James Hopes

James Redfern Hopes is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hopes played domestic cricket for Queensland, and had represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket from 2005 to 2010. Hopes was consistently one of the best bowlers in Australian domestic cricket through his career, and when he retired in 2016 he was the top wicket-taker of the last decade despite never being selected to play in a Test match for Australia.

24 October 1978

Born on the same birth date (24 October 1978): Carlos Edwards

Born on the same birth day (24 October): Aaron Bailey (American football) • Gustavo Jorge • John Brereton Barlow • Peng Dehuai • Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre • The Big Bopper • Zephyr Teachout

Born in the same month (October 1978): Archie Thompson • Carl Bussey • Carolina Gynning • Dana Davis • Dion Glover • Dominic Thornely • Enrique Bernoldi • Eva Kaili • Jesse Palmer • Kenji Wu • Leticia Cline • Liu Yang (taikonaut) • Marko Jarić • Mick O'Driscoll • Paul Hunter • Paul Wilson (musician) • Scott Dobie • Travis Henry • Zakhar Dubensky