James Neesham
James Neesham (Image Credit: Twitter)

Star New Zealand National Cricket Team all-rounder James Douglas Sheahan Neesham aka James Neesham is celebrating his 32nd Birthday on September 17, 2022. He received warm wishes from fans and the cricketing fraternity on a special day.

Neesham has so far played 12 Tests, 71 ODIs and 48 T20Is for New Zealand National Cricket Team. With the bat, he has amassed 709 Test runs, 1409 ODI runs and 607 T20I runs. With the ball, he has managed to bag 14 Test wickets, 69 ODI wickets and 25 T20I wickets.

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James Neesham
Neesham. Credits: Twitter

Meanwhile, ESPNcricinfo, which is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket, took to Twitter to wish Neesham on his birthday and even posted a statistic on the all-rounder. It was mentioned that the Kiwi all-rounder has the second-best strike rate in T20Is among players from full member nations after star India National Cricket Team middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav.

“His T20I batting strike rate of 165.84 is only bettered by Suryakumar Yadav among players from full member nations. Happy birthday to hard-hitting New Zealand allrounder, @JimmyNeesh!,” ESPNcricinfo tweeted.

Why’d you had to ruin a great tweet Suryakumar Yadav? – James Neesham

James Neesham
Neesham. Credits: Twitter

New Zealand National Cricket Team all-rounder Neesham responded to ESPNcricinfo’s tweet in a hilarious manner by mentioning Suryakumar and questioning him for ruining the tweet.

“Why’d you have to ruin a great tweet @surya_14kumar ???,” star New Zealand National Cricket Team all-rounder tweeted.

Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)
Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)

Highest Strike Rate In T20Is [ Minimum 500 runs, Full member nations ]

173.29 – Suryakumar Yadav

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165.85 – James Neesham

156.64 – Colin Munro

156.00 – Andre Russell

155.51 – Evin Lewis

Talking further about James Neesham, the 32-year-old recently became the talk of the town after he declined a New Zealand central contract. The all-rounder also took to Instagram to explain the reason behind his decision.

“I know the news of my decision to decline a central contract today will be seen as me choosing money over representing my country,” Neesham posted on an Instagram story. 

“I had planned to accept a contract offer in July, however since being left off the list I have committed to other leagues around the world. It was a difficult decision but I have decided to honour those commitments rather than go back on my word to re-sign with NZ Cricket.

“Playing for the [Blackcaps] has been the greatest honour of my career and I remain committed to taking the field with my countrymen for the foreseeable future, especially in pinnacle world events.”

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