Adam Ball
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| Full name | Adam James Ball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1993 Greenwich, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–present | Kent (squad no. 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 26 April 2011 Kent v Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 4 September 2010 Kent v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 8 April 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 represented the 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 dismissing 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]
In 2013, Ball appeared only twice in the County Championship, but 9 times in the YB40.[13]
Career Best Performances
as of 9 November 2015
| Batting | Bowling | |||||||
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| Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | |
| FC | 69 | Kent v Lancashire | Canterbury | 2013 | 3-36 | Kent v Leicestershire | Leicester | 2011 |
| LA | 28 | Kent Spitfires v Warwickshire Bears | Birmingham | 2013 | 3-36 | Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks | Horsham | 2013 |
| T20 | 18 | Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles | Canterbury | 2012 | 2-18 | Kent Spitfires v Middlesex Panthers | Uxbridge | 2012 |
References
- ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Teams Adam Ball played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Durham v Kent, 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ Turbervill, Huw (12 September 2011). "First day-night County championship game between Kent and Glamorgan fails to wow crowds". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Kent bowler eyes all-rounder role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
External links
- Adam Ball at ESPNcricinfo
- Adam Ball at CricketArchive (subscription required)