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| Full name: | James Charles Laker |
| Born: | 9th February 1922, Frizinghall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| Died: | 23rd April 1986, Putney, London, England |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break |
| Education: | Salts High School, Saltaire |
| Teams: | England (Test: 1947/48-1958/59); Surrey (Main FC: 1946-1959); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1947/48-1958/59); Auckland (Main FC: 1951/52); Essex (Main FC: 1962-1964); All teams |
| Surrey cap: 1947 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1952 | |
| New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year: 1952 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | Monty Panesar is the highest rated England spinner for 30 years |
| History of Jim Laker in Urdu | |
| A profile of Jim Laker | |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1947/48-1958/59) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| 0 | 46 | 63 | 15 | 676 | 63 | 14.08 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1947/48-1958/59) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 12027 | 674 | 4101 | 193 | 10-53 | 21.24 | 9 | 3 | 62.31 | 2.04 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1946-1964/65) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| 0 | 309 | 387 | 70 | 5531 | 113 | 17.44 | 2 | 15 | 223 | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 48 | 64 | 16 | 682 | 63 | 14.20 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| 0 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 334 | 41 | 15.90 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 33 | 35.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17* | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 171 | 61 | 19.00 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 35 | 19.25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 70 | 18 | 11.66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 248 | 28 | 11.80 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Overall | 450 | 548 | 108 | 7304 | 113 | 16.60 | 2 | 18 | 270 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1946-1964/65) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Surrey | 69653 | 3814 | 24236 | 1395 | 10-88 | 17.37 | 93 | 24 | 49.93 | 2.08 |
| Sir PF Warner's XI | 398 | 18 | 182 | 8 | 6-109 | 22.75 | 1 | 0 | 49.75 | 2.74 |
| England | 12321 | 694 | 4184 | 204 | 10-53 | 20.50 | 10 | 4 | 60.39 | 2.03 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 6488 | 288 | 2106 | 112 | 7-36 | 18.80 | 7 | 1 | 57.92 | 1.94 |
| South | 300 | 6 | 138 | 4 | 2-5 | 34.50 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | 2.76 |
| HDG Leveson-Gower's XI | 355 | 8 | 264 | 7 | 5-97 | 37.71 | 1 | 0 | 50.71 | 4.46 |
| Surrey XI | 186 | 7 | 69 | 1 | 1-42 | 69.00 | 0 | 0 | 186.00 | 2.22 |
| Commonwealth XI | 1892 | 131 | 579 | 36 | 6-23 | 16.08 | 3 | 0 | 52.55 | 1.83 |
| Auckland | 1369 | 88 | 379 | 24 | 5-44 | 15.79 | 3 | 1 | 57.04 | 1.66 |
| Players | 643 | 35 | 242 | 14 | 6-48 | 17.28 | 1 | 0 | 45.92 | 2.25 |
| England XI | 652 | 18 | 390 | 9 | 3-43 | 43.33 | 0 | 0 | 72.44 | 3.58 |
| Essex | 5879 | 279 | 2367 | 111 | 7-73 | 21.32 | 7 | 2 | 52.96 | 2.41 |
| International Cavaliers | 1234 | 36 | 655 | 19 | 5-54 | 34.47 | 1 | 0 | 64.94 | 3.18 |
| Overall | 101370 | 5422 | 35791 | 1944 | 10-53 | 18.41 | 127 | 32 | 52.14 | 2.11 |
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