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Ian Blackwell

Ian Blackwell
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Personal information
Full name Ian David Blackwell
Born (1978-06-10) 10 June 1978 (age 38)
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Nickname Blackie, Blackdog, Donkey, Le Donk
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 629) 1 March 2006 v India
ODI debut (cap 170) 18 September 2002 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 15 April 2006 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2012 Warwickshire (Loan)
2009–2012 Durham
2000–2008 Somerset
1997–1999 Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 1 34 210 254
Runs scored 4 403 11,595 5,765
Batting average 4.00 14.92 39.57 27.19
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 27/64 3/34
Top score 4 82 247* 134*
Balls bowled 114 1,230 31,618 8,885
Wickets 0 24 398 207
Bowling average 36.54 35.91 34.30
5 wickets in innings 0 0 14 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/26 7/52 5/26
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 66/– 64/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 October 2012

Ian David Blackwell (born 10 June 1978, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) is a retired English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he played for England in one-day and Test sides, and most recently played county cricket for Warwickshire in the second half of the 2012 season.

He started off his career at Derbyshire, before moving to Somerset in 2000 following a dispute with Derbyshire captain Dominic Cork. He was appointed captain of Somerset for the last part of the 2005 season after the departure of Graeme Smith. Having been appointed official captain for 2006, he had shoulder surgery and missed almost all of the season.

After the 2008 season, Blackwell left Somerset and joined Durham. Also a factor in his departure from Somerset was Blackwell's struggles with fitness and disagreements with the captain, Justin Langer. Despite having struggled with his fitness, Blackwell managed to lose 10 kg (22 lb) over the winter. On his first-class debut for Durham, in the opening match of the 2009 English season, Blackwell scored a century against the Marylebone Cricket Club, featuring a bowling line up including England hopefuls Sajid Mahmood, Kabir Ali, Tim Bresnan, and Adil Rashid.

Entering the 2012 season, having been afflicted by a second shoulder operation, Blackwell played few matches in the first half of the season for Durham. The county then agreed to loan him from August to Warwickshire, who required coverage for the four-week absence of spinner Jeetan Patel.


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