Full name Gareth Jon Batty
Born October 13, 1977, Bradford, Yorkshire
Current age 31 years 272 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
| 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 | 133 | 201 | 36 | 4230 | 133 | 25.63 | 2 | 22 | 89 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 177 | 142 | 31 | 1919 | 83* | 17.28 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 50 | 43 | 11 | 441 | 87 | 13.78 | 385 | 114.54 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 0 |
| 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 | 133 | 25327 | 12275 | 366 | 7/52 | 33.53 | 2.90 | 69.1 | 15 | 1 | |||
| List A | 177 | 6893 | 5155 | 155 | 5/35 | 5/35 | 33.25 | 4.48 | 44.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 50 | 45 | 912 | 1173 | 41 | 3/21 | 3/21 | 28.60 | 7.71 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Lancashire v Worcestershire at Manchester, Jul 10-12, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1998 |
| Last List A | Worcestershire v Ireland at Worcester, May 20, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Worcestershire v Northamptonshire at Worcester, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Northampton, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard |
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.
Steven Lynch March 2009
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