Full Name

Jack Andrew Leaning

Born

October 18, 1993, Bristol

Age

30y 162d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

Jack Leaning, a top-order batsman and occasional offspinner, was born in Bristol but learned the game in the York area before he made a 40-over debut for Yorkshire against Warwickshire at Scarborough in August, 2012. The following year he made a Championship and Twenty20 debut before a promising season in 2014 which included a Championship title - his best being 99 against Sussex at Arundel when a reflex catch by James Tredwell denied him a maiden Championship hundred. That hundred came instead in a 50-over match against Essex at Scarborough.

Leaning's haul of 922 Championship runs from 15 matches included three more hundreds and he was named as Yorkshire's Young Player of the Year award as well as collecting a similar award from the Cricket Writers' Club. High expectations, perhaps excessive, were not met during two mediocre seasons that followed (although he did serve up a Roses Championship hundred in 2017) when his biggest impact was made as a T20 hitter.

His father Andy was a former York City goalkeeper and Leeds United goalkeeping coach and Jack was on the books at Sheffield United before turning to cricket. He was a highly regarded junior for Yorkshire since making a century on debut for the U-13s against Cumbria at Sedbergh School.
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Jack Leaning Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC112182215319220*33.031240942.86830638201070
List A625481503137*32.67180983.083710725330
T20s1058922185481*27.671416130.930712173560

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC1126927401794333/644/8054.363.9283.0000
List A6220537474145/225/2233.855.2938.3010
T20s10532384494213/153/1523.527.7118.2000

Recent Matches of Jack Leaning

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Kent vs Lancashire341/16 & 3/6426-Sep-2023CanterburyFC
Kent vs Somerset3 & 0*1/3419-Sep-2023TauntonFC
Kent vs Notts64 & 60/1310-Sep-2023CanterburyFC
Kent 2nd XI vs Essex 2nd XI101 & 391/5904-Sep-2023BillericayOTHER
Kent vs Hampshire13--22-Aug-2023NewportList A

Photos of Jack Leaning

Jack Leaning gets down and works to leg
Jack Leaning pulls during his 79
Jack Leaning swats into the leg side
Kent's players applaud Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning and Darren Stevens off the field
Jack Leaning pulls during his career-best knock
Jack Leaning and Jordan Cox pose in front of the scoreboard