Full name Gary Simon Ballance
Born November 22, 1989, Zimbabwe
Current age 31 years 57 days
Major teams England, Derbyshire, Derbyshire 2nd XI, England Lions, Mid West Rhinos, Yorkshire, Zimbabwe Under-19s
Nickname Gazza
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Education Peterhouse, Zimbabwe; Harrow School
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 23 | 42 | 2 | 1498 | 156 | 37.45 | 3176 | 47.16 | 4 | 7 | 195 | 8 | 22 | 0 |
ODIs | 16 | 15 | 1 | 297 | 79 | 21.21 | 443 | 67.04 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
First-class | 160 | 262 | 24 | 11282 | 210 | 47.40 | 21751 | 51.86 | 40 | 51 | 1461 | 65 | 120 | 0 |
List A | 110 | 102 | 14 | 4360 | 156 | 49.54 | 4841 | 90.06 | 8 | 26 | 378 | 82 | 43 | 0 |
T20s | 91 | 80 | 9 | 1648 | 79 | 23.21 | 1349 | 122.16 | 0 | 6 | 118 | 67 | 46 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 23 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 160 | 9 | 162 | 154 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.70 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20s | 91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 3-5, 2014 scorecard |
Last Test | England v South Africa at Nottingham, Jul 14-17, 2017 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Ireland v England at Dublin (Malahide), Sep 3, 2013 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Mar 1, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | Kent v Yorkshire at Canterbury, Jul 11-14, 2008 scorecard |
Last First-class | Warwickshire v Yorkshire at Birmingham, Sep 23-26, 2019 scorecard |
List A debut | Derbyshire v West Indies A at Derby, Aug 6, 2006 scorecard |
Last List A | Worcestershire v Yorkshire at Worcester, May 4, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Yorkshire v Warwickshire at Leeds, Jul 4, 2010 scorecard |
Last T20s | Yorkshire v Birmingham Bears at Leeds, Aug 4, 2019 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Yorkshire | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 23 Sep 2019 | FC |
4, 2 | Yorkshire | v Kent | Leeds | 16 Sep 2019 | FC |
35, 23 | Yorkshire | v Somerset | Taunton | 10 Sep 2019 | FC |
0, 61 | Yorkshire | v Notts | Scarborough | 18 Aug 2019 | FC |
11 | Yorkshire | v Bears | Leeds | 4 Aug 2019 | T20 |
4 | Yorkshire | v Worcs | Leeds | 2 Aug 2019 | T20 |
4 | Yorkshire | v Lancashire | Leeds | 25 Jul 2019 | T20 |
- | Yorkshire | v Leics | Leicester | 23 Jul 2019 | T20 |
5 | Yorkshire | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 20 Jul 2019 | T20 |
111 | Yorkshire | v Somerset | Leeds | 13 Jul 2019 | FC |
Few players have burned as brightly at the start of their international careers as Gary Ballance. From his debut in Sydney amid the wreckage of the 2013-14 Ashes, through to the West Indies tour the following winter, Ballance was a pillar of strength at No. 3 in the order. It took him just ten Tests, and 17 innings, to reach 1000 Test runs - behind only Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton as the fastest for England. At that point, he averaged 67.93, with four hundreds and five fifties.
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2014
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2015