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Gareth Batty

England

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

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	7	8	1	144	38	20.57	533	27.01	0	0	15	2	3
ODIs	10	8	2	30	17	5.00	73	41.09	0	0	1	0	4
T20Is	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	7	57.14	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	135	204	36	4302	133	25.60			2	22			91
List A	185	147	31	1969	83*	16.97			0	5			66
Twenty20	50	43	11	441	87	13.78	385	114.54	0	1	37	12	21

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