Sheahan, James Douglas Heasley Jimmy Neesham, who was born on September 17, 1990, is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays for the national squad. Neesham would be best known by his nickname, Jimmy Neesham. Additionally, he is an all-rounder who competes in a variety of Twenty20 competitions all around the world. The switch to Otago before the 2011–12 season proved to be beneficial for Neesham, as he was able to make significant contributions in the 50-over format, with three scores of forty or more in seven innings. Neesham started his first-class career with Auckland.
In his debut season playing for the province, he scored every single one of them at a rate that was more than one run per ball. Additionally, he was among the wickets, collecting a career-high five wickets against Wellington and four wickets against Canterbury throughout the match. His inclusion in the limited-overs teams for the trip to South Africa was the first sign that he would soon be rewarded for his efforts. During the 2014 season, Neesham was a member of the Delhi Daredevils, who competed in the Indian Premier League, and the Guyana Amazon Warriors, who performed in the Caribbean Premier League.
He made his debut in the first match of the NatWest Twenty20 Blast in July of 2017, after signing a contract to play for Kent County Cricket Club in June of 2017. In 2016, he played English county cricket for Derbyshire. In July of 2017, he made his debut for Kent in the competition. It was announced in June 2018 that Neesham has been given a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season. His selection to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise side in the 2019 Global T20 Canada event took place in June of this year.
Kings XI Punjab purchased him in the Indian Premier League auction in the year 2020, and Mumbai Indians purchased him in the year 2021. The Rajasthan Royals were the ones who purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, which took place in February of that year. When Neesham made his debut in a test match against India, he scored an undefeated 137, which was the highest score ever achieved by a batsman who was ranked eighth in the test.
Jimmy Neesham Biography
| Name | Jimmy Neesham |
| Full Name | James Douglas Sheahan Neesham |
| Date of Birth | 17 September 1990 |
| Place of Birth | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Alex MacLeod-Smith |
| Marriage Date | 3rd December 2022 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting Allrounder |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast |
| ODI Debut | January 19, 2013 vs. South Africa |
| Test Debut | February 14, 2014 vs. India |
| Favourite Food | Pakistani Biryani |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Black |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
When he scored a century in his second test match against the West Indies in June of 2014, he created history by being the first New Zealander to hit hundreds in both of his first two tests combined.
New Zealand’s 15-man roster for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy includes Neesham as one of the players. As part of the inaugural one-day international match against Sri Lanka, which took place on January 3, 2019, Neesham hit 34 runs in one over, including five sixes. In a one-day international match, this was the most number of runs scored by a New Zealand batsman in a single over.
The announcement that he will be a part of New Zealand’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup came in April of this year. Neesham participated in his fifty-first one-day international on June 1, 2019, which was New Zealand’s opening match of the World Cup. Neesham grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul and his 50th wicket in one-day internationals with his performance in New Zealand’s match against Afghanistan. It was Neesham who took a catch to get rid of Dinesh Karthik off Matt Henry’s bowling in the semi-final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. This was the last wicket of the match.
Before the World Cup, Neesham said that he had contemplated quitting international cricket 18 months earlier due to poor form and physical issues. However, Heath Mills, who was the CEO of the New Zealand Players Association at the time, urged him to take a vacation from cricket for three to four weeks and not retire. The announcement that Neesham will be a part of New Zealand’s team for the 2021 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup came in August of 2021.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 12 | 1 | 61 | 22 | 8.71 | 66 | 92.42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10* | 9.50 | 18 | 105.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 22 | 14.00 | 46 | 91.30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 12 | 198 | 305 | 8 | 3/12 | 38.13 | 9.24 | 24.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 54 | 66 | 5 | 3/12 | 13.20 | 7.33 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 90 | 148 | 2 | 3/12 | 74.00 | 9.86 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 54 | 91 | 1 | 3/12 | 91.00 | 10.11 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
Even when he was heading back, James Neesham was certain that it was going to turn out to be rather similar to 2019. Even though Rachin Ravindra had scored a century and Daryl Mitchell had scored a half-century, Neesham had brought New Zealand to the point where they were within striking distance of matching Australia in a chase of 389. After scoring 57 runs off 38 balls, punishing any inaccuracy in length up to that point, and now requiring seven runs off two balls, Neesham was unable to deliver a full toss that was thigh-high into the stands this time.
He was probably preparing himself to punish himself for making a mistake on the shorter side of the spectrum. It simply got too near to him. He ended up hitting a straight ball to deep midwicket, and he went back for a last-ditch effort since he was working with a No. 10 at the time. Josh Inglis had to go off his mark to grab the ball since the throw came in a little bit too slowly. Nevertheless, Neesham required a submersion and a prayer. He ultimately resorted to diving out of sheer desperation, even though Inglis dove simultaneously at the stumps and ultimately caught him off guard.
