Jim Sims
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Legbreak | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 4 | 462 |
| Runs scored | 16 | 8983 |
| Batting average | 4.00 | 17.30 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | 4/21 |
| Top score | 12 | 123 |
| Balls bowled | 887 | 77035 |
| Wickets | 11 | 1581 |
| Bowling average | 43.63 | 24.92 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 98 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | 21 |
| Best bowling | 5/73 | 10/90 |
| Catches/stumpings | 6/- | 252/- |
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Test debut: 13 July 1935 |
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James Morton Sims (born May 13, 1903, Leyton, Essex, died April 27, 1973, Canterbury, Kent) was an English cricketer.
Jim Sims represented Middlesex in 381 first-class matches matches between 1929 and 1952 as a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler who scored 7173 runs (highest score 121) and took 1,257 wickets (best bowling 9/92). He later coached and scored for the county.
He played in four Tests for England from 1935 to 1937.
He succeeded Jim Alldis as the Middlesex scorer in 1969. He continued in this role until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1973.
