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Ian Blackwell
England
Player profile
Full name Ian David Blackwell
Born June 10, 1978, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Current age 30 years 119 days
Major teams England, Derbyshire, Somerset
Nickname Blackdog, Donkey, Le Donk
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Manor Secondary School
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
4.00 |
16 |
25.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
34 |
29 |
2 |
403 |
82 |
14.92 |
465 |
86.66 |
0 |
1 |
38 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
| First-class |
147 |
221 |
16 |
8154 |
247* |
39.77 |
|
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21 |
41 |
|
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55 |
0 |
| List A |
216 |
197 |
18 |
4951 |
134* |
27.65 |
|
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3 |
30 |
|
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55 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
30 |
29 |
5 |
498 |
82 |
20.75 |
381 |
130.70 |
0 |
1 |
47 |
18 |
10 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
1 |
2 |
114 |
71 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.73 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
34 |
26 |
1230 |
877 |
24 |
3/26 |
3/26 |
36.54 |
4.27 |
51.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
147 |
|
21682 |
10076 |
239 |
7/90 |
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42.15 |
2.78 |
90.7 |
|
7 |
0 |
| List A |
216 |
|
7399 |
5912 |
162 |
5/26 |
5/26 |
36.49 |
4.79 |
45.6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
30 |
28 |
577 |
694 |
23 |
4/26 |
4/26 |
30.17 |
7.21 |
25.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Only Test |
India v England at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Sep 18, 2002 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
India v England at Indore, Apr 15, 2006 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1997 |
| Last First-class |
Somerset v Lancashire at Taunton, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1997 |
| Last List A |
Kent v Somerset at Beckenham, Jun 4-5, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Warwickshire v Somerset at Birmingham, Jun 24, 2008 scorecard |
A fierce hitter and a tidy left-arm spinner whose first first-class wicket was Steve Waugh, the chunky Ian Blackwell was called up by England when Andrew Flintoff pulled out of the ICC Trophy in Sri Lanka in 2002. He owed that to an innate sense of timing: Blackwell whacked 28 off Matthew Hoggard in front of Duncan Fletcher in the County Championship earlier that season - though he didn't know Fletcher was at the ground - and smeared a matchwinning 86 off 53 balls in the televised C&G Trophy semi-final the same year. He started off at Derbyshire, before moving to Somerset in 2000, an appropriate move for a man who says he bases his batting style on Ian Botham. He has established a reputation as a retriever of lost causes with bat and ball. Despite a run of outs that left his face even redder than usual in the 2002-03 VB Series in Australia - he finished with 0, 0, 0 and 1 - he claimed a place in the 2003 World Cup squad. An unwillingness to adhere to England squad's strict fitness regime meant that he spent much of the following two years in the wilderness, but his appointment as Somerset captain heralded a new responsible outlook, and a recall to the England one-day squad for the tour of Pakistan. His Test debut came in India, but he looked out of his depth with both bat and ball, and the experiment lasted one match. Sadly, his progress stalled when he missed almost all of the 2006 season after surgery on his shoulder. He plays golf off a handicap of six, and lists Eminem among his favourite artists.
Andrew Miller August 2006
Walter Lawrence Trophy 2005
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Ian Blackwell drives down the ground as Somerset struggle at Taunton
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Sep 24, 2008 |
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Tom Smith celebrates catching Ian Blackwell
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Sep 18, 2008 |
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Ian Blackwell pushes through the covers
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