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Jacob Timothy Ball (born 14 March 1991) is an English cricketer. Ball is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium pace. He was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England and educated at the Meden School in Market Warsop.[1] On 14 July 2016 he made his Test debut for England against Pakistan.[2] His uncle, Bruce French, also played Test cricket for England and was chosen to present Ball with his England cap before his Test debut in July 2016.[3]

Jake Ball

Ball in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Timothy Ball
Born	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 31) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Height	6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	Bruce French (uncle) Neil French (uncle)
International information
National side	England (2016–2018)
Test debut (cap 671)	14 July 2016 v Pakistan
Last Test	23 November 2017 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 245)	7 October 2016 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	24 June 2018 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 82)	6 July 2018 v India
Last T20I	8 July 2018 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–present	Nottinghamshire (squad no. 28)
2020/21	Sydney Sixers (squad no. 24)
2021–present	Welsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 4 18 68 96 Runs scored 67 38 1,044 198 Batting average 8.37 9.50 13.05 8.60 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 31 28 49* 28 Balls bowled 612 947 10,317 4,060 Wickets 3 21 206 118 Bowling average 114.33 46.66 28.50 33.76 5 wickets in innings 0 1 6 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/47 5/51 6/49 5/51 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 13/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 October 2022

Under-19s Career

Ball made his debut for England Under-19s in July 2010, playing two Youth Test matches against Sri Lanka Under-19s at the County Ground, Northampton and North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough.[4] It was during this series that he made his only Youth One Day International appearance at Fenner's, Cambridge and his only Youth Twenty20 International appearance at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.[5][6]

Domestic career

Ball made his debut for Nottinghamshire in a List A match in the 2009 Pro40 against Sussex in what was his only appearance that season. He was notably West Indian Dwayne Smith's hat-trick wicket in this match. He next appeared for Nottinghamshire in the 2010 season in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 against Leicestershire, again his only appearance in that season.[7] In the 2011 season, he made his first-class debut in the season starting Champion County match against the Marylebone Cricket Club at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.[8] He bowled five wicketless overs in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings, while in Nottinghamshire's first-innings he was dismissed for 4 by Hamid Hassan. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's second-innings, he ended with figures of 3/72 from 16 overs. He ended Nottinghamshire's second-innings unbeaten on zero, with Nottinghamshire losing the match by 174 runs.[9]

Though this was his only first-class appearance that season, he did make five further List A appearances for the county.[7] To date, he has taken a total of 6 wickets in these matches, which have come at an average of 42.33, with best figures of 3/32,[10] while with the bat he has scored 41 runs in five innings at a batting average of 20.50, with a high score of 19 not out.[11] He also made a single Twenty20 appearance against Lancashire in the Friends Provident t20 at Old Trafford.[12]

In February 2022, he was retained by Welsh Fire for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[13]

International career

In May 2016, he received his maiden call to play for England national cricket team against Sri Lanka for the opening match at Headingley.[14] Ball was not selected for the final XI, but did make his Test debut two months later, in the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's. Ball took figures of 1-51 in Pakistan’s first innings, but failed to take a wicket in the second innings. Pakistan went on to win the match by 75 runs.

In his debut ODI, Ball took figures of 5-51 to help England win the first match by 21 runs.[15] In doing so he became the first English player to take a five wicket haul on their ODI debut.[16] In the second ODI, he finished with 2-44, but England lost by 34 runs to leave the series tied at 1-1. In the final match of the series, Ball did not take a wicket a finished with 0-44, but England won the match by 4 wickets to win the series 2-1.

Ball played in the fourth Test match against India, with England already 2-0 down in the series. He took 1-47 in India’s first innings, as England lost the match by an innings and 36 runs. He kept his place for the final Test of the series, and took figures of 0-93 as India scored 759/7 and won the match by an innings and 75 runs, losing the series 4-0.

In the first ODI against India Ball took figures of 3-67 as England lost by three wickets. In the second match he took 0-80 as India posted 381/6 and England lost by 15 runs. In the third ODI he took 2-56 as England won by 5 runs.

In June 2018, he was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against India.[17] He made his T20I debut for England on 6 July 2018.[18]

References

External links

• Jake Ball at ESPNcricinfo

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