James Neesham
Neesham began his first-class career with Auckland, but a move to Otago ahead of the 2011–12 season worked well for him, as he made some important contributions in the 50-over format, making three 40-plus scores in seven innings, all of them coming at more than a run a ball, in his first season playing for the province.[1] He played English county cricket for Derbyshire in 2016,[2] and in June 2017 he signed to play for Kent County Cricket Club in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast, making his debut in Kent's opening match of the tournament in July.[5] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[20] In the 2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final, Neesham took a catch to dismiss Dinesh Karthik off Matt Henry's bowling, the final wicket of the match.Before the World Cup Neesham revealed that he had considered retiring from international cricket 18 months prior due to poor form and injury problems but Heath Mills, the then CEO of the New Zealand Players Association, advised him to take a break from cricket for 3–4 weeks and to not retire.