Michael Yardy
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Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut (cap 198) | 8 September 2006 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 March 2011 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 20) | 28 August 2006 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 14 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2015 | Sussex (squad no. 20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 December 2019 |
Michael Howard Yardy (born 27 November 1980) is an English cricket coach and former professional cricketer who played limited over internationals for the England cricket team between 2006 and 2015. He played as a left-handed batsman and captained Sussex County Cricket Club. His unusual batting technique attracted a great deal of attention[citation needed] due to a pronounced shuffle from leg to off immediately prior to the bowler releasing the ball. Yardy also bowled slow left arm with a characteristic round armed action, and was used as a bowling all-rounder in England's One Day International and Twenty20 International teams. Yardy retired from professional cricket at the end of the 2015 season.[1] Yardy was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Early life
Yardy was born at
Domestic career
Yardy made his Sussex debut in an early-season
He was appointed as Sussex's County Captain for the 2009 season, succeeding
International career
Yardy was picked for the
Making his full international debut in a
In December, Yardy was not included in the England squad for the one-day series in Australia following a disappointing 2006 ICC Champions Trophy performance in India. He captained of the England A squad to tour Bangladesh in 2007[6] and in June was selected in the 14-man one-day squad for matches against the West Indies.
After three years, he was recalled for the
Yardy was selected in England's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup. He opened the bowling in a match against South Africa, just the second time a spinner had opened the bowling for England in ODIs[7] but on 24 March it was announced that he had flown home from the competition suffering with depression.[8][9] The competition were the last in his international career. In all he made 42 one-day appearances for England.[10]
Coaching career
After his playing career ended, Yardy completed a sports psychology degree at
After two and a half seasons working at Sussex, during which time he had also coached the England under-19 side, Yardy left the club at the end of July 2019 and took up a position as batting coach at New South Wales ahead of the 2019/20 Australian season.[13][14][15] In February 2020 Kent County Cricket Club announced that Yardy would join the coaching team at the club as batting coach in April 2020.[16]
Note
- ^ Several England women players have taken better figures on ODI debut, the best as of December 2019 being the 5/12 taken by Laura Harper in 1999.
References
- ^ "Yardy calls time on Sussex career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ Michael Yardy, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Michael Yardy, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Sussex's captain Yardy stands down". BBC Sport.
- ^ - ODIs - Best bowling for England spinners on debut, ESPNcricinfo, Retrieved 25 April 2009
- ^ Yardy handed England A captaincy, ESPNcricinfo, 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Bowling records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Cricket World Cup - England hit by Yardy withdrawal, BBC Sport, Retrieved 24 March 2011
- ^ "Michael Yardy left World Cup due to strain". CricketArchive. 24 March 2011.
- ^ a b Hopps D (2017) Yardy returns to his beloved Sussex as batting coach, ESPNcricinfo, 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- Chichester University, 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Michael Yardy: Sussex name former captain as full-time batting coach, BBC Sport, 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ a b Yardy named New South Wales batting coach, ESPNcricinfo, 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Mike Yardy: Sussex coach to quit Hove for New South Wales, BBC Sport, 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Bone S (2019) Sussex legend Yardy lands New South Wales role, Chichester Observer, 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Yardy to join as Batting Coach, Kent County Cricket Club, 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-29.