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Blackie spent 2 weeks working with ACE whilst enjoying a winter break in Perth.
With Steve Smith around, Blackie made the most of the gym, boxing circuits and beach running sessions. Blackie was often joined by a number of English County Pro’s including the England wicket keeper James Foster. With the help of the ACE team Blackie had time to reflect on his batting and spend time assessing and analysing his future plans.
He left ACE physically and mentally fitter to take on another English county season and push for a regular England spot.
Blackie really is a top lad and it was our pleasure to work alongside him. We wish him every success in the future.
A fierce hitter and a tidy left-arm spinner whose first first-class wicket was Steve Waugh, the chunky Ian Blackwell was called up by England when Andrew Flintoff pulled out of the ICC Trophy in Sri Lanka in 2002. He owed that to an innate sense of timing: Blackwell whacked 28 off Matthew Hoggard in front of Duncan Fletcher in the County Championship earlier that season - though he didn't know Fletcher was at the ground - and smeared a matchwinning 86 off 53 balls in the televised C &G Trophy semi-final the same year. He started off at Derbyshire, before moving to Somerset in 2000, an appropriate move for a man who says he bases his batting style on Ian Botham. Blackwell's bowling is modest - he has never taken 25 first-class wickets in a season - but he has established a reputation as a retriever of lost causes with bat and ball. Despite a run of outs that left his face even redder than usual in the 2002-03 VB Series in Australia - he finished with 0, 0, 0 and 1 - he claimed a place in the 2003 World Cup squad. An unwillingness to adhere to England squad's strict fitness regime meant that he spent much of the following two years in the wilderness, but his appointment as Somerset captain heralded a new responsible outlook, and a recall to the England one-day squad for the tour of Pakistan. His Test debut came in India, but he looked out of his depth with both bat and ball, and the experiment lasted one match. Sadly, his progress stalled when he missed almost all of the 2006 season after surgery on his shoulder. He plays golf off a handicap of six, and lists Eminem among his favourite artists.
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(updated 04/05/07)
Courtesy of cricinfo (http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/9117.html )
CAREER STATISTICS:
Batting and fielding averages
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 16 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs |
34 | 29 | 2 | 403 | 82 | 14.92 | 465 | 86.66 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| First-class |
118 | 182 | 14 | 6484 | 247* | 38.59 | | | 16 | 30 | | | 45 | 0 |
| List A |
196 | 178 | 16 | 4369 | 134* | 26.96 | | | 3 | 25 | | | 48 | 0 |
| Twenty20 |
21 | 21 | 4 | 354 | 82 | 20.82 | 262 | 135.11 | 0 | 1 | | | 8 | 0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4 |
5 |
10 |
| Tests |
1 | 114 | 71 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.73 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs |
34 | 1230 | 877 | 24 | 3/26 | 3/26 | 36.54 | 4.27 | 51.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class |
118 | 17899 | 8450 | 195 | 7/90 | | 43.33 | 2.83 | 91.78 | | 7 | 0 |
| List A |
196 | 6470 | 5199 | 142 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 36.61 | 4.82 | 45.56 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Twenty20 |
21 | 398 | 474 | 18 | 4/26 | 4/26 | 26.33 | 7.14 | 22.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Career statistics
Notes: Walter Lawrence Trophy 2005
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