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Gary Ballance

Gary Ballance
Gary Ballance 2014.jpg
Ballance in 2014
Personal information
Full name Gary Simon Ballance
Born (1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 27)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Nickname Gaz
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg break
Role Batsman
Relations Uncle-in-Law: David Houghton
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 659) 3 January 2014 v Australia
Last Test 28 October 2016 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 228) 3 September 2013 v Ireland
Last ODI 1 March 2015 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 48
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–2007 Derbyshire
2008– Yorkshire (squad no. 19)
2010–2012 Mid West Rhinos
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 21 16 121 94
Runs scored 1,413 297 8,778 3,690
Batting average 39.25 21.21 49.31 49.86
100s/50s 4/7 0/2 32/40 7/22
Top score 156 79 210 152*
Balls bowled 12 162
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 20/– 8/– 109/– 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 May 2017

Gary Simon Ballance (born 22 November 1989) is a Zimbabwean-English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg break bowler, who currently plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England. He was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He normally fields at slip.

Ballance first played in the Second XI Championship in 2006, having made five appearances for Zimbabwe in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup, in which the team finished in sixth place. In the final match for the team, Ballance scored a half-century, gaining notice from Derbyshire and earned the chance to sign for the team in 2006. He played his first limited overs match two weeks later, having performed in the Derbyshire Second XI.

At the end of the 2007 season, Ballance left Derbyshire to sign academy terms with Yorkshire. He made his first-class debut for Yorkshire against Kent at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, in July 2008. In the first-class match against Durham MCC University in April 2011, Ballance scored 72 and 73 not out. He made his England debut on 3 September 2013 in an ODI against Ireland. On 25 April 2015 Ballance became the third fastest England Test cricketer to reach 1,000 runs, in the second test against West Indies.

Ballance was named a Cricketer of the Year in the 2015 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Ballance was born and raised in Zimbabwe, where his parents were tobacco farmers. He attended Springvale House and Peterhouse Boys' School. After representing Zimbabwe in cricket at various age levels, he moved to England in 2006. He attended Harrow School for 2 years, where he was in the same team as Sam Northeast. Playing for Harrow, he scored a century against Eton College at Lord's.


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