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{{short description|English cricketer (born 1982)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2026}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = James Tredwell
| image = James Tredwell playing cricket.jpg
| caption = Tredwell batting for Kent in 2008
| country = England
| full_name = James Cullum Tredwell
| nickname = Pingu, Tredders<ref name="cricinfoprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21646.html|title=James Tredwell|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|2|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ashford, Kent]], England
| heightft = 5
| heightinch = 11
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-spin|off break]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2010–2015
| testdebutdate = 20 March
| testdebutyear = 2010
| testdebutagainst = Bangladesh
| testcap = 648
| lasttestdate = 13 April
| lasttestyear = 2015
| lasttestagainst = West Indies
| odidebutdate = 2 March
| odidebutyear = 2010
| odidebutagainst = Bangladesh
| odicap = 215
| lastodidate = 13 March
| lastodiyear = 2015
| lastodiagainst = Afghanistan
| odishirt = 53
| T20Idebutdate = 20 December
| T20Idebutyear = 2012
| T20Idebutagainst = India
| T20Icap = 62
| lastT20Idate = 7 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2014
| lastT20Iagainst = India
| club1 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
| year1 = 2001–2018
| clubnumber1 = 15
| club2 = → [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] <small>(on loan)</small>
| year2 = 2014
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 45
| bat avg1 = 22.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 37
| deliveries1 = 786
| wickets1 = 11
| bowl avg1 = 29.18
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/47
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 45
| runs2 = 163
| bat avg2 = 11.64
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 30
| deliveries2 = 2,104
| wickets2 = 60
| bowl avg2 = 27.76
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/44
| catches/stumpings2 = 14/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 177
| runs3 = 4,728
| bat avg3 = 21.88
| 100s/50s3 = 4/17
| top score3 = 124
| deliveries3 = 30,574
| wickets3 = 426
| bowl avg3 = 36.24
| fivefor3 = 12
| tenfor3 = 3
| best bowling3 = 8/66
| catches/stumpings3 = 196/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 270
| runs4 = 1,917
| bat avg4 = 17.27
| 100s/50s4 = 0/4
| top score4 = 88
| deliveries4 = 11,606
| wickets4 = 276
| bowl avg4 = 32.88
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 6/27
| catches/stumpings4 = 110/–
| date = 16 February
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21646.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''James Cullum Tredwell''' (born 27 February 1982) is an English former international [[cricket]]er. A left-handed batsman and a right-arm [[off break]] bowler, he played his domestic cricket for [[Kent County Cricket Club]] and was appointed as County Captain for the 2013 season. He made his debut for Kent in the 2001 season, nine days before his first appearance for [[England Under-19 cricket team|England Under-19s]]. He often fielded at slip. Tredwell was a member of the England team that won the [[2010 ICC World Twenty20]].

He was part of the one-day set-up for Kent since 2002, but did not secure a regular place in the [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[County Championship]] team until 2007, a year after taking his maiden [[ten-wicket haul]]. He was selected as part of the England [[One Day International]] (ODI) squad to tour [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08|New Zealand in 2007–08]], but had to wait until 2010 to make his international debut.

After impressing during the 2009 season with Kent, helping the team gain promotion back to the first division of the County Championship, Tredwell played his first [[Test cricket|Test]] and ODIs against [[English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2009–10|Bangladesh in March 2010]]. His [[Twenty20 International]] debut followed two years later. He took 78 wickets in 74 international matches.

In September 2018, Tredwell announced his retirement from cricket having been injured for the entire [[Kent County Cricket Club in 2018|2018 domestic season]] after making five appearances in Kent's pre-season campaign in the West Indies [[2017–18 Regional Super50]] competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24713108/james-tredwell-england-offspinning-understudy-retires-playing-career |title=James Tredwell, England's offspinning understudy, retires from playing career |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> In 2019 he was appointed to the [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] National [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpires Panel]], qualifying him to stand as an umpire in Second XI and Minor Counties fixtures.<ref name=kent8may19>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/cox-hits-135-in-second-xi-win/ Cox hits 135 in Second XI win], [[Kent County Cricket Club]], 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.</ref>

==Early career==
Tredwell was born in [[Ashford, Kent]] and was educated at [[Marsh Academy|Southlands Community Comprehensive School]] in [[New Romney]].<ref name=17annual29>'Men's squad 2017' in ''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2017'', p.29.</ref> His father, John, played over 1,000 times for [[Folkestone F.C.]] and coached his son at Folkestone Cricket Club.<ref name=ko17nov17>Stokes M (17 November 2017) [http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/sport/stars-turn-out-for-memorial-135336/ Kent cricketers to don football boots to play in memorial match for former Folkestone FC legend John Tredwell], ''[[Kent Online]]''. Retrieved 17 November 2017.</ref> Tredwell has continued to play cricket for Folkestone in the [[Kent Cricket League]].

He made three appearances in youth Test matches for [[England Under-19 cricket team]] against the [[West Indian U-19 cricket team|West Indies]] in August [[2001 English cricket season|2001]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10689/Youth_Test_Matches.html |title=Youth Test Matches played by James Tredwell (3) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020093957/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10689/Youth_Test_Matches.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref> He made his debut in the first Test at [[Grace Road]], [[Leicester]], alongside future Test cricketers [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]] and [[Matt Prior]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/72/72736.html |title=England Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s |publisher=CricketArchive |date=6 August 2001 |access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref> He claimed six wickets during the series, at an average of 32.50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/West_Indies_Under-19s_in_England_2001/ut_England_Under-19s_Bowling.html |title=Under-19 Test Bowling for England Under-19s: West Indies Under-19s in England 2001 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref>

He was offered a contract with [[Kent County Cricket Club]] in 2001 after playing for the youth team. He was one of 14 players who were selected for the [[ECB National Academy]] in [[Loughborough]] in 2003–04, and the subsequent tours of Malaysia and India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/player-profiles/player-profile.html?PplayerProfileHandle=com.othermedia.ecb.model.PlayerProfileHandle-L-177 |title=Player Profile: James Tredwell |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208090833/http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/player-profiles/player-profile.html?PplayerProfileHandle=com.othermedia.ecb.model.PlayerProfileHandle-L-177 |archive-date= 8 December 2009 }}</ref>

==County cricket==
He made his first [[List A cricket|List A]] appearance for Kent Cricket Board against Worcestershire Cricket Board in the first round of the [[2000 NatWest Trophy]], when he was [[run out]] for ten and took one wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricketworld.com/Scorecards/69/69677.html |title=Worcestershire Cricket Board v Kent Cricket Board in 2000 |publisher=Cricket World |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708205638/http://stats.cricketworld.com/Scorecards/69/69677.html |archive-date=8 July 2011 }}</ref> He also appeared in the subsequent two rounds of the competition, until Hampshire knocked them out in the third round.<ref name="lista">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10689/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by James Tredwell |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref> He spent the remainder of the 2000 season playing for Kent Second XI. He once again appeared in the first three rounds of the renamed [[2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy]], scoring 71 [[Batting order (cricket)|opening]] against [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]] in the second round,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/72/72120.html |title=Kent Cricket Board v Buckinghamshire |publisher=CricketArchive |date=15 May 2001 |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref> and 57 from the same position in the third round defeat to [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/72/72423.html |title=Kent Cricket Board v Warwickshire |publisher=CricketArchive |date=27 June 2001 |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref> His first-class debut for Kent came later in the same season, against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] in July 2001, claiming the wicket of [[Aftab Habib]] as his first scalp in a match that Kent won by three wickets at Grace Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricketworld.com/Scorecards/72/72694.html |title=Leicestershire v Kent in 2001 |publisher=Cricket World |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106154544/http://stats.cricketworld.com/Scorecards/72/72694.html |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref>

His one-day debut for Kent County Cricket Club came in the 2002 [[Benson & Hedges Cup]], where in a rain-reduced match, he claimed the wicket of [[Owais Shah]] as he finished with one wicket for 26 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/74/74538.html |title=Kent v Middlesex |publisher=CricketArchive |date=2 May 2002 |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref> He made 19 List A appearances for Kent in 2002, finishing the season with 21 wickets at an average of 23.76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10689/a_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=ListA Bowling in Each Season by James Tredwell |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref>

He played just two [[County Championship]] games in 2005, but played extensively in the one-day game, earning an extension to his contract. He became more involved with the Championship team in 2007, scoring his maiden first-class century (116*) against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]], and returning then career-best bowling figures of 6/47 against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]].

He was part of the team that won the [[2007 Twenty20 Cup]], beating [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] in the final.

At the end of the 2008 season, Kent were relegated from the first division of the County Championship,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/counties/article6797219.ece |title=James Tredwell keeps Kent on course for promotion |last=Hobson |first=Richard |work=[[The Times]] |date=15 August 2009 |access-date=14 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and they spent one season in the second division, achieving promotion at the end of the 2009 season by winning the second division title.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/series/382415.html |title=County Championship Division Two 2009 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref> During their promotion winning season, Tredwell took his career-best bowling figures, claiming 8/66 in a match against [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/204/204305.html |title=Kent v Glamorgan |publisher=CricketArchive |date=6 May 2009 |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref> a performance that gave him the leading bowling figures in the County Championship's second division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=4861;type=tournament |title=Records / County Championship Division Two, 2009 / Best bowling figures in an innings |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref> He finished the 2009 season with 69 first-class wickets at an average of 26.63; the first season in which he had taken more than 40 wickets or more than one [[five-wicket haul]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10689/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by James Tredwell |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref> He was also the second-highest wicket taker in the division behind leg-spinner [[Danish Kaneria]] (75).<ref>{{citation |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=4861;type=tournament |title=Records / County Championship Division Two, 2009 / Most wickets |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref>

Tredwell was named as captain of Kent for the 2013 season, replacing [[Rob Key]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/20393558|title=James Tredwell replaces Rob Key as Kent captain|publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref> During his captaincy, Tredwell was called up to play for England in the [[2013 ICC Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]] and then the one-day series against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] and later against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]. He found juggling both the Kent captaincy and his international commitments difficult<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/24308769|title=Kent captain James Tredwell considers resigning his position|publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref> and, as a result he resigned the captaincy to be replaced by the returning Key in November 2013.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/24911757|title=Rob Key replaces James Tredwell as captain|publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

In March 2016 Tredwell was selected to represent the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in the Champion County match against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] in Abu Dhabi. He took six wickets in the match, bowling 65 overs in the match.<ref name=ci22mar16>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/987419.html Spinners enjoy profitable day in Abu Dhabi], ESPNcricinfo, 22 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.</ref>

==International career==
Tredwell's performances during the [[2007 English cricket season|2007 domestic season]] and with the Performance Squad in India over the winter of 2007–08, led to his first call-up to the England [[One Day International]] (ODI) squad in January 2008 for a series of matches against New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/328905.html|title= Prior dropped as Ambrose gets his chance|access-date= 4 January 2008|publisher= ESPNcricinfo|date= 4 January 2008}}</ref> He did not play in any of the matches on the tour and was not called up again by England until December 2009 when a series of injuries in the England senior squad [[English cricket team in South Africa in 2009–10|on tour in South Africa]] prompted his call-up to [[England cricket team|England's squad]]. Coach [[Andy Flower]] described him as a "like for like" replacement for [[Graeme Swann]] in case Swann's injury worsened.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/439395.html |title=James Tredwell drafted into Test squad |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref> Once again he did not play a game as England won the ODI series 2–1.

Tredwell finally made his debut for England against Bangladesh in an ODI in March 2010, finishing with figures of 0/52 from 10 overs. He made his Test match debut in the [[English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2009–10|second Test against Bangladesh]], taking six wickets on debut as well as scoring 37 runs in England's first innings. Tredwell played his first match for England on home soil in the return series, taking 0/18 at [[Trent Bridge Cricket Ground|Trent Bridge]].

===World Cup and Champions Trophy, 2011–2013===
After touring Australia in 2010–11, Tredwell played in two matches during England's [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 World Cup]] campaign, winning the Player of the Match award in the teams' final group match against [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], with bowling figures of 4/48.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/engine/match/433593.html |title=England v West Indies Scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=17 March 2011 |access-date=17 March 2011}}</ref> The 2012 season saw him play in home matches against Australia and South Africa before touring India later in the year, making his [[Twenty20 International]] debut on the tour.

By the start of 2013 Tredwell had established himself as a key part of England's limited overs team and he played in all five matches against India, taking his best ODI figures of 4/44 during the tour. He played in all three T20I matches on England's tour of New Zealand. He went into the [[2013 ICC Champions Trophy|2013 Champions Trophy]] as England's main spin bowler, playing in four of the team's five matches. He took 3/19 in the semi-final against South Africa and played in the rain-affected final against India, taking 1/25 as England narrowly lost by five runs.

More games followed: Tredwell played T20Is against New Zealand, captioning the team in one match which was rained off after two balls, and played ODIs against Ireland and four of the five ODIs against Australia later in the season before touring Australia over the 2013–14 northern winter and then being selected for the limited overs tour of the West Indies, in preparation for the T20 World Cup.

===T20 World Cup, 2014===
After being selected again in England's squad for the [[2014 ICC World Twenty20|T20 World Cup]], Tredwell played in all four of England's group matches. The team failed to advance out of the group and was beaten by the Netherlands in their final match of the tournament.

Further international opportunities followed throughout 2014, with matches against Scotland, Sri Lanka and India at home before being selected for the tour of Sri Lanka later in the year, playing in 15 ODIs and nine T20Is during the year.

===World Cup and final matches, 2015===
Despite being selected in the squad for a Tri-series tournament against India and Australia in early 2015, Tredwell did not play as [[Moeen Ali]] was chosen ahead of him as England's spin option. He was selected for the [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015 World Cup]] squad but only played in England's final game of the tournament against Afghanistan as the team again failed to advance out of the group stage. Tredwell took figures of 1/25 in what was his final ODI.

Tredwell's final international match came in April 2015. An injury to Moeen meant that he was chosen in the Test squad to tour the West Indies and was selected for the first Test of the series. He took 4/47 in the first innings of the match and one wicket in West Indies' second innings in what was his second and final Test appearance.

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