Jake Ball
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| Full name | Jacob Timothy Ball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 March 1991 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Bruce French (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–present | Nottinghamshire (squad no. 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 9 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacob 'Jake' Timothy Ball (born 14 March 1991) is an English cricketer. Ball is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and educated at the Meden School in Mansfield.[1] His uncle, Bruce French, played Test cricket for England.
County career
Ball made his debut for Nottinghamshire in a List A match in the 2009 Pro40 against Sussex in what was his only appearance that season. He was notably West Indian Dwayne Smith's hat-trick wicket in this match. He next appeared for Nottinghamshire in the 2010 season in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 against Leicestershire, again his only appearance in that season.[2] In the 2011 season, he made his first-class debut in the season starting Champion County match against the Marylebone Cricket Club at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.[3] He bowled five wicketless overs in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings, while in Nottinghamshire's first-innings he was dismissed for 4 by Hamid Hassan. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's second-innings, he ended with figures of 3/72 from 16 overs. He ended Nottinghamshire's second-innings unbeaten on zero, with Nottinghamshire losing the match by 174 runs.[4]
Though this was his only first-class appearance that season, he did make five further List A appearances for the county.[2] To date, he has taken a total of 6 wickets in these matches, which have come at an average of 42.33, with best figures of 3/32,[5] while with the bat he has scored 41 runs in five innings at a batting average of 20.50, with a high score of 19 not out.[6] He also made a single Twenty20 appearance against Lancashire in the Friends Provident t20 at Old Trafford.[7]
International career
Ball made his debut for England Under-19s in July 2010, playing two Youth Test matches against Sri Lanka Under-19s at the County Ground, Northampton and North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough.[8] It was during this series that he made his only Youth One Day International appearance at Fenner's, Cambridge and his only Youth Twenty20 International appearance at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Player profile: Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "List A Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Nottinghamshire, 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Youth Test Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Youth Twenty20 International Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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