Personal Information

Full Name Matthew Jack Leach
Born June 22, 1991 Taunton, Somerset
Age 33 Years, 3 Months, 18 Days
National Side England
Batting Style Left Handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting 146 - -
Bowling 34 - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
2 - - - -

Career Information

Teams Played England, England XI, Somerset, England Lions, Marylebone Cricket Club, Birmingham Phoenix
Career Span

Matthew Jack Leach Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
36 55 21 446 92 v IRE 0 1 59 2 13.11 35.25 16 0 13 0 1
List A
26 8 4 45 18 v SUR 0 0 4 1 11.25 55.55 16 0 1 1 5
First-class
110 145 38 1504 66 v LAN 0 2 197 12 14.05 40.70 41 0 22 0 4 - - -

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
61 1431.4 295 4335 126 5/66 v NZ 18 5 34.40 3.02 68.17 35 1
List A
26 226.5 8 1030 36 6/26 v DUR 3 1 28.61 4.54 37.80 26 5
First-class
173 3367 849 8954 343 8/85 v ESS 32 25 26.10 2.65 58.89 105 4 - - -

Matthew Jack Leach Profile

This skilful left-arm orthodox spinner, who made his first-class debut in 2012, is one of the major contributors in keeping Somerset in the first division of the English County Championship. After putting in some notable performances for three years, the left-arm spinner’s most prominent County Championship season came in 2016 when he took 68 wickets at an average of 22.58. Shockingly, later that year, his career suffered a big dent when his action was found to be illegal. However, the Somerset spinner showed great determination and mental strength as he underwent remedial work on his arm and body position, re-modelled his action, rectified the problem and then finished the 2017 season with 51 wickets.


In early 2018 while playing for the England Lions against West Indies A, the left-arm spinner achieved match figures of 8-110. Jack knocked hard on the doors of the English selectors with that performance. His hard work finally paid dividends when he got picked in England's Test squad for the tour of New Zealand, as an injury replacement for Mason Crane. He made his debut in the second Test in Christchurch and performed decently, taking two wickets. It is now left to be seen if this talented youngster can cement his place in the national team.