Ian Blackwell
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 1 | 34 |
| Runs scored | 4 | 403 |
| Batting average | 4.00 | 14.92 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/1 |
| Top score | 4 | 82 |
| Balls bowled | 114 | 1230 |
| Wickets | - | 24 |
| Bowling average | - | 36.54 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | - | 3/26 |
| Catches/stumpings | -/- | 8/- |
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Ian David Blackwell (born June 10, 1978 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire) is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides and plays county cricket for Somerset.
His batting is powerful and aggressive, while his bowling is accurate if somewhat lacking in variation. Turning the ball away from the right-handed batsman, Blackwell generally bowls flat deliveries, not giving the ball the loop generally used to induce the batsman into poor strokes. At county level he is used as a genuine all-rounder, but for England his batting has been inconsistent (he averages just 15) and his most useful role has been to bowl economically and restrict the flow of runs.
Blackwell was called up for the England Test squad after Ashley Giles had to withdraw from the 2006 tour to India. After impressing in warm-up matches he was selected for the 1st Test against India on 1 March in Nagpur. However, he was not frequently used by captain Andrew Flintoff, only bowling 6 fairly expensive overs in the first Indian innings, in comparison to fellow left arm spinner Monty Panesar's 42 overs. In the second Indian innings, Blackwell was initially more economical but as India went on an audacious chase of the huge total set to them by England, he was brought on to prevent the batsmen from scoring quickly but conceded 18 runs in his first over. This came after a nervous innings of only 4 in his only opportunity with the bat and Blackwell was subsequently dropped for the second Test, replaced by Liam Plunkett.
Blackwell remained first choice spinner for the ODI series however. Although England lost the series 5-1, Blackwell's performances were of a varying quality. 10 overs in the first ODI went for just 26 runs at the same time as picking up 3 wickets, his cheapest ever spell in a ODI, while in the last of 7 matches, his 10 overs went for 51 runs. Blackwell has seen his place as spinner in the England's ODI side taken by off spinner Jamie Dalrymple, who was promoted from Stick Cricket, as noted by Patrick Currotte, backed up by part time left arm orthodox bowler Michael Yardy.
He was appointed captain of Somerset for the last part of the 2005 season after the departure of Graeme Smith. Having been appointed official captain for 2006 he had shoulder surgery and missed almost all of the season.
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