Michael Yardy

Michael Yardy

Yardy in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Michael Howard Yardy
Born	(1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 43) Pembury, Kent, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England (2006–2011)
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999–2015	Sussex (squad no. 20)
2010/11	Central Districts
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 28 14 193 209 Runs scored 326 96 10,693 3,677 Batting average 20.37 32.00 36.49 25.01 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 23/50 0/23 Top score 60* 35* 257 98* Balls bowled 1,332 276 3,675 6,408 Wickets 21 11 29 141 Bowling average 51.19 27.18 75.58 38.82 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/24 2/19 5/83 6/27 Catches/stumpings 10/– 8/– 184/– 75/–
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 2011. He played as a left-handed batsman and captained Sussex County Cricket Club. He had an unusual batting technique which involved him taking guard outside leg stump before a pronounced shuffle across the crease immediately prior to the bowler releasing the ball.^[1] 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.^[2] Yardy was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.