Adam Ball

Personal information
Full name Adam James Ball
Born 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01) (age 19)
Greenwich, London, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010–present Kent (squad no. 24)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 9 10 13
Runs scored 184 66 22
Batting average 13.14 22.00 7.33
100s/50s –/– –/– –/–
Top score 46 19 15
Balls bowled 858 345 228
Wickets 15 13 10
Bowling average 37.33 23.00 28.00
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling 3/36 2/31 2/28
Catches/stumpings 5/– –/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 September 2011

Adam James Ball (born 1 March 1993) is an English cricketer. Ball is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Greenwich, London.

Ball presently represents England Under-19s, having made his debut for the team against Afghanistan Under-19s in a Youth One Day International in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup.[1] He has since gone on to play Youth Test and Youth Twenty20 Internationals.[2] During the 2010 season he made his debut for Kent in a List A match against Durham in the Clydesdale Bank 40,[3] during the match dimissing Phil Mustard for a duck.[4]

During the 2011 season, he made nine List A appearances in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.[3] Following his final List A appearance of that season against Derbyshire, Ball had taken his wicket tally in that format to 13 wickets at an average of 23.00, with best figures of 2/31.[5] With the bat he had scored 66 runs at a batting average of 22.00, with a high score of 19.[6] During this season he made his first-class debut for the county against Gloucestershire. During the course of the 2011 season he made eight further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Glamorgan,[7] in a match which was the first day/night County Championship match to be played in England.[8] In his nine first-class matches that season, he took 15 wickets at an average of 37.33, with best figures of 3/36.[9] With the bat, he scored 184 runs at an average of 13.14, with a high score of 46.[10] His Twenty20 debut came against Somerset in the 2011 Friends Provident t20, with Ball making twelve further appearances in that competition.[11] During the course of the competition he took 10 wickets at an average of 28.00, with best figures of 2/28.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Teams Adam Ball played for". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/all_teams.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "List A Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Durham v Kent, 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/263/263028.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  5. ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/a_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  6. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/a_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  7. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  8. ^ Turbervill, Huw (12 September 2011). "First day-night County championship game between Kent and Glamorgan fails to wow crowds". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/counties/8758981/First-day-night-County-championship-game-between-Kent-and-Glamorgan-fails-to-wow-crowds.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  9. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/f_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  10. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  11. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/Twenty20_Matches.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  12. ^ "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/235/235686/tt_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 

External links

Kent County Cricket Club – current squad