James Edward Poulson (born 20 February 1995) is an English former first-class cricketer.

James Poulson
Personal information
Full name
James Edward Poulson
Born (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,
England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2019Suffolk
2014Oxford MCCU
2017Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 61
Batting average 61.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 40
Balls bowled 287
Wickets 5
Bowling average 26.60
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/30
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2019

Poulson was born at Bury St Edmunds. He was educated in Bury St Edmunds at the King Edward VI School, before going up to Oxford Brookes University.[1] While studying at Oxford Brookes, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford MCCU against Warwickshire at Oxford in 2014.[2] He later undertook postgraduate studies at Homerton College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge University against Oxford University at Fenner's in 2017.[2] He scored 61 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 40. With his right-arm medium pace bowling he took 5 wickets at an average of 26.60, with best figures of 3 for 30.[1] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Poulson also played minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 2012–19 making seventeen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, fourteen appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, and sixteen appearances in the Minor Counties T20.[3][4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Player profile: James Poulson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by James Poulson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by James Poulson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by James Poulson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Minor Counties Twenty20 Matches played by James Poulson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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