Full name Jason Edward Riche Gallian
Born June 25, 1971, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Current age 49 years 206 days
Major teams England, Essex, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Oxford University
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Oxford University
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 3 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 28 | 12.33 | 309 | 23.94 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 259 | 443 | 36 | 15266 | 312 | 37.50 | 38 | 72 | 231 | 0 | ||||
List A | 230 | 226 | 17 | 6746 | 134 | 32.27 | 11 | 40 | 77 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 16 | 16 | 0 | 315 | 62 | 19.68 | 306 | 102.94 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 3 | 2 | 84 | 62 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.42 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 259 | 7162 | 4164 | 96 | 6/115 | 43.37 | 3.48 | 74.6 | 1 | 0 | |||
List A | 230 | 2049 | 1808 | 55 | 5/15 | 5/15 | 32.87 | 5.29 | 37.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
T20s | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 6-8, 1995 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-30, 1995 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class debut | 1990 |
Last First-class | Essex v Gloucestershire at Southend-on-Sea, Aug 5-8, 2009 scorecard |
List A debut | 1992 |
Last List A | Derbyshire v Essex at Derby, May 4, 2009 scorecard |
T20s debut | Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
Last T20s | Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | PCA XI | v Aus Masters | Wormsley | 8 Sep 2009 | Other T20 |
19 | PCA XI | v World Mast. | London | 2 Sep 2009 | Other T20 |
3, 6 | Essex | v Gloucs | Southend-on-Sea | 5 Aug 2009 | FC |
0, 28 | Essex 2nd XI | v Nthants 2nd | Milton Keynes | 28 Jul 2009 | Other |
6 | Essex 2nd XI | v MCC Uni | Southend-on-Sea | 7 Jul 2009 | Other |
43, 61 | Essex 2nd XI | v Smrst 2nd XI | Taunton | 1 Jul 2009 | Other |
12 | Essex 2nd XI | v Kent 2nd XI | Tonbridge | 25 Jun 2009 | Other OD |
1, 14 | Essex | v Kent | Tunbridge Wells | 16 Jun 2009 | FC |
125 | Essex | v Cambs UCCE | Cambridge | 11 Jun 2009 | FC |
10, 12 | Essex | v Middlesex | Chelmsford | 6 Jun 2009 | FC |
Born and raised in Australia, Jason Gallian captained Australian Young Cricketers against England in 1989-90 but subsequently moved to England and signed for Lancashire. At his best, Gallian is a class batsman - he has been described as a slimmed-down Mike Gatting - and in the period before he qualified for England in 1994, a decent international career was considered a virtual certainty. But he was dogged by ill-luck and inconsistency. His Test debut in 1995 was on a minefield at Birmingham where West Indies' fast bowlers blew England away in a little over two days, Gallian collecting a fractured finger in his first innings. He returned for the final Test at The Oval as a makeshift opener, and did enough to go with England to South Africa that winter. He played his third and final Test at Port Elizabeth where Christopher Martin-Jenkins wrote that he "confirmed his character if not his unarguable Test quality". He continued to score consistently for Lancashire - in 1996 he hammered 312 against Derbyshire, the highest score at Old Trafford - but grew increasingly disenchanted and moved to Nottinghamshire in pursuit of new challenges at the end of the following season. He was subsequently appointed their captain but continued to be dogged by injury - he missed almost all 2001 after undergoing knee surgery and then breaking a knuckle in his first match back. Following one year back in the ranks, he was reappointed captain of Nottinghamshire in 2004. However, after a fractious relationship with Kevin Pietersen amongst others he was replaced by Stephen Fleming for the 2005 season, a decision that he did not take too well initially. He still topped 1000-runs that season as Nottinghamshire won the Championship. 2006 was a lean year for Gallian as he failed to threaten the 1000-run mark and Nottinghamshire were relegated to Division Two. They bounced straight back, but at the end of that summer he moved on again, choosing to take on the role of senior statesman at Essex.
Martin Williamson September 2008