PSL Team:
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Peshawar Zalmis
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Category:
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Gold
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Country:
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Australia
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Born:
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Sep 12, 1982
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Playing Role:
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All Rounder
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Batting Style:
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Right Hand
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Bowling Style:
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Spinner
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Profile
Jim Allenby made Somerset his third county when he
joined them from Glamorgan ahead of the 2015 season, stating that as an
allrounder beyond his 30th birthday he needed to be winning trophies.
Those ambitions were not met in a moderate first season for Allenby and
Somerset.
A powerful striker of the ball, Allenby's all-round
skills make him a particularly useful addition to Somerset's Twenty20
squad. He played in the 2006 domestic Twenty20 final for Leicestershire
and towards the end of that season he gained an opening in their
Championship team, hitting a century against Essex in the final round of
matches and followed that up with a match-winning, unbeaten,
half-century in the run chase.
Australian by birth and educated in Perth, In
2006-07 he made his Australian domestic debut in a Twenty20 game for
Western Australia, but stated his ambitions to play for England. That
goal quickly led to a county contract with Leicestershire and ultimately
led to his departure from Grace Road in 2009 when he stated that he
needed a county that could help him fulfil his international ambitions.
He eventually moved to Glamorgan, not the first port of call for England
selectors, but quickly became a vital cog in their limited-overs sides
while also nailing down a spot in their Championship side. He was a
potent force in the Glamorgan side which reached the final of the
Yorkshire Bank 40 in 2013, against Nottinghamshire, but could not
prevent them falling to a third defeat in three Lord's finals.