Adam Ball

Adam Ball
Personal information
Full name Adam James Ball
Born (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993
Greenwich, London, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–present Kent (squad no. 24)
FC debut 26 April 2011 Kent v Gloucestershire
LA debut 4 September 2010 Kent v Durham
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 25 26 36
Runs scored 659 164 142
Batting average 19.96 13.66 11.83
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/0
Top score 69 28 18
Balls bowled 1,860 825 582
Wickets 26 22 27
Bowling average 49.03 35.50 29.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/36 3/36 2/18
Catches/stumpings 15/– 4/– 22/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 April 2016

Adam James Ball (born 1 March 1993) is an English cricketer. Ball is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Greenwich, London.

Ball presently represented the England Under-19s, having made his debut for the team against Afghanistan Under-19s in a Youth One Day International in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup.[1] He has since gone on to play Youth Test and Youth Twenty20 Internationals.[2] During the 2010 season he made his debut for Kent in a List A match against Durham in the Clydesdale Bank 40,[3] during the match dismissing Phil Mustard for a duck.[4]

During the 2011 season, he made nine List A appearances in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.[3] Following his final List A appearance of that season against Derbyshire, Ball had taken his wicket tally in that format to 13 wickets at an average of 23.00, with best figures of 2/31.[5] With the bat he had scored 66 runs at a batting average of 22.00, with a high score of 19.[6] During this season he made his first-class debut for the county against Gloucestershire. During the course of the 2011 season he made eight further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Glamorgan,[7] in a match which was the first day/night County Championship match to be played in England.[8] In his nine first-class matches that season, he took 15 wickets at an average of 37.33, with best figures of 3/36.[9] With the bat, he scored 184 runs at an average of 13.14, with a high score of 46.[10] His Twenty20 debut came against Somerset in the 2011 Friends Provident t20, with Ball making twelve further appearances in that competition.[11] During the course of the competition he took 10 wickets at an average of 28.00, with best figures of 2/28.[12]

In 2013, Ball appeared only twice in the County Championship, but 9 times in the YB40.[13]

Career Best Performances

as of 9 November 2015

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 69 Kent v Lancashire Canterbury 2013 3-36 Kent v Leicestershire Leicester 2011
LA 28 Kent Spitfires v Warwickshire Bears Birmingham 2013 3-36 Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks Horsham 2013
T20 18 Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles Canterbury 2012 2-18 Kent Spitfires v Middlesex Panthers Uxbridge 2012

References

  1. "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. "Teams Adam Ball played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "List A Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. "Durham v Kent, 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. "List A Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  7. "First-Class Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  8. Turbervill, Huw (12 September 2011). "First day-night County championship game between Kent and Glamorgan fails to wow crowds". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  9. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  10. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  11. "Twenty20 Matches played by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  12. "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Adam Ball". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  13. "Kent bowler eyes all-rounder role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

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