David Balcombe
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| Full name | David John Balcombe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 December 1984 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Balcs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2014 | Hampshire (squad no. 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → Kent (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David John Balcombe (born 24 December 1984) is an English cricketer. Balcombe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in the City of London and attended St. Johns School in Leatherhead.
Cricket career
Balcombe spent his early first-class career with Durham UCCE, where he played several matches against County Championship teams, his first coming against Somerset in April 2005. Despite being an expensive bowler in his early games, Balcombe occasionally hit successful patches with the ball, achieving his first five-wicket innings in July of the same year.
In the meantime, Balcombe had already represented the Surrey Second XI during 2004, though he moved to Hampshire for 2005, where he took a six-wicket haul in his first game for the Second XI. He joined Kent on a one-month loan deal in July 2011 and headed their bowling averages while he was there; there was speculation that he might join Kent but he returned to Hampshire who were relegated in his absence.[1]
He started the 2012 season in superb form. In his first County Championship match of the season, he returned career best bowling figures of 8 wickets for 71 runs versus Gloucestershire.
References
- ↑ "Hampshire bowler David Balcombe joins Kent on one-month loan deal". www.kentonline.co.uk. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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