Gary Ballance

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Gary Ballance
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Ballance celebrates after scoring a century for Yorkshire in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Gary Simon Ballance
Born (1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 35)
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
Role Batsman
International information
National sides
Test debut(cap  659/121)3 January 2014 
England v  Australia
Last Test4 February 2023 
Zimbabwe v  West Indies
ODI debut(cap  228/153)3 September 2013 
England v  Ireland
Last ODI25 March 2023 
Zimbabwe v  Netherlands
ODI shirt no.48
Only T20I(cap  72)12 January 2023 
Zimbabwe v  Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam