James Ralph

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James Ralph England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Leg-break
	First-class	List A
Matches	1	11
Runs scored	0	329
Batting average	0.00	41.12
100s/50s	0/0	1/2
Top score	0	102*
Balls bowled	0	66
Wickets	0	2
Bowling average	-	14.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	-	2-19
Catches/stumpings	1/0	5/0
Debut: 9 August 1996 Last appearance: 4 May 2005 Source: Cricinfo

James Trevor Ralph (born 9 October 1975) is an English cricketer who played one first-class match for Worcestershire and later played minor counties cricket for Shropshire. He was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

Ralph played many times for Worcestershire's Second XI between 1994 and 1996, and a run of good scores in the latter year earned him what turned out to be his only first-class appearance, against South Africa A in August. He failed to grasp the opportunity, however, being dismissed for a pair, and his brief first-class career ended almost as soon as it had begun.

In 1998 Ralph returned to representative cricket with Shropshire in the Minor Counties Championship, and made a number of List A appearances for them in the NatWest Trophy and its successor the C&G Trophy. Perhaps his best performance came against Somerset at Telford in 2000: although Shropshire lost the game by 27 runs, Ralph's unbeaten 102 gained him the man-of-the-match award. He took his only two List A wickets against Buckinghamshire in 2002.