Graham Napier

Graham Napier

Personal information
Full name	Graham Richard Napier
Born	(1980-01-06) 6 January 1980 (age 44) Colchester, Essex, England
Nickname	Napes, George
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–2016	Essex (squad no. 17)
1999–2002	Essex Cricket Board
2007/08–2008/09	Wellington
2009	Mumbai Indians
2009/10–2011/12	Central Districts
2013/14	Wellington
FC debut	7 May 1997 Essex v Cambridge University
Last FC	12 September 2016 Essex v Glamorgan
LA debut	10 August 1997 Essex v Kent
Last LA	17 August 2016 Essex v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 179 246 137 Runs scored 5,739 2,971 1,206 Batting average 29.28 18.33 15.66 100s/50s 7/31 0/14 1/0 Top score 196 79 152* Balls bowled 25,213 8,762 2,905 Wickets 490 299 164 Bowling average 30.12 25.93 23.35 5 wickets in innings 17 4 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 7/21 7/32 4/10 Catches/stumpings 63/– 58/– 43/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 September 2016

Graham Richard Napier (born 6 January 1980) is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, and was capable of bowling 90+mph.^[1] Napier played first-class cricket for his home county of Essex since the outset of his senior career in 1997. Between 1997 and 1999 Napier played in four Youth Test matches in England against Zimbabwe, South Africa (twice) and Australia's respective under-19 teams. He was also a member of the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup winning squad. Napier was on the books of Ipswich Town as a goalkeeper and played for a season on loan at Felixstowe Town. He retired at the end of the 2016 season.