Luke Alexander Blackaby (born 1 February 1991) is an English cricketer. Blackaby is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born in Farnborough, Kent and was educated at Wildernesse School.[1]

Luke Blackaby
Personal information
Full name
Luke Alexander Blackaby
Born (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33)
Farnborough, Kent, England
NicknameBlackers[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2011Durham MCCU
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 116
Batting average 16.57
100s/50s –/–
Top score 38
Balls bowled 204
Wickets 1
Bowling average 133.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/41
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2011

While studying for his degree in Sports at Durham University,[1] Blackaby made his first-class debut for Durham MCCU against Durham in 2010. He made four further first-class appearances for the team, the last of which came against Yorkshire in 2011.[2] In his five first-class matches, he scored 116 runs at an average of 16.57, with a high score of 38.[3] With the ball, he took a single wicket which came at an overall cost of 133 runs.[4]

A member of MCC, since 2017 Blackaby has worked for Shell Energy in London.

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Player profile: Luke Blackaby". www.mccuniversities.org. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Luke Blackaby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Luke Blackaby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Luke Blackaby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2011.

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