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Full name Michael Howard Yardy
Born November 27, 1980, Pembury, Kent
Current age 27 years 284 days
Major teams England,Sussex,Sussex Cricket Board
Nickname Yards, Paolo
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium, Left-arm slow
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education William Parker School, Hastings
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
6
5
1
49
19
12.25
120
40.83
0
0
1
0
1
0
T20Is
3
2
2
47
24*
-
32
146.87
0
0
4
1
2
0
First-class
101
172
16
6061
257
38.85
12
30
73
0
List A
126
112
15
1988
98*
20.49
0
10
53
0
Twenty20
33
27
11
449
68*
28.06
401
111.97
0
1
39
5
11
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
6
6
252
135
4
3/24
3/24
33.75
3.21
63.0
0
0
0
T20Is
3
3
60
85
2
1/20
1/20
42.50
8.50
30.0
0
0
0
First-class
101
2998
1654
22
5/83
75.18
3.31
136.2
1
0
List A
126
3331
2674
77
6/27
6/27
34.72
4.81
43.2
1
1
0
Twenty20
33
25
498
601
19
3/24
3/24
31.63
7.24
26.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Sep 8, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2000
Last First-class
Yorkshire v Sussex at Scarborough, Sep 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999
Last List A
Sussex v Lancashire at Hove, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
A compact and organised left-hander with a technique not dissimilar to Andrew Strauss's, Mike Yardy had been a Sussex stand-in until he cemented his right to a starting place by recording his maiden first-class century in defeat against Surrey, in the final match of the 2004 season. He began 2005 in identical fashion, with another hundred against Surrey, to trigger a run of form that carried him to the top of the domestic batting charts. His zenith arrived against the Bangladeshis at Hove, where he scored 257 - the highest score by a Sussex batsman against a touring team, beating George Cox jr's 234 against the 1946 Indians - and followed up with a career-best 5 for 83 with his left-arm spin. That was exactly double his previous tally of first-class wickets. His good form continued throughout the 2005 season leading to selection for the England A tour of West Indies, and ultimately a chance to push for a World Cup place when he was picked for the Champions Trophy. Though his bowling impressed, England's strange insistence that he bat at No. 4 meant that the overall impression suffered, and he was quietly jettisoned.
Andrew Miller January 2007
