James Faulkner (cricketer)

James Faulkner

Personal information
Full name	James Peter Faulkner
Born	29 April 1990 Launceston, Tasmania Australia
Nickname	The Finisher[1]
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	PI Faulkner (father)
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 435)	21 August 2013 v England
ODI debut (cap 202)	1 February 2013 v West Indies
Last ODI	23 January 2016 v India
ODI shirt no.	44
T20I debut (cap 57)	1 February 2012 v India
Last T20I	9 November 2014 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	44
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008—	Tasmania
2011	Pune Warriors India
2011—	Melbourne Stars
2012	Kings XI Punjab
2013—2015	Rajasthan Royals
2015—	Lancashire
2016—present	Gujarat Lions
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 1 50 13 56 Runs scored 45 873 117 2,288 Batting average 22.50 39.68 19.50 31.34 100s/50s 0/0 1/4 0/0 1/14 Top score 23 116 41* 121 Balls bowled 166 2,314 274 8,981 Wickets 6 67 15 180 Bowling average 16.33 32.40 24.80 24.26 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 5 10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a 0 Best bowling 4/51 4/48 5/27 5/5 Catches/stumpings 0/– 14/– 5/– 26/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2016

James Peter Faulkner (born 29 April 1990^[3]) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Tasmania. An all-rounder, left-arm medium pacer and right-hand batsman, Faulkner has consistently picked up key wickets and also chips in with a few handy runs while batting in the lower-middle order, and earned the nickname of "The Finisher" due to his ability to close out the innings to set a big total or to seal victories as a batsman, and bowling late in the innings as a bowler. In the 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season he made 300 runs at 30 and took 36 wickets at 17.72.^[4]

Domestic career

In 2012, that he captained the Tasmania Under-17s, he was already in the state's U-19s and the Tasmania Second XI. Faulkner earned himself a state rookie contract for 2007–08, a place in the Australia U-19 team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and one of three positions in the Australian Cricket Academy's development squad for 2007.

He was part of the Pune Warriors India team in IPL 2011, and then a part for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2012. However he has just played three IPL matches between IPL 2011 and IPL 2012. During the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) players auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for $400,000. He has received two man of the matches in IPL 2014 vs RCB and in IPL 2015 vs kxip respectively. ^[5]

Faulkner was man of the match in the 2012–13 Sheffield Shield final, helping Tasmania secure its third title.^[6]

International career

Faulkner in 2013

On 1 February 2012, Faulkner made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India.^[7] Despite his current status as a pace bowler, he started as an aspiring leg-spin bowler, which he now uses his topspinner or yorker-length googly as his slower ball variation.^[8][9]

Faulkner was selected for the squad to tour England in 2013. He was selected for the fifth test. Australian selector John Inverarity described Faulkner as the sort of player who "gets things done",^[10] while captain Michael Clarke said that Faulkner could provide some toughness that Australian might have lacked in its previous tests.^[11]

Throughout 2013, Faulkner established himself as a regular member of Australia's One Day team. In the 3rd ODI against India, he hit 64 off 29 balls, including 30 runs off an Ishant Sharma over, to win the game for Australia.^[12] Faulkner hit his maiden ODI century against India on 2 November 2013 in Bengaluru. This is the second fastest century by any Australian batsman (after Glenn Maxwell). It was scored off 57 balls.^[13][14]

In the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final, Faulkner took 3/36 and received the Man of the Match award and became a member of the World Cup winning team.

Personal life

James Faulkner is the son of Peter Faulkner, who also played first-class cricket for Tasmania.

International record

T20I 5 Wicket hauls

#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	5/27	18	Pakistan	PCA Stadium	Mohali	India	2016

Career best performances

	Batting
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	23	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, London	2013 [15]
ODI	116	Australia v India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	2013/14 [16]
T20I	41*	Australia v South Africa	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	2014/15 [17]
FC	121	Lancashire v Surrey	Kennington Oval, London	2015 [18]
LA	116	Australia v India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	2013/14 [16]
T20	73	Lancashire v Northamptonshire	County Ground, Northampton	2015 [19]

	Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	4/51	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, London	2013 [15]
ODI	4/48	Australia v West Indies	Manuka Oval, Canberra	2012/13 [20]
T20I	5/27
FC	5/5	Tasmania v South Australia	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	2010/11 [21]
LA	4/20	Tasmania v Victoria	MCG, Melbourne	2010/11 [22]
T20	5/16	Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	2013 [23]

International Awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	India	PCR Stadium, Chandigarh	19 October 2013	10–0–65–1, 1 run out; 64 (29 balls: 2x4, 6x6)	Australia won by 4 wickets.[24]
2	England	Gabba, Brisbane	17 January 2014	10–0–73–2; 69* (47 balls: 3x4, 5x6)	Australia won by 1 wicket.[25]
3	England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	26 January 2014	27 (27 balls: 2x4); 10–0–37–2	Australia won by 5 runs.[26]
4	New Zealand	MCG, Melbourne	29 March 2015	9–1–36–3; DNB	Australia won by 7 wickets.[27]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

#	Series	Date	Against	Match Performance	Result
1	2016 ICC World Twenty20	25 March 2016	Pakistan	DNB ; 4-0-27-5	Australia Won by 21 runs.[28]

Man of the series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Australia vs South Africa in Australia	2014/15	Runs: 50 (41 balls: 1×4, 2x6), Ave – 50.00, SR – 121.95 Field: 11–0–70–6, Ave – 11.67, Eco – 6.36, 2 catches	Australia won the series 2-1.[29]

References

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