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.
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
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.
Highest Strike Rate In T20Is [ Minimum 500 runs, Full member nations ]
173.29 – Suryakumar Yadav
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.”
