Stephen Ball is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Ball was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born at Brandon

Brandon, County Durham

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, County Durham

County Durham

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.

Ball made his debut in County Cricket

County cricket

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 for Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

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 in the 1989 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk

Suffolk County Cricket Club

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. He played one further Championship match for Durham, which came against Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1990.

Ball later represented the Durham Cricket Board

Durham Cricket Board

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 in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1999 NatWest Trophy

1999 NatWest Trophy

The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999...

. From 1999 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 2000 NatWest Trophy

2000 NatWest Trophy

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. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 80 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 13.33, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average

Bowling average

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 of 30.14, with best figures of 3/45.

External links

• Stephen Ball at Cricinfo
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• Stephen Ball at CricketArchive
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