James Peter Faulkner is an Australian cricketer who plays for Tasmania. An all-rounder, left-arm medium pacer and right-hand batsman, Faulkner has consistently picked up key wickets and also chips in with a few handy runs while batting in the lower-middle order. In the 2010?11 Sheffield Shield season he made 300 runs at 30 and took 36 wickets at 17.72. On 1 February 2012, Faulkner made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India. In the same summer that he captained the Tasmania Under-17s, he was already in the state's U-19s and the Tasmania Second XI. Faulkner earned himself a state rookie contract for 2007-08, a place in the Australia U-19 team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and one of three positions in the Australian Cricket Academy's development squad for 2007. He was part of the Pune Warriors India team in IPL 2011, and then a part for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2012. However he has just played three IPL matches between IPL 2011 and IPL 2012. During the 2013 Indian Premier League players auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for $400,000. 

April 29th, 1990 in Launceston (Age 33)