Jack Leaning
 Leaning in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jack Andrew Leaning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1993 Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Yorkshire (squad no. 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Kent (squad no. 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 21 June 2013 Yorkshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 27 August 2012 Yorkshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Andrew Leaning (born 18 October 1993) is an English first-class cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right arm off-spin bowler, Leaning joined Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 season, having previously played all of his professional cricket for Yorkshire after making his professional debut in 2012.[2]
Leaning joined Yorkshire in 2008, starting at under 15 level. He went on to play for the Yorkshire Academy in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League, and the Yorkshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship, before making his List A debut against Warwickshire in August 2012 and his first-class debut against Surrey in June 2013.[2] He became an established member of the Yorkshire side during the 2014 season.
In 2014, several York City F.C. fans sponsored Leaning in his first season as a full professional cricketer.[3] His father Andy[4] is a former player and goalkeeping coach of York.[5]
In August 2019 it was announced that Leaning would join Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 English cricket season.[6] In his second match for Kent he scored his maiden double-century, making 220 not out in a Kent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs against Sussex at Canterbury in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy.[7] The innings was his first century for three seasons. In April 2022, he was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[8]
References
- ^ Warner, David (2013). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (115th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-9572951-8-6.
- ^ a b "Jack Leaning | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Blogs: Football fans sponsor Yorkshire batsman | Cricket Blogs". ESPN Cricinfo. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Gibson, Richard (10 June 2014). "Yorkshire's Jack Leaning and Richard Pyrah impress against Nottinghamshire". Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Jason Walker and Paul Musselwhite join York City". BBC Sport. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Josephs H (24 August 2019). "Exclusive: Yorkshire Batsman Jack Leaning To Join Kent". Wisden. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning run-bonanza". CricInfo. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.