Gareth Batty

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gareth Batty
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1977(1977-10-13)
Age	47
Birthplace	Bradford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Gareth Batty Biography

Gareth Batty is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on October 13, 1977 in Bradford, England, United Kingdom. English spin-bowler known as “Boom Boom” who has played in country cricket for teams such as Worcestershire as well as Surrey. His debut came for England in the One Day Internationals in 2002, and also during the 2003 Test series.

He’s spent the majority of his career in the role of a backup to He has spent much of career as a backup to Ashley Giles..

Batty began his county career with his native Yorkshire, after playing for England Under 19’s, making his County Championship debut in 1997. Due to lack of opportunities he transferred to Surrey in 1998 where he played mainly one- day games. He joined Worcestershire in 2002 where he became the main spinner and came to prominence with the national team. Batty was involved in an unsavoury incident while deputising as captain for Surrey in a Championship match against Somerset at Taunton in 2012. Murali Kartik, a spinner who had previously played for Somerset, ran out Somerset batsman Alex Barrow who was backing-up at the non-striker’s end. Batty declined several invitations by the umpires to withdraw the appeal leading to bad feeling between the teams and around the ground. In August 2013, he was suspended from the T20 finals day after a clash with Somerset batsman Peter Trego. The ECB banned him for two games after he apparently physically confronted Trego and hurled foul language after dismissing him in a quarter-final match.

He was picked for the tour of the West Indies in 2003–04. Batty was the bowler Brian Lara faced when he scored his world record 400th run in the fourth Test Match in Antigua. In the first innings, he finished with figures of 2-175, as the match ended in a high scoring draw. He was picked as second spinner for the South African tour the next season. He played in the sixth ODI between the two sides, taking figures of 2-40 although England lost by four wickets. He kept his place for the final match of the series, finishing with figures of 0-22 as England won by five wickets.

His brother is also a the cricketer Jeremy Batty.

Gareth Batty Net Worth

Gareth Batty is one of the richest Cricket Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gareth Batty 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Bingley Grammar School and began his professional journey with his hometown team Yorkshire in 1997.

The bowler who gave up Brian Lara’s world record 400th run.

Gareth Jon Batty (born 13 October 1977) is an English cricketer who is best known as a spin-bowler. He has represented England in all formats and was the captain of Surrey County Cricket Club between 2015 and 2017. He is the younger brother of former Yorkshire and Somerset off-spinner Jeremy Batty.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Batty played in the third Test against India, and took 0-47 in the first innings as India made 417. He took 0-18 in India’s second innings as England lost the match by eight wickets.

Facts & Trivia

Gareth Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Gareth Batty celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.

He made his Test debut in the first Test against Bangladesh. He took 1-43 in Bangladesh’s first innings before taking 1-65 in their second innings as England won by seven wickets. He played in the third ODI between the two sides, taking figures of 1-35 as England won by seven wickets. He played in the first Test against Sri Lanka, taking 2-98 in their first innings as they posted 331. He took 3-55 in their second innings. He made 26 in England’s second innings to help them hang on for a draw. In the second Test, he did not take a wicket in Sri Lanka’s first innings. He finished with 1-47 in their second innings and then made an unbeaten 25 as the match finished in a draw. In the third Test, he took figures of 0-137 as Sri Lanka posted 628 in their first innings. England lost the match by an innings and 215 runs.