James Neesham

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham is a New Zealand All Rounder cricketer. He was born in Auckland, and plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, first-class cricket for Otago cricket team, and Twenty20 12 season, making three 40-plus scores in seven innings. He was picked by the IPL 7 champions Kolkata Knight Riders and will play for them in IPL 8 He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014. He made his maiden test century in that game scoring an unbeaten 137, the highest debut hundred by a Test number 8 batsman. On 9 June 2014, Neesham became the first New Zealander and overall 8th batsman to score centuries in his first two test matches by scoring 107 against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston.