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| Full name | Wayne Robert James | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1965 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National side |
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| Test debut (cap 22) | 16–21 December 1993 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26–31 October 1994 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 21) | 23 February 1992 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 3 September 1996 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992/93–1997/98 | Matabeleland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 February 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Robert James (born 27 August 1965) is a former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper batsman for Zimbabwe. Between 2010 and 2014, James was also part of the selection panel for the national team.[1][2]
His highest first-class score of 215 was made for Matabeleland in the 1995–96 Logan Cup. In the final of the competition, he equaled the record of most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper, with nine.[3] By taking four catches in the second innings he also finished with a match record tally of dismissals with 13.[3] In the same match as he set that record, he scored 99 runs while batting in the first innings and was left stranded on 99 not out in the second innings — the only player to have achieved this double near-miss.