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Gareth Batty
England
Player profile
Full name Gareth Jon Batty
Born October 13, 1977, Bradford, Yorkshire
Current age 30 years 329 days
Major teams England, Surrey, Surrey Cricket Board, Worcestershire, Yorkshire
Nickname Boris, Nora
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Bingley Grammar
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
7 |
8 |
1 |
144 |
38 |
20.57 |
533 |
27.01 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| ODIs |
7 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
1.50 |
19 |
31.57 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| First-class |
121 |
184 |
36 |
4058 |
133 |
27.41 |
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2 |
21 |
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81 |
0 |
| List A |
164 |
131 |
29 |
1793 |
83* |
17.57 |
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0 |
5 |
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59 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
39 |
36 |
8 |
416 |
87 |
14.85 |
352 |
118.18 |
0 |
1 |
37 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
7 |
9 |
1394 |
733 |
11 |
3/55 |
5/153 |
66.63 |
3.15 |
126.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
7 |
7 |
362 |
294 |
4 |
2/40 |
2/40 |
73.50 |
4.87 |
90.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
121 |
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23588 |
11368 |
348 |
7/52 |
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32.66 |
2.89 |
67.7 |
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15 |
1 |
| List A |
164 |
|
6365 |
4808 |
137 |
4/27 |
4/27 |
35.09 |
4.53 |
46.4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
39 |
34 |
678 |
922 |
30 |
3/38 |
3/38 |
30.73 |
8.15 |
22.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, Oct 21-25, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, Jun 3-5, 2005 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 13, 2002 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
India v England at Kochi, Apr 6, 2006 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1997 |
| Last First-class |
Worcestershire v Warwickshire at Worcester, Sep 2-5, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1998 |
| Last List A |
Worcestershire v Gloucestershire at Worcester, Aug 30, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire at Worcester, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Worcestershire v Glamorgan at Worcester, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard |
Jack-in-the-box allrounder Gareth Batty had to jink around to find a regular first-team spot. Born in Bradford, he played for Yorkshire in 1997 before moving south to try his luck with Surrey. The young man then went west to Worcester, for whom he took 56 wickets with his offspin (and biffed 491 runs) in 2002. That won him a spot at the England Academy in Adelaide in 2002-03, and the selectors sent for him as they cast around for reinforcements during that winter's injury-plagued tour of Australia. Batty played two one-day internationals in Australia, impressing with his tight lines and feisty fielding, and with that in mind he was included in England's 14-man squad for the 2004 Champions Trophy. Doubts persisted about whether he turned it enough to trouble Test batsmen, but he was nevertheless selected for England's trip to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003. It was an eventful tour - he came close to drowning in a surfing accident in Galle, and at times struggled to keep his head above water with the ball. His batting against Muttiah Muralitharan, on the other hand, was a revelation, and he was instrumental in saving back-to-back Tests at Galle and Kandy. However, since then his chances have be limited to the occasional stand-in role, most notably during the Test in Antigua when Brian Lara reached 400. He has hardly featured since but has continued to perform consistently for Worcestershire, notbaly in 2006 when he took 43 wickets and scored 746 runs at 46.5.
Steven Lynch October 2006
Sep 22, 2007 |
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Andy Hodd stumps Gareth Batty off Mushtaq Ahmed
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Sep 13, 2007 |
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Gareth Batty and Stephen Moore with the Pro40 Division One trophy
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Sep 13, 2007 |
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Gareth Batty and Stephen Moore embrace after taking Worcestershire to victory
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