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Graham Napier

Full name:	Graham Richard Napier
Born:	6th January 1980, Colchester, Essex, England
Batting:	Right-hand batsman
Bowling:	Right-arm medium pace
Teams:	Essex (Main FC: 1997-2009); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 2004); Wellington (Main FC: 2008/09); Essex (Main ListA: 1997-2009); Essex Cricket Board (Main ListA: 2000); Wellington (Main ListA: 2007/08-2008/09); Essex (Main Twenty20: 2003-2009); Wellington (Main Twenty20: 2007/08-2008/09); All teams
Essex cap: 2003
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Articles:	County cricket round-up
	England announces the T20 World Cup squad

Graham Napier's appeared to be making a steady rise prominence when in July 2004, when he was named in a pool of 30 players for the Champions Trophy. As a product of the Essex youth system, Napier made his mark in county cricket as an allrounder of great promise, particularly in the one-day game, where his hard-hitting batting was complemented by a nifty line in seam bowling, which can prove frustratingly hard to dispatch in the closing overs of a match. In 2003, he equalled the highest number of wickets taken by an Essex player in a one-day league campaign (33), and was subsequently selected for the ECB academy tour of Malaysia and India in early 2004. In recent seasons he has been troubled by injuries and slipped well down the Essex pecking order, to the point where he wasn't even sure of his place in the team. A few difficult seasons following, but in 2008 he wrote his name in the record books with an astonishing 152 against Sussex in the Twenty20, which included a world record 16 sixes.
Profile DateLine: 29th April 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1997-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	91	124	25	3070	125	31.01	3	19	36

First-Class Career Bowling (1997-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	11425	356	7079	187	6-103	37.85	3	0	61.09	3.71

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1997-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	178	136	18	2100	79	17.79	0	10	39

One-Day Career Bowling (1997-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	5724	61	4796	193	6-29	24.84	7	1	29.65	5.02

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	55	40	4	641	152*	17.80	1	0	150.46	14

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	1143	5	1386	70	4-10	19.80	1	0	16.32	7.27

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1997-1999)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
England Under-19s	4	6	0	138	40	23.00	0	0	1

Youth Test Career Bowling (1997-1997/98)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	192	2	139	2	1-10	69.50	0	0	96.00	4.34

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-1999)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
England Under-19s	11	9	1	89	27	11.12	0	0	3

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	401	5	314	12	3-40	26.16	0	0	33.41	4.69