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Gary Ballance

Zimbabwe

Full name Gary Simon Ballance

Born November 22, 1989, Zimbabwe

Current age 22 years 82 days

Major teams Derbyshire, Derbyshire 2nd XI, Mid West Rhinos, Yorkshire, Zimbabwe Under-19s

Nickname Gazza

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm slow

Education Peterhouse, Zimbabwe; Harrow School

Relation Uncle - WJ Houghton, Uncle - DL Houghton

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	32	57	9	2662	210	55.45	5073	52.47	11	13	321	21	34
List A	26	25	6	1075	135*	56.57	1181	91.02	3	4	100	25	11
Twenty20	28	25	3	533	67	24.22	458	116.37	0	2	37	20	7

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	32	3	24	17	0	-	-	-	4.25	-	0	0	0
List A	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	Kent v Yorkshire at Canterbury, Jul 11-14, 2008 scorecard
Last First-class	Mountaineers v Mid West Rhinos at Mutare, Feb 6-9, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	Derbyshire v West Indies A at Derby, Aug 6, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Mountaineers v Mid West Rhinos at Mutare, Feb 4, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Yorkshire v Warwickshire at Leeds, Jul 4, 2010 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Mashonaland Eagles v Mid West Rhinos at Harare, Dec 2, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
30, 116	Rhinos	v Mountaineers	Mutare	6 Feb 2012	First-class
120	Rhinos	v Mountaineers	Mutare	4 Feb 2012	List A
101, 11	Rhinos	v Eagles	Harare	23 Jan 2012	First-class
17	Rhinos	v Eagles	Harare	21 Jan 2012	List A
77*	Rhinos	v Rocks	Kwekwe	14 Jan 2012	List A
124, 3	Rhinos	v Rocks	Kwekwe	9 Jan 2012	First-class
8	Rhinos	v Eagles	Harare	2 Dec 2011	Twenty20
53*	Rhinos	v Eagles	Harare	30 Nov 2011	Twenty20
67	Rhinos	v Tuskers	Harare	29 Nov 2011	Twenty20
8	Rhinos	v Rocks	Harare	26 Nov 2011	Twenty20

Profile

Born in Zimbabwe, Gary Ballance was already on Derbyshire's books as a 16-year-old and made a handful of appearances for them in 2006 and 2007. This followed a decent showing at the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in February 2006 when his offspinners collected three wickets in the win over England and he struck an impressive 53 against the tournament hosts. An innings of 73 against Hampshire in a Pro40 match in August 2006 caught the eye but after limited chances in 2007 he signed an Academy contract with Yorkshire. There, he eventually forced his way into the First XI, and was one of Yorkshire's better players during the 2011 summer , during which the team suffered from several dire batting performances. He added 717 runs at 42.17 in the championship and 331 runs at 55.16 in the Clydesdale Bank 40, and was rewarded with a two-year contract extension. During the winter off-season, he continued to ply his trade for Mid West Rhinos in Zimbabwe, and made a big entrance in his second season with them by cracking the first double hundred of his career to set up an innings victory over Southern Rocks.