Eddie Ballard
Edward Christopher Ballard (born 15 August 1989) is an English cricketer. Ballard is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Harlow, Essex.
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Full name | Edward Christopher Ballard | ||||||||||||||
Born | Harlow, Essex, England | 15 August 1989||||||||||||||
Nickname | Eddie, Bollard | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Cambridge UCCE | ||||||||||||||
2009–2016 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 March 2012 |
Having been educated at Hockerill Anglo-European College, Ballard undertook his university studies at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. While studying there, he made his first-class debut for Cambridge UCCE against Somerset in 2008. He made three further first-class appearances for the team, the last of which came against Essex in 2009.[1] He struggled against the first-class opponents he played against, scoring a total of 34 runs in his four first-class matches, which came at an average of 5.66, with a high score of 33.[2] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Ballard has played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 2009–16 and from 2016 for Cambridgeshire.[3]
References
- "First-Class Matches played by Eddie Ballard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Eddie Ballard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Eddie Ballard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.