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Full name Gareth Jon Batty
Born October 13, 1977, Bradford, Yorkshire
Current age 31 years 36 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

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

144

20.57

533

27.01

ODIs

1.50

31.57

First-class

122

186

4061

133

27.07

List A

166

133

1818

83*

17.65

Twenty20

416

14.85

352

118.18

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

1394

733

3/55

5/153

66.63

3.15

126.7

ODIs

362

294

2/40

73.50

4.87

90.5

First-class

122

23750

11452

352

7/52

32.53

2.89

67.4

List A

166

6443

4858

143

4/14

33.97

4.52

45.0

Twenty20

678

922

3/38

30.73

8.15

22.6

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

India v England at Kochi, Apr 6, 2006 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1997

Last First-class

Worcestershire v Middlesex at Kidderminster, Sep 17-19, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1998

Last List A

Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Sep 21, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Worcestershire v Northamptonshire at Worcester, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Worcestershire v Glamorgan at Worcester, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

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. He has hardly featured since but has continued to perform consistently for Worcestershire, notbaly in 2006 when he took 43 wickets and scored 746 runs at 46.5.
Steven Lynch October 2006

Sep 22, 2007

Andy Hodd stumps Gareth Batty off Mushtaq Ahmed © Getty Images

Sep 13, 2007

Gareth Batty and Stephen Moore with the Pro40 Division One trophy © Getty Images

Sep 13, 2007

Gareth Batty and Stephen Moore embrace after taking Worcestershire to victory © Getty Images

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