Luke Wright

Luke Wright
Wright in 2008
Personal information
Full name
Luke James Wright
Born (1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 39)
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order batsman
RelationsAshley Wright (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 204)5 September 2007 v India
Last ODI2 March 2014 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.6
T20I debut (cap 32)13 September 2007 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I11 March 2014 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003Leicestershire
2004–2022Sussex (squad no. 10)
2010/11Wellington
2011/12–2017/18Melbourne Stars
2012Impi
2012–2013Pune Warriors India
2013Dhaka Gladiators
2013Abahani Limited
2013/14–2014/15Auckland
2016–2017Quetta Gladiators
2017Rajshahi Kings
2019Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 50 51 144 211
Runs scored 707 759 7,622 5,126
Batting average 20.20 18.97 38.11 33.07
100s/50s 0/2 0/4 17/38 11/19
Top score 52 99* 226* 166
Balls bowled 1,038 330 8,264 4,752
Wickets 15 18 120 111
Bowling average 58.93 25.83 40.51 38.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/34 2/24 5/65 4/12
Catches/stumpings 18/– 14/– 58/– 66/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 May 2019

Luke James Wright (born 7 March 1985) is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Wright joined Sussex in 2004, having started his career 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 5 September 2007 against India. In November 2022, he became a selector for the England men's team, announcing his retirement from playing at the same time. Wright was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.