James Bovill
Personal information
Full name
James Noel Bruce Bovill
Born (1971-06-02) 2 June 1971
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993–1997Hampshire
1998–1999Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 38 26
Runs scored 324 34
Batting average 9.81 5.66
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 31 14*
Balls bowled 5,717 1,134
Wickets 104 27
Bowling average 32.53 33.81
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/29 4/44
Catches/stumpings 7/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2009

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

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

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


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