Jimmy Peirson

{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Jimmy Peirson | full_name = James John Peirson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|10|13}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | batting = Right-handed | role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Queensland | year1 = {{nowrap|2013/14–present}} | club2 = Brisbane Heat | year2 = {{nowrap|2014/15–present}} | club3 = Cricket Australia XI | year3 = {{nowrap|2015/16}}

| columns = 3 | hidedeliveries = true

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/444970.html ESPNcricinfo | date = 17 March 2026 }} '''James John Peirson''' (born 13 October 1992) is an Australian cricketer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/444970.html |title=Jimmy Peirson |access-date=3 May 2023 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Domestic career== Peirson plays for Queensland and the Redlands Tigers in Brisbane Grade Cricket. He made his List A debut on 17 October 2013 for Queensland against New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/669253.html |title=Ryobi One-Day Cup - 12th match: New South Wales v Queensland, at Sydney, on 17 October 2013 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> He made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI against the West Indians during their tour of Australia in December 2015.

Peirson was Queensland's youngest-ever Sheffield Shield winning captain when the Queensland Bulls won the competition in 2018. He was part of Queensland's 2020-2021 Sheffield Shield winning side for the second time in his career when the Queensland Bulls defeated New South Wales by an innings and 33 runs at Allan Border Field.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/942611.html |title=West Indies tour of Australia, Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v West Indians at Brisbane, Dec 2-5, 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In November 2020, in the fourth round of the 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season, Peirson scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/report/1233453/south-australia-vs-queensland-9th-match-sheffield-shield-2020-21 |title=Mitchell Swepson stars again after Matt Renshaw breaks century drought |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref>

==International career== In May 2023, he received his first international call-up for the Test matches against England, in the 2023 Ashes series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/jimmy-peirson-australia-ashes-squad-wicketkeeper-queensland-josh-inglis-baby-replacement-lords/2023-05-26 |title=Peirson to join Ashes squad after first Test |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peirson, James}} Category:Living people Category:1992 births Category:Cricketers from Brisbane Category:Brisbane Heat cricketers Category:Queensland cricketers Category:People educated at Brisbane State High School Category:Queensland cricket captains Category:Cricket Australia XI cricketers Category:Wicket-keepers Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen