James Ormond

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James Ormond England (ENG)
James Ormond
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium-fast, Right-arm offbreak
	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	134
Runs scored	38	1897
Batting average	12.66	15.24
100s/50s	-/-	-/3
Top score	18	64*
Balls bowled	372	24588
Wickets	2	442
Bowling average	92.50	29.89
5 wickets in innings	-	20
10 wickets in match	-	1
Best bowling	1/70	7/63
Catches/stumpings	-/-	29/-
Test debut: 23 August 2001 Last Test: 3 December 2001 Source: [1]

James Ormond (born August 20, 1977 in Coventry) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler although he has also bowled off-spin in test matches.

Ormond made his first-class debut in 1995 for Leicestershire CCC and played a part in the successful championship seasons of 1996 and 1998. Ormond had several consistent seasons at Leicestershire which saw him get rewarded with representation for England at Under-19 level and places on England A tours of Kenya and Sri Lanka.

Ormond eventually made his full test debut against Australia in 2001. He was then picked for the tour of India where he played his second and final test match. His two Test wickets were Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid, who both went on to score 10000 Test runs.

After he returned to England he moved from Leicestershire to Surrey County Cricket Club where he won another county championship title in his first season. He recently extended his contract with Surrey which will take him to the end of the 2007 campaign.

Despite having only played 2 Tests, Ormond is still known for his part in one of the best Ashes sledges of all time: “Mate, what are you doing out here? There's no way you're good enough to play for England.” (Mark Waugh)....“Maybe not, but at least I'm the best player in my own family.” (Ormond's reply)

James is known as Jimmy.

[edit] Sources

• James Ormond at Cricinfo