Jake Ball

Jake Ball

English Right Arm Bowl

Personal Information

Full Name Jacob Timothy Ball
Date of Birth March 14, 1991
Nationality English
Height 6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)
Role Bowler/Right-arm fast-medium, Right-handed Batsman
Family Bruce French (Uncle), Neil French (Uncle)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
YOR vs SOM 0 0 0 0 0 4 27 3 6.75
SOM vs YOR 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 12 1 7.20
MID vs NOT 11 & 6 13 & 15 2 & 1 0 & 0 84.61 & 40.00 21 & 11 90 & 67 2 & 1 4.28 & 6.09
TRN vs WEL 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 2 6.50
SUR vs NOT 5 10 1 0 50.00 5 24 0 4.80

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 18 6 38 49 2 9.50 77.55 0 0 28 6 0 5 0
TESTs 4 8 67 125 0 8.37 53.60 0 0 31 8 1 1 0
T20Is 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
T20s 119 21 55 68 14 7.85 80.88 0 0 18 2 3 29 0
LISTAs 95 38 198 200 15 8.60 99.00 0 0 28 22 5 19 0
FIRSTCLASS 72 110 1077 1503 26 12.82 71.65 0 0 49 152 26 15 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 18 18 157.5 980 21 46.66 6.20 5/51 1 0
TESTs 4 6 102 343 3 114.33 3.36 1/47 0 0
T20Is 2 2 7 83 2 41.50 11.85 1/39 0 0
T20s 119 116 392.5 3529 158 22.33 8.98 4/11 0 0
LISTAs 95 90 672.4 3955 118 33.51 5.87 5/51 1 0
FIRSTCLASS 72 118 1807.3 6259 213 29.38 3.46 9/57 6 0

Jake Ball: A Brief Biography

Jake Ball Biography


Jacob Timothy “Jake” Ball, the English Cricketer, was born on 14th March, 1991 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.


The Right- handed medium pace bowler hails from a French family. He is the nephew of the former England and Nottinghamshire wicketkeeper French Bruce.


Background


Ball made his Under 19 debut for England in July 2010 during the two Youth Tests against Sri Lanka in England. He made his List A debut for Nottinghamshire during the Pro40 tournament in 2009.


He made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire in 2011 against Marylebone Cricket Club in Abu Dhabi. He picked up 3 wickets in that match. He made a single T20 appearance for Nottinghamshire that season, against Lancashire. His performances for Nottinghamshire made him the club’s young player of the year in 2012.


Debut


He got his maiden England call up against Sri Lanka. He did not get into the playing XI in that series. He made his debut against Pakistan at Lord’s. He picked 1 wicket in the 1st innings and remained wicketless in the 2nd innings. Pakistan beat England by 75 runs in that match.


He made his ODI debut for England against Bangladesh in Dhaka during the 1st ODI of the tour. He bowled impressively and picked up a fifer. He ended the match with the figures of 5/51.


Rise to Glory


His fine performances in the limited overs earned him a place in the Test series against India. He got a place in the team in the 4th test where he picked up 1 wicket in the only innings that England bowled in, as they lost by an innings and 36 runs. In the final test he went wicketless and again England lost by an innings and 75 runs, eventually losing the series 4-0.


In the ODI series against India picked 5 wickets from 3 matches.


Low Points


He could not perform very well in the Tests and was subsequently in and out of the team. He averages 114.3 in tests. He also could not find place in the T20 team due to his high economy rate. In an ODI against West Indies in Southampton, he conceded 94 runs in his 10 overs which is the 3rd highest for an England bowler.


Club Career


He represents Nottinghamshire on the County Cricket team and in 2016 played for the Marylebone Cricket Club.


Records


He is the first England bowler to take a 5-wicket haul on ODI debut. He ended up with figures of 5/51 from his 10 overs. He received man of the match award for this spell.