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Gareth Batty      

Full name Gareth Jon Batty

Born October 13, 1977, Bradford, Yorkshire

Current age 32 years 40 days

Major teams England, Surrey, Surrey Cricket Board, Worcestershire, Yorkshire

Nickname Boris, Nora

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education Bingley Grammar

Gareth Jon Batty
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 7 8 1 144 38 20.57 533 27.01 0 0 15 2 3 0
ODIs 10 8 2 30 17 5.00 73 41.09 0 0 1 0 4 0
T20Is 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 7 57.14 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 135 204 36 4302 133 25.60 2 22 91 0
List A 185 147 31 1969 83* 16.97 0 5 66 0
Twenty20 50 43 11 441 87 13.78 385 114.54 0 1 37 12 21 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 7 9 1394 733 11 3/55 5/153 66.63 3.15 126.7 0 0 0
ODIs 10 9 440 366 5 2/40 2/40 73.20 4.99 88.0 0 0 0
T20Is 1 1 18 17 0 - - - 5.66 - 0 0 0
First-class 135 25501 12380 368 7/52 33.64 2.91 69.2 15 1
List A 185 7265 5452 160 5/35 5/35 34.07 4.50 45.4 5 1 0
Twenty20 50 45 912 1173 41 3/21 3/21 28.60 7.71 22.2 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, Oct 21-25, 2003 scorecard
Last Test England v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, Jun 3-5, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 13, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Mar 27, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 15, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 1997
Last First-class Sussex v Worcestershire at Hove, Aug 11-13, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 1998
Last List A Worcestershire v Sussex at Worcester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Worcestershire v Northamptonshire at Worcester, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Northampton, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Jack-in-the-box allrounder Gareth Batty had to jink around to find a regular first-team spot. Born in Bradford, he played for Yorkshire in 1997 before moving south to try his luck with Surrey. The young man then went west to Worcester, for whom he took 56 wickets with his offspin (and biffed 491 runs) in 2002. That won him a spot at the England Academy in Adelaide in 2002-03, and the selectors sent for him as they cast around for reinforcements during that winter's injury-plagued tour of Australia. Batty played two one-day internationals in Australia, impressing with his tight lines and feisty fielding, and with that in mind he was included in England's 14-man squad for the 2004 Champions Trophy. Doubts persisted about whether he turned it enough to trouble Test batsmen, but he was nevertheless selected for England's trip to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003. It was an eventful tour - he came close to drowning in a surfing accident in Galle, and at times struggled to keep his head above water with the ball. His batting against Muttiah Muralitharan, on the other hand, was a revelation, and he was instrumental in saving back-to-back Tests at Galle and Kandy. However, since then his chances have be limited to the occasional stand-in role, most notably during the Test in Antigua when Brian Lara reached 400. Despite consistent seasons for Worcestershire he was overtaken by other spinners, but was briefly recalled to the one-day squad to face West Indies in 2009. Not content with the ambition shown at Worcestershire, he made himself available to switch counties in the 2009 summer, with plenty showing an interest.
Steven Lynch August 2009

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Mar 17, 2009

Gareth Batty works alongside Adil Rashid and England training, Guyana, March 17, 2009

Gareth Batty works alongside Adil Rashid and England training

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Sep 22, 2007

Andy Hodd stumps Gareth Batty off Mushtaq Ahmed, Sussex v Worcestershire, Hove, September 21, 2007

Andy Hodd stumps Gareth Batty off Mushtaq Ahmed

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Sep 13, 2007

Gareth Batty and Stephen Moore with the Pro40 Division One trophy, Gloucester v Worcestershire, Pro40 Division One, Bristol, September 13, 2007

Gareth Batty and Stephen Moore with the Pro40 Division One trophy

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Country Fixtures Country Results
2nd ODI: South Africa v England at Centurion
Nov 22 (10:00 local, 08:00 GMT)
3rd ODI: South Africa v England at Cape Town
Nov 27 (14:30 local, 12:30 GMT)
4th ODI: South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth
Nov 29 (10:00 local, 08:00 GMT)
5th ODI: South Africa v England at Durban
Dec 4 (14:30 local, 12:30 GMT)
SAA Ch XI v England XI at East London
Dec 9-10 (10:30 local, 08:30 GMT)
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