23 Facts About James Hopes

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James Redfern Hopes was born on 24 October 1978 and is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer.

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James Hopes was consistently one of the best bowlers in Australian domestic cricket through his career, and when he retired in 2016 he was the top wicket-taker of the last decade despite never being selected to play in a Test match for Australia.

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James Hopes made his debut for Queensland's senior team in 2001 in both one-day cricket and first-class cricket.

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James Hopes was selected to play for the Australian national cricket team for the first time in February 2004, replacing injured all-rounder Shane Watson.

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James Hopes did not take more than a wicket in a match although his batting showed promise with a top score of 43 against Sri Lanka.

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James Hopes was dropped from the squad ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

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James Hopes became a regular part of Australia's national team in ODI cricket at a time when the team had lost their number 1 ranking and sought to rebuild with new players.

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James Hopes reached his peak in late 2009 when he was ranked as the second-best all-rounder in the world.

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James Hopes was named the player of the match for achieving his career-best bowling figures.

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Ahead of the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, James Hopes was bought by Kings XI Punjab on the second day of the auction.

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James Hopes was a fine contributor during the season, scoring half-centuries against Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.

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James Hopes had to be released from his contract for the first part of the 2009 IPL so he could play for the Australian national team.

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James Hopes ultimately did not play for Australia at this time, as he had a minor knee injury, but missing this time in the IPL cost him over $100,000.

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James Hopes missed the second event to rest an injury, and was hurt in the lead-up to the third tournament.

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James Hopes changed teams and played for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2011 IPL.

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James Hopes played well despite the team having a poor season, and when captain Virender Sehwag was injured he was chosen to replace him as interim captain for the final three games.

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James Hopes was transferred to the Pune Warriors for the 2012 IPL, but had to pull out of the tournament due to a knee injury.

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In November 2010, James Hopes picked up 3 for 40 and then top scored with 73 as the Bulls pushed well past Tasmania's disappointing 196 on the second day at Bellerive Oval.

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In Big Bash match against New South Wales, he scored unbeaten 62 runs 38 balls and the set match off the very first ball when James Hopes bowled Usman Khawaja who chopped a pull back onto his stumps.

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In 2011, an allround performance from James Hopes led Queensland to a comfortable six-wicket victory against New South Wales in Ryobi Cup.

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James Hopes provided a solid start with 41 off 56 deliveries before this he took 4 wickets for 16 runs.

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James Hopes finished season with averaged of 58.70 with the bat and 20.11 with the ball winning 23 votes won the award ahead of Tasmania allrounder Luke Butterworth.

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In 2011 Big Bash League, James Hopes was signed with the Brisbane Heat.