James Clegg

Full name  James Clegg

Born  March 04, 1986, Pontefract, Yorkshire

Nickname  Cleggy, Cadbury's

Batting style  Right-Hand Batsman

Bowling style  Right-Arm Off-spin

Height  6ft 2in

Education     King's High School, NEW College, University of Leeds, Leeds Carnegie

Career Best: 149 vs Allerton Bywater

Best Bowling 5 / 28 Vs Cookridge (30/07/05)

Profile

Clegg is the current opening Batsmen, Wicketkeeper and chief hypercondriac at Fairburn CC. Despite taking a hattrick with his first three balls in Cricket, Clegg rarely bowls, leading to his recent decision to take to the gloves. Joining the club as a 7 year old in 1993, Clegg began his Fairburn Career, aged 14 in the 2nd XI which reformed in 2000. In the 2nd XI, Clegg formed part of a successful opening partnership with Chris Dillerstone in a season where the 2nds were pipped to the 2001 LWRCL Division 3 title by Graziers. In that same season, Clegg showed his first team promise as he survived an early blow to the head to score a resilient 43 out of Fairburn's 106 on his 1st XI debut against league champions Leeds Caribbean.

In 2002, Clegg became a fully fledged member of the first team, where he see-sawed in the middle order, securing his first 1st XI 50 against Gawthorpe St Mary's. The day after, Clegg was at it again, playing a large role in Fairburn's 2002 Senior Cup success against Netherton, as he and Ian Jones put a rapid 50 run opening partnership. In 2006, a year after acting as Paul Clark's vice, Clegg was made captain of Fairburn CC aged 20. In 3 years as skipper, Clegg won 38 of 51 matches in charge as Fairburn achieved 3 consecutive top 3 positions, culminating with a 2008 Division 3 championship success in Fairburn's first year in the PDCL. During 2007-2008 Clegg was the captain of the LWRCL representative side, where he led the team to 3 semi-finals in 4 competitions, which included a rout of Dales Council for just 23. In 2 seasons in the PDCL Clegg has amassed close to 1500 runs in 2 solid seasons at the top of the Fairburn order, whilst has taken over 30 victims with the gloves he acquired in 2007. March 2010

Stats (4111 Career Runs)

2001 367 runs in 24 innings at 16.0 (3rd in u21s) 12 wickets @ 20.25 (2nd in u21s)

2002 248 runs in 21 innings at 12.4 5 wickets @ 8.2

2003 297 runs in 21 innings at 16.5

2004 430 runs in 22 innings at 20.5

2005 410 runs in 20 innings at 20.5

2006 556 runs in 17 innings at 39.1

2007 343 runs in 13 innings at 28.5

2008 737 runs in 19 innings at 40.95

2009 723 runs in 21 innings at 34.43

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