James Bovill (born 2 June 1971) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hampshire from 1993 to 1997.

James Bovill
Personal information
Full name
James Noel Bruce Bovill
Born (1971-06-02) 2 June 1971 (age 52)
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993–1997Hampshire
1998–1999Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
CompetitionFirst-classList A
Matches3826
Runs scored32434
Batting average9.815.66
100s/50s–/––/–
Top score3114*
Balls bowled5,7171,134
Wickets10427
Bowling average32.5333.81
5 wickets in innings4
10 wickets in match1
Best bowling6/294/44
Catches/stumpings7/–3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2009

Bovill was born at High Wycombe in June 1971. He was educated at Charterhouse School, before matriculating to Durham University.[1] He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman. He joined Hampshire in 1993, and played 36 first-class matches and 18 one-day matches for the club. He took 99 first-class wickets for Hampshire, his best performance coming in Hampshire's first match in the 1995 County Championship, when he took 6 for 39 and 6 for 29 against Durham.[2]

At the end of the 1997 County Championship season Bovill was released by Hampshire. In 1998 he joined Buckinghamshire, representing the county in one-day matches in the NatWest Trophy before retiring from cricket at the end of the 1999 season.

References edit

  1. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by James Bovill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ Wisden 1996, p. 423.

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