Have a look at who is Gary Ballance, his wife Alex Ballance, father and total centuries
On the fourth day of Tuesday’s first Test match between the West Indies and Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Gary Ballance smashed a magnificent century.
The 33-year-century old’s was his fifth in Tests, but after formally switching to represent his native nation in late 2022, it was his first for Zimbabwe.
Who is cricketer Gary Ballance, his biography, age, wife, father, nationality, test centuries, net worth
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Gary Balance became the only the second cricketer after Kepler Wessels to score centuries for two countries in Test cricket. #ZIMvsWI pic.twitter.com/8K9KRHAwyl
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The 33-year-old, who hit an incredible 137*, joins former Australia and South Africa great Kepler Wessels as the only other player in the history of the sport to have earned Test hundreds for two separate nations.
Gary Simon Ballance, a Zimbabwean cricketer born on November 22, 1989, also played for England internationally until 2017. He has recently switched to playing for Zimbabwe. He is currently 33 years old.
As a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler, he now competes for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England. He was born in Harare, the country of Zimbabwe.
Following his five-appearance debut for Zimbabwe in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup, where the team finished sixth, Ballance made his Second XI Championship debut in 2006.
His parents were tobacco farmer and the farm was owned by his parents, Gail and Simon, and his childhood was typical of wealthy white Zimbabweans of the time. Despite growing up on a tobacco farm in Harare, Ballance has British roots through his grandparents, one of whom flew for the RAF during World War II.
Harare-born Gary Ballance scored four centuries for England during the last decade before returning home to make his Test debut for Zimbabwe and scoring a century for them to take his total to 5. His net worth is between $1-5 million.
Who Is Gary Ballance’s Wife Alex Ballance?
Gary is married to Alex Balance and has a happy married life. The two tied the knot back in 2018 December. His wife Alex is from Middlesbrough and works as a speech and language therapist.
What happened to Gary Ballance when he failed his drug test?
Azeem Rafiq claimed that Yorkshire has been charged with covering up for Gary Ballance after a purportedly failed drug test.
Additionally, Rafiq asserted that Ballance, a former captain at Headingley, had been permitted to forego drug tests by his old club.
Later, he made his witness statement public from the Leeds employment tribunal he attended earlier this year with Yorkshire.
Ballance firmly refuted the “egregious false claims” brought to a DCMS select committee by his former teammate from Yorkshire.
As a result of his admission that he called Rafiq a “P**i” as a student in Yorkshire, he was on suspension following an investigation.
Gary Ballance apologises to Azeem Rafiq for his discriminatory behaviour
Ballance said in a statement that he was one of the players who had called teammate Azeem Rafiq racial epithets during an investigation into racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The England and Wales Cricket Board immediately suspended him from selection after this declaration (ECB).
Gary Ballance apologised to Azeem Rafiq on August 25 in 2022 for his treatment of his Yorkshire teammate in a discriminatory manner
After serving an ineligibility period, it was revealed in 2022 that Ballance was qualified to be selected by Zimbabwe and had signed a contract to do so starting in 2022.
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