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Michael Yardy

England

Full name Michael Howard Yardy

Born November 27, 1980, Pembury, Kent

Current age 28 years 348 days

Major teams England, Sussex, Sussex Cricket Board

Nickname Yards, Paolo

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm medium, Left-arm slow

Height 6 ft 0 in

Education William Parker School, Hastings

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	6	5	1	49	19	12.25	120	40.83	0	0	1	0	1
T20Is	3	2	2	47	24*	-	32	146.87	0	0	4	1	2
First-class	120	204	19	7261	257	39.24			14	37			87
List A	146	129	17	2556	98*	22.82			0	16			61
Twenty20	47	36	15	568	68*	27.04	537	105.77	0	1	49	5	17

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	6	6	252	135	4	3/24	3/24	33.75	3.21	63.0	0	0
T20Is	3	3	60	85	2	1/20	1/20	42.50	8.50	30.0	0	0
First-class	120		3441	2003	26	5/83		77.03	3.49	132.3		1
List A	146		3959	3252	87	6/27	6/27	37.37	4.92	45.5	2	1
Twenty20	47	39	805	868	32	3/21	3/21	27.12	6.46	25.1	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Sep 8, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2000
Last First-class	Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1999
Last List A	Worcestershire v Sussex at Worcester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Eagles v Sussex at Delhi, Oct 13, 2009 scorecard

Profile

A compact and organised left-hander with a technique not dissimilar to Andrew Strauss's, Mike Yardy had been a Sussex stand-in until he cemented his right to a starting place by recording his maiden first-class century in defeat against Surrey, in the final match of the 2004 season. He began 2005 in identical fashion, with another hundred against Surrey, to trigger a run of form that carried him to the top of the domestic batting charts. His zenith arrived against the Bangladeshis at Hove, where he scored 257 - the highest score by a Sussex batsman against a touring team, beating George Cox jr's 234 against the 1946 Indians - and followed up with a career-best 5 for 83 with his left-arm spin. That was exactly double his previous tally of first-class wickets. His good form continued throughout the 2005 season leading to selection for the England A tour of West Indies, and ultimately a chance to push for a World Cup place when he was picked for the Champions Trophy. Though his bowling impressed, England's strange insistence that he bat at No. 4 meant that the overall image suffered, and he was quietly jettisoned. He was groomed as Chris Adams' success at Hove and took the reigns in 2009, leading the county to two one-day trophies - the Twenty20 Cup and Pro40 - but also presided over Championship relegation.
Andrew Miller