James Hopes

1. Coached by Trevor Barsby

   "In December 2010, he took-up coaching role of Queensland as caretaker coach began with a victory after he replaced Trevor Barsby on a sensational day for the Bulls where they bowled out Western Australia on 136 and won the match by 76 runs."

2. Opens with Usman Khawaja

   "In Big Bash match against New South Wales, he scored unbeaten 62 runs 38 balls and the set match off the very first ball when James Hopes bowled Usman Khawaja who chopped a pull back onto his stumps."

3. Schoolmates with Chris Simpson

   "In 2010/11, he was handed the state captaincy replacing Chris Simpson."

Source: Wikipedia, extracted via LLM.