second ball duck. He also took a good low catch to remove Gautam Gambhir.

Wright was selected for the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, and played his first match on September 13 against Zimbabwe, where he was out caught behind on this first ball. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6991796.stm "England ease past Zimbabwe"] BBC News retrieved September 13 2007] He then suffered a number of ducks and single figure scores during the tournament, batting at both number 3 and down in the lower order. Wright was selected for the 2008 Tour to New Zealand, and performed very well in the practice matches: against Canterbury he scored 42* off only 15 balls, in the first practice match. In the second he took 3-31, also against Canterbury. In the ODI series, which England went on to lose, Wright hit 71 runs at 35.5, only playing three of the five matches. He also sent down five overs at the cost of 28 runs. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/averages/default.stm England v New Zealand averages] BBC News retrieved April 12 2008] These overs included the final over of an tied-ODI, where New Zealand needed seven to win and only managed six from Wright's bowling. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/338047.html "England back from the dead"] CricInfo retrieved April 12 2008] He was not, however, selected for any of the test series that England went on to win 2:1.

In the home series against New Zealand, he played in the twenty/20 and also in the following ODI series

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/sussex/luke-wright,62,PP.html Luke Wright] at the England and Wales Cricket Board
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23460.html Luke Wright] at Cricinfo