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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{for-multi|the American politician|Luke Edward Wright|the British poet|Luke Wright (poet)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Luke Wright
| image = Luke Wright in 2008 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Wright in 2008
| country = England
| full_name = Luke James Wright
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|03|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Grantham]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 0
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| role = [[Batting order (cricket)#Top order|Top-order batsman]]
| family = [[Ashley Wright (cricketer)|Ashley Wright]] (brother)
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2007–2014
| odidebutdate = 5 September
| odidebutyear = 2007
| odidebutagainst = India
| odicap = 204
| lastodidate = 2 March
| lastodiyear = 2014
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| odishirt = 6
| T20Idebutdate = 13 September
| T20Idebutyear = 2007
| T20Idebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| T20Icap = 32
| lastT20Idate = 11 March
| lastT20Iyear = 2014
| lastT20Iagainst = West Indies
| T20Ishirt = 6
| club1 = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
| year1 = 2003
| club2 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year2 = {{nowrap|2004–2022}}
| clubnumber2 = 10
| club3 = [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
| year3 = 2010/11
| club4 = [[Melbourne Stars]]
| year4 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2017/18}}
| club5 = [[Impalas (cricket team)|Impi]]
| year5 = 2012
| club6 = [[Pune Warriors India]]
| year6 = 2012–2013
| club7 = [[Dhaka Gladiators]]
| year7 = 2013
| club8 = [[Abahani Limited cricket team|Abahani Limited]]
| year8 = 2013
| club9 = [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
| year9 = {{nowrap|2013/14–2014/15}}
| club10 = [[Quetta Gladiators]]
| year10 = 2016–2017
| club11 = [[Rajshahi Kings]]
| year11 = 2017
| club12 = [[Dhaka Dynamites]]
| year12 = 2019
| club13 = [[Trent Rockets]]
| year13 = 2021
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 50
| runs1 = 707
| bat avg1 = 20.20
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 52
| deliveries1 = 1,038
| wickets1 = 15
| bowl avg1 = 58.93
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/34
| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 51
| runs2 = 759
| bat avg2 = 18.97
| 100s/50s2 = 0/4
| top score2 = 99*
| deliveries2 = 330
| wickets2 = 18
| bowl avg2 = 25.83
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/24
| catches/stumpings2 = 14/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 144
| runs3 = 7,622
| bat avg3 = 38.11
| 100s/50s3 = 17/38
| top score3 = 226[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 8,264
| wickets3 = 120
| bowl avg3 = 40.51
| fivefor3 = 3
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/65
| catches/stumpings3 = 58/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 211
| runs4 = 5,126
| bat avg4 = 33.07
| 100s/50s4 = 11/19
| top score4 = 166
| deliveries4 = 4,752
| wickets4 = 111
| bowl avg4 = 38.11
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/12
| catches/stumpings4 = 66/–
| date = 13 May
| year = 2019
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/luke-wright-23460 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Luke James Wright''' (born 7 March 1985) is an English former [[cricket]]er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Wright joined [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] in 2004, having started his career at [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]. He was named in England's squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2004, and joined the International [[Twenty20]] squad for the [[2007 Twenty20 World Championship]] in September 2007. He made his [[One Day International]] debut on 5 September 2007 against [[India national cricket team|India]]. In November 2022, he became a selector for the England men's team, announcing his retirement from playing at the same time. Wright was a member of the England team that won the [[2010 ICC World Twenty20]].

==County career==

Wright hit a century on debut for Sussex, and has won the [[Denis Compton]] medal on three occasions during his domestic career.<ref name=cric>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23460.html Luke Wright] at ESPNcricinfo retrieved 3 September 2007</ref>
On 26 June 2007 he smashed his maiden domestic Twenty20 Cup century, scoring 103 from only 45 balls, including 11 fours and six sixes before being bowled by [[Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982)|Yasir Arafat]] in Sussex's 7 wicket win over [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] at [[Canterbury]]. Although Sussex were defeated in the semi-finals, Wright ended up as the highest run scorer of the competition.<ref name=ECB>[http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/sussex/luke-wright,62,PP.html Luke Wright] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302235718/http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/sussex/luke-wright,62,PP.html |date=2 March 2007 }} at the [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] retrieved 3 September 2007</ref> Wright had success in the longer one day formats, hitting 125 against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] from 73 deliveries.<ref>[http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/wright-races-to-the-top,14294,EN.html ''Wright races to the top''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234942/http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/wright-races-to-the-top,14294,EN.html |date=26 September 2007 }} [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] retrieved 3 September 2007</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/6933715.stm ''Wright marks call-up with hundred''] [[BBC News]] retrieved 3 September 2007</ref>

In April 2008, Wright played for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at the opening match of the 2008 county season. Making 15 in the first innings while Sussex were bowled out for 171, he hit a quickfire 155* from 185 deliveries, with 21 fours and three sixes, during a rain-interrupted second innings.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2008/4/14371/html/scorecard.stm MCC v Sussex] [[BBC News]] retrieved 12 April 2008</ref> In May 2008 he was selected for the [[England Lions cricket team|England Lions]] team to face the touring [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand side]] at the beginning of the latter's tour of England. With the Lions struggling, Wright hit 120 off 131 deliveries to bring them to 280 all out, giving rise to speculation about his place in the national team.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/7387870.stm ''Wright on cue after Kiwis impress''] [[BBC News]] retrieved 9 May 2008</ref>

==England career==
Wright represented [[English cricket team|England]] at Under-17 level. In 2003 he travelled to Australia with the Under-19 team and took a hat-trick against [[South African cricket team|South Africa]], finishing with match figures of 5/46. In February 2006 he toured the [[West Indies]] to bolster the England A team.<ref name=cric/>

In July 2007, he was selected in the preliminary 30-man England Squad for the [[2007 Twenty20 World Championship]] in September, having been the top domestic Twenty20 scorer with 346 runs that season,<ref name=news1/> and on 6 August he was named in the final 15-man squad. On 3 September it was announced that he would also join the England ODI squad as a replacement for the injured [[Ravi Bopara]] and [[Andrew Flintoff]] for the final two matches against [[Indian cricket team|India]].<ref name=news1>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6973729.stm ''England call up Wright as cover''] [[BBC News]] retrieved 3 September 2007</ref>

On 5 September 2007 Wright made his One Day International debut against India at [[The Oval]], London; hitting a half century in a 106 run 6th wicket stand with [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] batsmen [[Owais Shah]]. Wright was run out on 50, by a matter of inches after facing just 39 balls, and received a standing ovation.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6979749.stm ''England v India 6th ODI''] [[BBC News]] retrieved 5 September 2007</ref> In his second match at [[Lord's Cricket Ground|Lords]] he was out for a second ball duck. He also took a good low catch to remove [[Gautam Gambhir]].

Wright was selected for the [[2007 Twenty20 World Cup]] in South Africa, and played his first match on 13 September against [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe]], where he was out caught behind on this first ball.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6991796.stm ''England ease past Zimbabwe''] [[BBC News]] retrieved 13 September 2007</ref> He then suffered a number of ducks and single figure scores during the tournament, batting at both number 3 and down in the lower order.

Wright was selected for the 2008 Tour to New Zealand, and after impressing with both bat and ball in the two practice matches, he was selected to play in three of the five matches. In the ODI series, which England went on to lose, Wright hit 71 runs at 35.5 and sent down five overs at the cost of 28 runs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050911223531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/averages/default.stm England v New Zealand averages] [[BBC News]] retrieved 12 April 2008</ref> These overs included the final over of a tied-ODI, where New Zealand needed seven to win and only managed six from Wright's bowling.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/338047.html ''England back from the dead''] ESPNcricinfo retrieved 12 April 2008</ref>

After this, he continued to be a regular member of England's Twenty20 and ODI squads, playing in home series against New Zealand and South Africa in 2008, although he was never assured of a place in the starting XI and his place in the batting order was uncertain. In the autumn of 2009, he played against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]], in a 6–1 loss, and in a surprisingly successful run at the [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy|ICC Champions Trophy]], which was held in South Africa, where England beat the hosts and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] before being thrashed by 9 wickets against Australia in the semi-finals (in which Wright scored 49, putting on a century partnership with [[Tim Bresnan]]). In that match he and Bresnan set the highest 7th wicket partnership in [[ICC Champions Trophy]] history (107)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=44;type=trophy|title=Cricket Records. Records. ICC Champions Trophy (ICC KnockOut). Highest partnerships by wicket |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

Following the Champions Trophy, in October 2009 Wright was called up to England's [[Test cricket|Test]] squad for the first time for the [[English cricket team in South Africa in 2009–10|winter tour of South Africa]]. His inclusion was to fill the all-rounder's spot vacated by [[Andrew Flintoff]]'s retirement after the [[2009 Ashes series|2009 Ashes]]. [[Geoff Miller]], England's chairman of selectors, said "The retirement of Andrew Flintoff has created a vacancy for an all-rounder in the squad and while we do not see Luke Wright as a like for like replacement for Andrew, we are excited by the way in which his all-round game continues to develop and believe he can make an impact at Test level".<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/428799.html |title=Harmison and Bopara miss out |author=ESPNcricinfo staff |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=8 October 2009 |access-date=2009-10-08}}</ref> However he did not play and his career ended without playing test cricket.

Wright was very much a regular of the England one day side, however, and was a member of the England Twenty20 squads for both the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20|2009]] and [[2010 ICC World Twenty20|2010]] tournaments where he was a member of the winning England team.

==Personal life==
Wright attended [[Ratcliffe College]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Tozer|editor-first=Malcolm|title=Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVCvtcUo4Y0C|publisher=John Catt Educational Ltd|year=2012|isbn=9781908095442|pages=280}}</ref> in [[Ratcliffe on the Wreake]], [[Leicestershire]] and made his [[First-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] at age 18.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/433760.html Sussex v Leicestershire at Hov, Sep 17-19, 2003] - ESPNcricinfo</ref>

Wright met his wife Rebecca whilst on tour in [[New Zealand]] in 2009. They got engaged whilst he was on a South African tour on Christmas Eve 2010 and married on 30 September 2011.<ref>[http://sussex.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/bowled-over-sussex--luke-wright-interview-bowler-cricketer-22408/] Article about Luke Wright, and his engagement to Rebecca</ref>

At 3:30pm on 27 November 2011, Luke's first child was born, Joshua James, Luke soon posted a picture of him on his Twitter page.<ref>[https://twitter.com/lukewright204/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2F0HMItwPI] On 29 November 2011, Luke posted a picture of Joshua on Twitter</ref>

He is a supporter of [[Newcastle United F.C.]]<ref>'Wanted: new superheroes to rank with ageing best', The Times (London), 6 September 2007, Thursday, SPORT; Pg. 91, 785 words, Andy Zaltzman</ref>

==T20 franchise career==

In the 2011/2012 Australian season, Wright joined the [[Melbourne Stars]] in the inaugural [[Big Bash League]]. On 9 January, Wright smashed 117 from 60 deliveries including nine sixes and eight fours against the Hobart Hurricanes at Blundstone Arena. This was the highest score in Australian domestic Twenty20 up until D’Arcy Short's 122* in BBL 07. In the same match, Wright and teammate [[Rob Quiney]] set up a 172-run opening stand which is the highest for any wicket in a domestic Twenty20 match.

In the inaugural season of the [[Pakistan Super League]] in February 2016, Luke Wright played for Quetta Gladiators. He was retained for the 2nd season which started from 9 February 2017.

In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the [[2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League|first edition]] of the [[Afghanistan Premier League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/afghanistan-premier-league-2018-all-you-need-to-know-from-the-player-draft/ |title=Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft |work=CricTracker |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the [[2019 Euro T20 Slam|inaugural edition]] of the [[Euro T20 Slam]] cricket tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam |title=Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |title=Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref> However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27387389/inaugural-euro-t20-slam-cancelled-two-weeks-notice |title=Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>

In April 2022, he was bought by the [[Northern Superchargers]] for the [[2022 season of The Hundred|2022 season]] of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in November 2022.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/63720953|title=Wright named England men's selector|work=BBC Sport }}</ref>

==England selector==
In November 2022, Wright became a selector for the England men's team.<ref name="auto"/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Luke Wright}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070302235718/http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/sussex/luke-wright,62,PP.html Luke Wright] at the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]]
* {{cricinfo|id=23460}}

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