Full Name

Jamie Cox

Born

October 15, 1969, Burnie, Tasmania

Age

54y 156d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Jamie Cox falls into the unfortunate category of outstanding state players who never represented their country. Nobody has appeared in more Pura Cup-Sheffield Shield games than Cox's 161, and he is the competition's second-highest run-scorer behind Darren Lehmann with 10,821. But the closest he came to breaking into Australia's top order was when he was a fringe candidate for the 1997 and 2001 Ashes tours. Instead he drove into state and county attacks while Taylor, Slater, Elliott, Hayden and Langer succeeded above him. Retiring at the end of a disappointing 2005-06, Cox played 264 first-class matches over 19 years for Tasmania and Somerset. Making his debut in 1987-88, Cox was the state's first inductee into the Academy and had his most successful season in 1996-97 when he struck 1349 runs. In 2000-01 he was the Pura Cup Player of the Season and was also making his mark at Somerset, where he captained the county for three northern summers. Somerset won the C&G Trophy under Cox in 2001 and his overall first-class record for the two teams was 18,614 runs at 42.69.

An elegant right-hander, Cox possessed a tight defensive technique and a rich variety of attacking shots, and was also a regular leader of Tasmania, who he guided to the Pura Cup final of 2001-02. Originally a middle-order batsman, he blossomed into one of the nation's most respected openers and in collaboration with Dene Hills formed half of one of the most productive first-wicket combinations in Australian first-class history. Earlier in his career he led a star-studded Australian youth team to the Caribbean, and was a member of a Young Australia side to visit Zimbabwe, but he was unable to break through at senior level.

He spoke of his struggles when he became Allan Border's replacement on the national selection panel in November 2006. "The selectors did frustrate me for a decade," he said. "I think the career that I had actually holds me in real good stead to be a selector." He also started a media career and enjoyed numerous stints in the ABC and Fox Sports commentary boxes. Cox was appointed South Australia's high performance manager in July 2008. He was let go from the position in May 2014, after he was found to have breached South Australia's code of conduct with regard to recruiting players for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League.
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Jamie Cox Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC264467311861425042.69--5181--1240
List A1921888571613131.75--639--630
T20s7711395323.1692151.080122320

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC264-72947053/46-94.003.86145.8-00
List A192-18014443/283/2836.004.8045.0000
T20s7------------

Recent Matches of Jamie Cox

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Tasmania vs NSW4 & 618-Nov-2005SydneyFC
Tasmania vs Victoria0 & 504-Nov-2005HobartFC
Tasmania vs Queensland6 & 3917-Oct-2005BrisbaneFC
Tasmania vs South Aust68 & 1010-Mar-2005AdelaideFC
Tasmania vs NSW19 & 8403-Mar-2005HobartFC

Photos of Jamie Cox

On-duty selector Jamie Cox keeps an eye on Stuart Clark at training
Phillip Hughes walks past Jamie Cox
The selectors have a chat with the coach and captain
Jamie Cox
Jamie Cox is aghast as Peter Martin traps him lbw for 1 at the start of the Somerset second innings
Jamie Cox with a savage square cut