Jason Holder shatters Gary Ballance’s middle stump
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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.
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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 |
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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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
Ballance has been with the club since 2008 and has expressed his desire to finish his career.
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