James William Murray Dalrymple (born 21 January 1981) is a

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er, who played ODIs and T20Is for England. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler. He is perhaps best known for taking a spectacular diving catch in a

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against Australia in 2007.

Domestic career

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Dalrymple made a double-century in 2003, becoming only the third batsman to do so in a Varsity match. Dalrymple has represented

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at under-19 level against

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, before captaining British Universities. In 1999, he joined Middlesex, and with them made a career-best innings of 244 at

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in 2004, despite only being present as a substitute for Andrew Strauss, away making his international debut. In November 2007, he announced he was to leave Middlesex, having turned down the offer of a new contract, saying: 'the time was right to seek a fresh challenge.' The next day,

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announced that Dalrymple had signed a three-year deal with them. It was announced in October 2008 that Dalrymple has been appointed County Captain for the 2009 season, succeeding David Hemp. In November 2010, he resigned from Glamorgan as a player, after being replaced as captain by incoming South African, Alviro Petersen; and, in April 2011, it was announced that he had rejoined Middlesex. After contributing 505 runs and 10 wickets to Middlesex's 2011 County Championship season, Dalrymple was released at the end of the summer. In July 2022, Dalrymple made his debut for Mullion Cricket Club in Cornwall where his brother Simon Dalrymple plays. He made an unbeaten 75 in a narrow victory.

International career

In June 2006, he made his

debut against

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at Stormont,

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, scoring 17 off as many balls, and taking 1–51 from nine overs. He also made his

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debut against Sri Lanka later that month, taking 1–17 from two overs and scoring 1. In addition, Dalrymple was selected in the squad to face Pakistan in the 2nd Test at Old Trafford, in what would have been his debut Test appearance. However, he was released from the squad prior to the match, with Monty Panesar preferred instead. Dalrymple also toured India with the English One Day International team, to compete in the

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. On 16 December 2006, he was drafted into the England Ashes Squad to replace Ashley Giles, who had flown back to England to tend to his sick wife. Although he did not play in any Test matches, he was a key member of the team during the Commonwealth Bank one-day series that followed, making a superb diving catch to dismiss Australia's Shane Watson as England won the second final. Dalrymple was selected for England's first two games of

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. However, after posting only scores of 2 and 3, and taking only one wicket, he was dropped. He did, however, return for England's final game of the Super 8 series against the

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Personal life

Like former

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teammates

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and Ben Hutton, Dalrymple was educated at Radley College, before going on to study Modern History at St Peter's College, Oxford, achieving a 2:1 whilst also captaining the

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. He is married to Sophie Sackler. His grandfather,

Ian Dalrymple Ian Dalrymple (26 August 190328 March 1989) was a British screenwriter, film director, film editor and film producer. Early life Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at Rugby School, Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. Career ...

, was a successful screenwriter, film director, and producer, who introduced

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to the British Cinema in "Esther Waters" (1948).

References

External links

Jamie Dalrymple at ECB
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalrymple, Jamie English cricketers England Twenty20 International cricketers England One Day International cricketers Glamorgan cricket captains Glamorgan cricketers Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom Middlesex cricketers Oxford University cricketers People educated at Radley College Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford 1981 births Living people Cricketers from Nairobi Oxford MCCU cricketers Conservative Party (UK) people White Kenyan people British Universities cricketers Sackler family