Background
Hames was born in Hampstead, London.
Hames was born in Hampstead, London.
Hames was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1977 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. Hames played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1977 to 1993, which included 110 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
In 1984, he made his List A debut against Lancashire in the National Westminster Trophy.
He played 6 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1991 National Westminster Trophy. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 44 runs at a batting average of 6.28, with a high score of 12.