Jason Gallian

England|Top order Batter
Jason Gallian
INTL CAREER: 1995 - 1995
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Full Name

Jason Edward Riche Gallian

Born

June 25, 1971, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Age

52y 278d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Top order Batter

Height

6ft

Education

Oxford University

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

Jason Gallian Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests360742812.3330923.94008010
FC259443361526631237.50--3872--2310
List A23022617674613432.27--1140--770
T20s161603156219.68306102.940235150

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3284620---4.42-000
FC259-71624164966/115-43.373.4874.6-10
List A230-20491808555/155/1532.875.2937.2010
T20s16------------
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Jason Gallian is run out at 199
Jason Gallian tries to clear the off side
Jason Gallian is run out for 199 for the second time in the season
Jason Gallian
Jason Gallian in fine Sunday afternoon form in his innings of 39
Gallian and Pietersen accelerate the Notts innings