Jamie Cox

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Jamie Cox

Personal information

Full name

Jamie Cox

Born

15 October 1969
Burnie, Tasmania, Australia

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm off break

Role

Batsman

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1987-2006

Tasmania

2001-2004

Somerset

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	264	192	7
Runs scored	18614	5716	139
Batting average	42.69	31.75	23.16
100s/50s	51/81	6/39	0/1
Top score	250	131	53
Balls bowled	729	180	–
Wickets	5	4	–
Bowling average	94.00	36.00	–
5 wickets in innings	0	0	–
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	–
Best bowling	3/46	3/28	–
Catches/stumpings	124/–	63/–	2/–

Source: Cricinfo, 25 February 2008

Jamie Cox (born 15 October 1969 in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia) is a former opening batsman cricketer, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australia's domestic competitions.

He previously played county cricket in England where he captained Somerset. Since November 2006 he has been a member of Cricket Australia's National Selection Committee.^[1] He is currently the Director of Cricket at the South Australian Cricket Association.^[2]

Career

Jamie Cox was born in Burnie in Tasmania on 15 October 1969 and from a young age was breaking batting records. In high school, he broke the all-schools batting record for Australian school cricket, previously held by Bill Lawry. He made his first grade debut for Wynyard as a 15-year-old in 1984.

As a young player, Cox played Australian rules football for local side Wynyard, before being drafted to the Victorian Football League's Essendon Football Club in 1987. However, Cox never played a senior game with the Bombers, instead focusing on cricket.

In first grade cricket, Cox, with partner Dene Hills broke the Tasmanian first grade partnership record in his first season, and was immediately elevated to first-class cricket before his 18th birthday, in 1987.

Cox was expected to go from there to play for Australia and to captain Australia in Test cricket, however in Cox's first 5 seasons, in spite of mostly batting with Hills, Cox finished with a batting average under 30.

In 1992, at the age of 23, Jamie Cox had his first good season, where he averaged over 50, and from then on he averaged over 50 in 8 consecutive seasons, bringing his cumulative batting average up to nearly 50.

In 2001, Jamie Cox was playing county cricket for Somerset in England when the Australian tourists played.

At the end of the 2004 season with Somerset, Jamie Cox was dropped from the county team. He nearly retired, as Tasmania failed to select him. After playing the occasional game for the next season, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket in March 2006.

After Cricket

Cox was a cricket media analyst/journalist and Athlete Career and Education Consultant with the Tasmanian Institute of Sport.^[3]

After writing his "Postcards" series in various newspapers while playing, he has already appeared in both Australian and International print, including "Inside Cricket" magazine, and on ABC television broadcasts as a commentator.

In November 2006 he was regarded as a surprise choice to replace Allan Border as a selector of the national cricket team.^[1]

Cox is currently the Director of Cricket at the South Australian Cricket Association.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Rod Tucker	Tasmanian first-class cricket captains 1999/2000–2002/03	Succeeded by Ricky Ponting
Preceded by Rod Tucker	Tasmanian one-day cricket captains 1996/97–2002/03	Succeeded by Ricky Ponting
Preceded by Peter Bowler	Somerset County Cricket Captain 1999–2002	Succeeded by Mike Burns

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1950–51 to 1999–2000)

1950–51: Hassett 1951–52: Hassett 1952–53: Harvey 1953–54: McDonald 1954–55: Harvey 1955–56: Burke 1956–57: Pinch 1957–58: O'Neill 1958–59: May 1959–60: Simpson 1960–61: Simpson 1961–62: Simpson 1962–63: Barrington 1963–64: Simpson 1964–65: Trimble 1965–66: Lawry 1966–67: Favell 1967–68: Simpson 1968–69: I. Chappell 1969–70: G. Chappell 1970–71: Richards 1971–72: I. Chappell 1972–73: Sheahan 1973–74: G. Chappell 1974–75: G. Chappell 1975–76: G. Chappell 1976–77: Hookes 1977–78: Ogilvie 1978–79: Border 1979–80: G. Chappell 1980–81: G. Chappell 1981–82: Wessels 1982–83: Hookes 1983–84: Yallop 1984–85: Wessels 1985–86: Border 1986–87: Marsh 1987–88: Boon 1988–89: Taylor 1989–90: Taylor 1990–91: Law 1991–92: Jones 1992–93: Hayden 1993–94: Bevan 1994–95: Jones 1995–96: Lehmann 1996–97: Cox 1997–98: Hills 1998–99: Blewett 1999–2000: Lehmann

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

1987 VFL national draft

First round	1. Richard Lounder 2. Chris McDermott 3. Graham Wright 4. Andrew Brockhurst 5. Michael Quirk 6. Andrew Rogers 7. Darren Davies 8. Darren Jones 9. Michael Murphy 10. Michael Parsons 11. Tim McNeil 12. Grant Williams 13. Peter Bubner

Second round	14. Wayne Peters 15. Andrew Jarman 16. Chris Grumley 17. Chris Waterson 18. Patrick Browne 19. Jamie Cox 20. Stuart Wigney 21. Shane Korth 22. Scott Christie 23. Scott Salisbury 24. Mark Ducker 25. Damien Trezise 26. Steven Oliver

Third round	27. Brendon Gale 28. Andrew Bishop 29. Andrew Pascoe 30. Ashley Byrne 31. Jamie Keane 32. John Cook 33. Rod Gunn 34. Stephen Hewitt 35. Craig Patrick 36. Tony Virgona 37. Andrew Obst 38. John Polkinghorne 39. David Kernahan

Fourth round	40. Bevan Cox 41. Michael Kennedy 42. Tim Wilson 43. Darren Wheildon 44. Bob Jones 45. David Grenvold 46. Gary Gunn 47. Stephen McQueen 48. Liam Pickering 49. Jim Silvestro 50. Stephen Tingay 51. Anthony Dessent 52. Stephen Gemmill

Fifth round	53. Andrew Wisken 54. Adam Ladbrook 55. Brendan Tranter 56. Keith Allan 57. Damien Kitschke 58. Peter Bennett 59. Simon Tregenza 60. Pat Gribble 61. Darren Read 62. David Querzoli 63. Jay Viney 64. Peter Nunn 65. Dean Adams

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Jamie Cox

Career

After Cricket

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