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James Porter

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James Porter

James Porter appears in 17 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (3 Apr 2026 to 8 Sept 2026). 74 runs in 17 innings. 36 wickets from 358.5 overs. 132 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
England
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Born
25 May 1993 Age 33
Recorded matches
1327 internationals

James Porter is a bowler from England with 132 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 7 internationals (1 Test, 6 ODIs).

Batting: 386 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 1 fifty; the most runs came in First-class cricket (321) and the highest recorded score is 52.

Bowling: 377 wickets in recorded matches, 329 of them in First-class cricket, with 14 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

James Porter: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
Test11131313.0025.50/0626.333.040
ODI63147–73.70/0463.005.040
T20 (league and domestic)10100––0/01028.209.780
First-class90103321526.2925.30/132921.741.6014
List A251238117.6051.40/02831.864.320

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

James Porter at a glance

FairPlay holds 17 complete scorecards featuring James Porter, most recently for Essex (one-day, first-class).

In those matches James Porter batted 17 times for 74 runs at a strike rate of 26.81. The highest score was 52 off 117 balls against Leicestershire.

With the ball: 36 wickets from 358.5 overs, an economy rate of 3.14. Best figures: 4 for 44 against Sussex.

How the 9 dismissals happened: bowled 4, caught 4, LBW 1.

These matches were played at 10 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
17874528.2226.811/0
Bowling
24358.5831,128364/443.14

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
8 Sept 2026Yorkshire v EssexBat – · Bowl 1/76 (20.5)
2 Sept 2026Essex v SussexBat 0 (2) & 0* (6) · Bowl 4/44 (15) & 1/27 (10)
27 Aug 2026Essex v SurreyBat 1 (8) · Bowl 1/56 (14) & 1/44 (11)
20 Aug 2026Somerset v EssexBat 0* (14) & 7 (34) · Bowl 2/70 (27)
9 Aug 2026Durham v EssexBat 0* (1) · Bowl 2/42 (8)
2 Aug 2026Essex v WorcestershireBat – · Bowl 1/50 (8)
29 Jul 2026Sussex v EssexBat – · Bowl 0/28 (5)
26 Jul 2026Essex v DerbyshireBat – · Bowl 1/50 (10)
21 Jul 2026Middlesex v EssexBat 0 (1) · Bowl 1/28 (10)
19 Jun 2026Essex v NottinghamshireBat 0* (5) & 1 (12) · Bowl 0/56 (19)
12 Jun 2026Leicestershire v EssexBat 0 (3) · Bowl 1/25 (13) & 1/79 (29)
15 May 2026Essex v LeicestershireBat 52 (117) · Bowl 2/73 (22) & 2/22 (9)
8 May 2026Essex v HampshireBat 12 (38) · Bowl 1/30 (14) & 1/35 (14)
24 Apr 2026Surrey v EssexBat 0* (7) · Bowl 2/75 (26)
17 Apr 2026Warwickshire v EssexBat 1* (9) & 0* (7) · Bowl 4/59 (20) & 1/31 (13)
10 Apr 2026Essex v SomersetBat 0 (11) & 0* (1) · Bowl 3/84 (21)
3 Apr 2026Hampshire v EssexBat – · Bowl 2/19 (11) & 1/25 (9)

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