Gary Pratt

Gary Pratt
Personal information
Full name
Gary Joseph Pratt
Born (1981-12-22) 22 December 1981 (age 42)
Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England
NicknameGonzo, Gazza, Gates
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
RelationsAndrew Pratt (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000–2006Durham (squad no. 16)
FC debut19 July 2000 Durham v Lancashire
Last FC7 June 2006 Durham v Warwickshire
LA debut13 September 2001 Durham Cricket Board v Buckinghamshire
Last LA25 June 2006 Durham v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 53 78 25
Runs scored 2,410 1,749 321
Batting average 25.91 31.80 14.59
100s/50s 1/15 1/11 0/1
Top score 150 101* 62*
Balls bowled 33
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 31/0 31/0 8/0
Source: CricketArchive, 5 September 2008

Gary Joseph Pratt (born 22 December 1981) is an English former professional cricketer, who played as a left-handed batsman but also bowled right-arm off breaks. He is best known for running out Australia captain Ricky Ponting having come on as a substitute fielder in the fourth Test of England's 2–1 series victory in the 2005 Ashes.

Pratt performed well in his early career, picking up the NBC Denis Compton Award in 1999 as the most promising young player at Durham County Cricket Club,[1] and scored a century for England Under-19s.[2] He stayed on at Durham, scoring more than 1,000 first-class runs in 2003. He failed to match that form afterwards; he did not play a single first-class game in 2005 (although he famously appeared as a substitute fielder for England) and in August 2006, Durham announced that they had decided not to renew Pratt's contract.[3] He has since appeared for Crook Town F.C. in a Northern League Division Two fixture against Brandon United F.C.[4] He signed for Cumberland minor county cricket club for the 2007 cricket season.[5]

  1. ^ The NBC Denis Compton Awards, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 24 November 2006.
  2. ^ "Pratt spearheads fight back". BBC. 16 August 2001. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ Pratt released by Durham, 25 August 2006, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 24 November 2006.
  4. ^ Ashes hero Pratt gets another run-out ... at football[dead link], 6 October 2006, The Times. Retrieved on 24 November 2006.
  5. ^ Ponting's nemesis signs for county Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 12 February 2007, North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved on 12 February 2007.