Will Jefferson

England

Full name William Ingleby Jefferson

Born October 25, 1979, Derby

Current age 37 years 275 days

Major teams Durham MCCU, Essex, Nottinghamshire

Nickname Santa, Lemar, Jeffer

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 6 ft 10 in

Education Oundle School; Durham University

Relation Grandfather - J Jefferson, Father - RI Jefferson

Explore Will Jefferson's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	119	212	14	7096	222	35.83			17	27			127
List A	101	98	6	3144	132	34.17			4	18			43
T20s	69	66	6	1254	83	20.90	976	128.48	0	6	138	42	25

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	119		120	60	1	1/16		60.00	3.00	120.0	0	0	0
List A	101		24	9	2	2/9	2/9	4.50	2.25	12.0	0	0	0
T20s	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	2000
Last First-class	Kent v Leicestershire at Canterbury, May 23-25, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	2000
Last List A	Leicestershire v Surrey at Leicester, Aug 21, 2011 scorecard
T20s debut	Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last T20s	Leicestershire v Ruhuna at Hyderabad (Deccan), Sep 21, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2	Leics 2nd XI	v Nthants 2nd	Stowe	5 Jun 2012	Other OD
19, 7	Leics	v Kent	Canterbury	23 May 2012	FC
0, 49	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	16 May 2012	FC
3	Leics	v Ruhuna	Hyderabad (Deccan)	21 Sep 2011	T20
6	Leics	v Trinidad & T	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 Sep 2011	T20
0, 2*	Leics	v Gloucs	Bristol	7 Sep 2011	FC
20, 19	Leics	v Middlesex	Lord's	30 Aug 2011	FC
20	Leics	v Indians	Leicester	29 Aug 2011	T20
35	Leics	v Somerset	Birmingham	27 Aug 2011	T20
23	Leics	v Lancashire	Birmingham	27 Aug 2011	T20

Profile

Towering at 6ft 91/2 ins, Will Jefferson made big strides for Essex from his debut in 2000 before moving north to Trent Bridge at the end of 2006. An opening batsman with a range of attacking strokes, Jefferson excelled at school and university level, and announced himself in county cricket with his first full season with Essex in 2002. He scored nearly 800 runs at an average of little under 40, including a match-winning 165 not out against Nottinghamshire at Chelmsford to seal Essex's promotion to Division One. That innings also earned him his county cap. But he suffered from a string of injury problems and found himself unable to secure a regular place, and at the end of 2006 he left Essex by mutual consent to join Nottinghamshire. He suffered an unfortunate injury when he put his hand through a window and severed tendons in his hand, but with some consistent performances before another move, this time to Leicestershire. England Lions is as far as he has managed for national honours.
Cricinfo staff September 2010

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