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Gary Ballance

Full Name
Gary Simon Ballance
Born
22-11-1989 Harare, Zimbabwe
Current Age
31 years old
Major Teams
England
Batting Style
Left-hand bat
Bowling Style
Leg-break
Gary Ballance

Photos: Gary Ballance

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    Jason Holder shatters Gary Ballance’s middle stump

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Videos: Gary Ballance

  • VIDEO: Yasir Shah's does a Shane Warne to Gary Ballance

    VIDEO: Yasir Shah's does a Shane Warne to Gary Ballance

  • Watch Yasir Shah’s magical ‘ball of the match’ to dismiss Gary Ballance

    Watch Yasir Shah’s magical ‘ball of the match’ to dismiss Gary Ballance

  • Gary Ballance: Jason Gillespie would do a great job if appointed England coach

    Gary Ballance: Jason Gillespie would do a great job if appointed England coach

  • Centurion Bell happy with England's progress

    Centurion Bell happy with England's progress

Gary Ballance Biography

Gary Ballance, born in Harare, went onto play at the Under-19 level for Zimbabwe. But he migrated to England in search of greener pastures. He played in Second XI Championship games before going onto play for Derbyshire in a few Pro40 matches. His uncle and former Zimbabwe captain, David Houghton was the director of Derbyshire then.
 
By the end of 2007 he left Derbyshire and joined Yorkshire academy. He made his County debut for them back in 2008. However, it was only in 2011 did Balance start to perform well in the County circuit. Impressive performances for England Lions saw him make his One-Day International (ODI) debut in 2013 against Ireland at Dublin.
 
Ballance got a chance to adorn a first Test cap in the final Test of the Ashes series in 2013-14, where he looked somewhat out of his depth against Mitchell Johnson. But in his defence, senior players in the English camp as well found Johnson too hot to handle, during that series.
 
It was during the Test series against Sri Lanka in 2014 did Ballance make his mark in Tests. He made a fine hundred at Lord’s. Essentially a back-foot player, Ballance has an excellent assortment of strokes in his repertoire, but excels square of the wicket on both sides.

Ballance went on to assert his dominance at the No. 3 position after scoring heavily in the series against West Indies in April 2015, but a string of poor scores meant that he lost his place in the side and consequently was not given a central contract by ECB for 2015-16.

Bharath Ramaraj

Gary Ballance Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 23 42 1498 2 156 37.45 3176 47.16 4 7 195 8 22 0
ODIs 16 15 297 1 79 21.21 443 67.04 0 2 21 1 8 0
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 4 4 36 0 10 9.000 71 50.70 0 0 3 0 1 0

Gary Ballance Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 23 12 5 0 -- 2.500 -- 0 --
ODIs 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Gary Ballance Career statistics

Test Debut

Australia v England at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, January 3, 2014

Last Test

England v South Africa at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, July 14, 2017

ODI Debut

Ireland v England at The Village, Malahide, Dublin, September 3, 2013

Last ODI

England v Sri Lanka at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, March 1, 2015

News ON Gary Ballance

Gary Ballance extends stay at Yorkshire by two years

Ballance has been with the club since 2008 and has expressed his desire to finish his career.

Captain Moeen Ali fails to score big in Ashes tour game

Opener Keaton Jennings top scored but Test all-rounder Moeen Ali missed out on runs in England's two-day tour game against a Cricket ...

Damien Fleming slams England’s batting ahead of The Ashes; calls it “one of the worst” to play Tests

Damien Fleming went to criticise the likes of Keaton Jennings, Dawid Malan and Gary Ballance.

Debutant Tom Westley to replace Gary Ballance in third Test against South Africa

Tom Westley has been a consistent scorer at the County Level for Essex and has scored 478 runs in the Championship this season, ...

Mitchell Johnson: England have serious issues to deal with before Ashes

Last time England travelled Down Under to play the Ashes, they were ripped apart by a handlebar-moustached Mitchell Johnson.

Trevor Bayliss concerned with England’s inconsistency

England are now 1-1 with two to play ahead of next week's third Test at The Oval, with a revitalised South Africa keen to maintain an ...

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Features ON Gary Ballance

    India vs England 2016: Gary Ballance’s time to balance middle-order; justify selectors’ faith

    Gary Ballance, after a promising start to his Test career, has been fading away with time.

    Gary Ballance: Headline-writer’s dream, correspondent’s nightmare

    The next time he keys in Ballance, Microsoft Word again promptly helps out by changing it back to Balance; as it did just now in the ...

    Gary Ballance’s inclusion ahead of other heavy run-scorers for England vs Pakistan, 1st Test surprising

    Gary Ballance has just scored 471 runs at 33.64 in 15 innings for Yorkshire this season.

    A hint of bounce in the wicket and Gary Ballance is exposed

    An orthodox and traditional left-handed Garry Ballance reminds us of the textbook English style of batting but has looked vulnerable ...

    West Indies vs England, Day 5, 2nd Test at Grenada: James Anderson’s fiery spell, Gary Ballance’s record and other highlights

    England won the second Test against West Indies by nine wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

    England squad balanced to retain record fourth Ashes by picking Ballance, Rankin, Panesar and Tremlett

    England announced a 17-man squad on September 23 for the winter tour of Australia in a bid to win their fourth Ashes series on the ...

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