Adam Ball

Adam James Ball (born 1 March 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Suffolk County Cricket Club. Ball is a batting allrounder who played top level cricket for Kent County Cricket Club from 2010 until 2017 and was captain of the England Under-19 cricket team.

Adam Ball

Personal information
Full name	Adam James Ball
Born	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 Greenwich, London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–2017	Kent (squad no. 24)
2018	Suffolk
FC debut	26 April 2011 Kent v Gloucestershire
Last FC	6 August 2017 Kent v West Indians
LA debut	4 September 2010 Kent v Durham
Last LA	27 May 2017 Kent v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 31 32 38 Runs scored 855 232 142 Batting average 20.35 15.46 11.83 100s/50s 0/4 0/0 0/0 Top score 69 40* 18 Balls bowled 2,268 933 588 Wickets 34 22 27 Bowling average 44.05 39.40 30.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/36 3/36 2/18 Catches/stumpings 20/– 10/– 22/–
Source: CricInfo, 2 October 2017

Early life and education

Ball was born in Greenwich in south-east London. He was educated at Beths Grammar School in Bexley and at the University of Kent where he studied Sports Science.[1][2] He was a member of the Kent Cricket Academy and won a sponsorship to study at the university whilst a member of the county squad.[3] As a child, Ball was a "promising footballer" who played for Arsenal in under-9 to under-12 age group teams.[4]

Cricket career

Ball grew up playing for Bexley Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League. He was called in to the England under-19 squad in December 2009 as a 16 year old and made his debut in January 2010 against Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup.[5] He signed his first professional contract with Kent in February of the same year, still only 16.[6]

His senior Kent debut came later in 2010 against Durham in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 and was followed by his first-class cricket debut the following season against Gloucestershire.[7][8]

Ball played for England under-19s until 2012, captaining the side in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia.[9] After an immediate impact in Kent's limited overs sides he later found opportunities to play for Kent "limited".[9][10] He was released by Kent at the end of the 2017 season,[11] joining Suffolk County Cricket Club as a professional player in March 2018.[12] Ball played for Copdock and Old Ipswichian in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League during the season, but his work commitments meant that he was unable to play as frequently as required and he was not re-engaged as a professional by the county in 2019.[13]

References

1. Men's squad, Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2017, p.24. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
2. Kent Sport cricket masterclass, University of Kent, 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
3. Adam Ball receives scholarship from Kent Cricket Academy and the University of Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
4. Adam Ball, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
5. Adam Ball earns England call-up for U-19 World Cup, CricInfo, 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
6. Adam Ball signs for Kent, CricInfo, 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
7. Turbervill H (2011) First day-night County championship game between Kent and Glamorgan fails to wow crowds, The Daily Telegraph, 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
8. Adam Ball, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
9. Kent's Adam Ball honoured to captain England Under-19s, BBC Sport, 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
10. Kent captain Rob Key praises Adam Ball's one-day impact, BBC Sport, 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
11. Hoad A (2017) Kent all-rounder Adam Ball and seamer Hugh Bernard set for move away from club, Kent Online, 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
12. Garnham N (2018) Ex-England youth captain joins Suffolk, Bury Free Press, 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
13. Jaik back for a third season with Suffolk, Suffolk County Cricket Club, 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

External links

• Adam Ball at ESPNcricinfo