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Ian Blackwell

England

Full name Ian David Blackwell

Born June 10, 1978, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Current age 31 years 165 days

Major teams England, Derbyshire, Durham, Somerset

Nickname Blackdog, Donkey, Le Donk

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education Manor Secondary School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	16	25.00	0	0	0	0	0
ODIs	34	29	2	403	82	14.92	465	86.66	0	1	38	9	8
First-class	165	245	19	9103	247*	40.27			23	47			59
List A	231	212	18	5337	134*	27.51			3	33			60
Twenty20	40	39	6	625	82	18.93	493	126.77	0	2	59	22	11

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	1	2	114	71	0	-	-	-	3.73	-	0	0
ODIs	34	26	1230	877	24	3/26	3/26	36.54	4.27	51.2	0	0
First-class	165		24423	11140	286	7/85		38.95	2.73	85.3		10
List A	231		8055	6422	184	5/26	5/26	34.90	4.78	43.7	3	1
Twenty20	40	38	739	877	27	4/26	4/26	32.48	7.12	27.3	1	0

Career statistics

Only Test	India v England at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Sep 18, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI	India v England at Indore, Apr 15, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1997
Last First-class	Worcestershire v Durham at Worcester, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997
Last List A	Somerset v Durham at Taunton, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Jul 27, 2009 scorecard

Profile

A fierce hitter and a tidy left-arm spinner whose first first-class wicket was Steve Waugh, the chunky Ian Blackwell was called up by England when Andrew Flintoff pulled out of the ICC Trophy in Sri Lanka in 2002. He owed that to an innate sense of timing: Blackwell whacked 28 off Matthew Hoggard in front of Duncan Fletcher in the County Championship earlier that season - though he didn't know Fletcher was at the ground - and smeared a matchwinning 86 off 53 balls in the televised C&G Trophy semi-final the same year. He started off at Derbyshire, before moving to Somerset in 2000, an appropriate move for a man who says he bases his batting style on Ian Botham. He has established a reputation as a retriever of lost causes with bat and ball. Despite a run of outs that left his face even redder than usual in the 2002-03 VB Series in Australia - he finished with 0, 0, 0 and 1 - he claimed a place in the 2003 World Cup squad. An unwillingness to adhere to England squad's strict fitness regime meant that he spent much of the following two years in the wilderness, but his appointment as Somerset captain heralded a new responsible outlook, and a recall to the England one-day squad for the tour of Pakistan. His Test debut came in India, but he looked out of his depth with both bat and ball, and the experiment lasted one match. Sadly, his progress stalled when he missed almost all of the 2006 season after surgery on his shoulder. After overcoming his injury problems he slowly restored his form and remained a consistent allrounder. Under Justin Langer's tough regime at Taunton he tried to change his lifestyle, with mixed results, but surprisingly lost his one-day place in 2008. At the end of the season, after nine years at Somerset, he made a significant move to Durham. He plays golf off a handicap of six, and lists Eminem among his favourite artists.
Andrew Miller November 2008

Notes

Walter Lawrence Trophy 2005