Jake Ball

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Jake Ball
Personal information
Full name Jacob Timothy Ball
Born 14 March 1991
Goa India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Bruce French (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–present Nottinghamshire (squad no. 28)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 1 7 1
Runs scored 4 41 –
Batting average 4.00 20.50 –
100s/50s –/– –/– –/–
Top score 4 19* –
Balls bowled 126 246 6
Wickets 3 6 –
Bowling average 35.33 42.33 –
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling 3/72 3/32 –
Catches/stumpings –/– –/– –/–
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 in Goa, India 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

  1. ↑ "Player profile: Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "List A Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Nottinghamshire, 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Youth Test Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Youth Twenty20 International Matches played by Jake Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

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