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Ian Ball profile

  • The “Yipes” can be defined as the following: ‘The loss of fine motor skill in athletes’. But can this term be associated with our very own Ian Ball? Firstly, Ian is a batsman (despite his wicket tally showing 18 victims #whodidballypayoff?) And therefore, can batsman get the yipes? Should we class our Ball as some kind of strange yipes all-rounder? The term yipes also implies the ‘loss’ of something. Is it possible to lose a you’ve skill never had? Can we count the nudge for single down to fine-leg a skill? It’s a run I suppose, but what happens when they put three behind square? And does the yipes only apply to athletes? I’m not knocking Ball’s age, but he does start every conversation off with “during the war.” Of course I jest. Our Bally isn’t talking about the Second World War. He’s talking about the Boar War. I mean this fella is so old he has pants and socks older than me. Can you smell that, that’s called jealousy.

    But a fine figure of a man our I-Ball is. The club’s second leading run scorer only behind D. Fannon. Ball has hit three marvellous centuries for the club, his highest 120* against Bluehouse (never heard of them either – must have been a pre-war game I think). If you scan your eyes across a cricket encyclopaedia (or just ask Manu) it/he will tell you how the fielding position ‘slip’ was named after our very own Bally, because whenever the ball would fly off the edge it would either ‘slip’ out of his hands, or he would slip over in the process trying to snatch a belter of a catch. But when he does take a screamer, my god. It’s like watching a Gazelle. A Gazelle that’s been shot a couple of times and half-eaten by a lion mind you, but a catch is a catch. Now in the winter of his cricket years Bally has taken up the role of the old wolf. The calm head of the 1’s. The satirical comment waiting behind the bat. The salt of the earth kind of guy, ready and waiting to supply sweets to the team like a dirty old man at a playground. Mind you, as dirty old men go our Bally ain’t half bad. Heart and teeth of gold. Has offered to give his bat to the British museum after he has hung up his boots. They just don’t make them like this anymore. 

  • Awards

    Second XI Batsman - 2001, Second XI Batsman - 2008, Second XI Player of the Year - 2012, Second XI Batsman - 2012, Second XI Batsman - 2013, BDICL First XI Player of the Year: Donated by Geoff Reddin - 2013/2014, Second XI Batsman - 2017
  • Squad Number

    15

Performance Details

Batting and fielding history
SeasonTeamMatchesInningsNORunsHSAverage4s6s100s50sCatchesStumpings
 Total 426415991000612031.667855634612031
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Season: 2024/2025
 All teams131392893672.25710033
Season: 2024
 All teams551703117.501000031
Season: 2023/2024
 All teams110141414.00000011
Season: 2023
 All teams7732595864.753100331
Season: 2022
 All teams5501264625.201400020
Season: 2021/2022
 All teams1112727100001
Season: 2021
 All teams7711555325.832100140
Season: 2020
 All teams880802110.001000040
Season: 2019/2020
 All teams9831272625.40200021

Bowling history
SeasonMatchesOversMaidensRunsWicketsBest Bowling5WAverageEconomy
Total52117.001049213 - 32049.958.97
2024/202533.103600 - 400.0011.37
202426.004200 - 1800.007.00
202212.001700 - 1700.008.50
202023.001111 - 10011.003.67
201914.002600 - 2600.006.50
2018/201923.002000 - 500.006.67
201816.003911 - 39039.006.50
2017/201812.003300 - 3300.0016.50
201725.003000 - 1300.006.00
2016/201711.001400 - 1400.0014.00
2015/201623.503821 - 17019.009.91
2014/201511.001800 - 1800.0018.00
201424.001111 - 4011.002.75
2013/201446.009600 - 800.0016.00
201311.00211 - 202.002.00
2012/2013712.0014663 - 32024.3312.17
2011/201248.007311 - 18073.009.13
2010/2011714.0017811 - 150178.0012.71
2009/2010412.009252 - 35018.407.67
2008/200913.002400 - 2400.008.00
200514.002711 - 27027.006.75
2004110.005611 - 56056.005.60
200013.002000 - 2000.006.67
Recent performances

For performances since

  • Performances
  • Batting by position
  • Batting by dismissal
DateFixtureBattingBowlingFielding
     
123
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06 Apr 2025 INDOOR BDICL 1ST SIX v Witham CC Indoor 1st 18*  Ct 0, St 0, Ro 0
23 Mar 2025 INDOOR BDICL 2ND SIX v West Bergholt CC Indoor 1st 22*  Ct 0, St 1, Ro 0
09 Mar 2025 INDOOR BDICL 2ND SIX v Chelmsford CC Indoor 36  Ct 0, St 0, Ro 0
09 Mar 2025 INDOOR BDICL 1ST SIX v Terling CC Indoor 1st 26*  Ct 1, St 0, Ro 0
23 Feb 2025 INDOOR BDICL 1ST SIX v Rayne CC Indoor 1st ( CUP QTR FINAL) 27*  Ct 1, St 0, Ro 0
02 Feb 2025 INDOOR BDICL 3RD SIX v Terling CC Indoor Reserves 35*  Ct 0, St 0, Ro 0
01 Feb 2025 INDOOR ANGLIAN SIX v Anglian Lions CC Indoor 150-18(2.0) Ct 0, St 0, Ro 0
12 Jan 2025 INDOOR BDICL 3RD SIX v Boreham & Roxwell CC Indoor Reserves 16*  Ct 1, St 2, Ro 0
12 Jan 2025 INDOOR BDICL 1ST SIX v Chignal CC Indoor 30*  Ct 0, St 0, Ro 0
11 Jan 2025 INDOOR ANGLIAN SIX v Chelmsford Tuskers CC Indoor 110-4(0.1) Ct 0, St 0, Ro 0
PositionInningsAverageTotal Runs
    
11462.00310
3789.00267
4413.2553
912.002
Mode of dismissalInnings
  
Not Out11
Bowled4
Caught3
Lbw1
Run out4
Retired Not Out2
Stumped1