 Leaning in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jack Andrew Leaning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 (age 31) Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff 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 Englishfirst-class cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right armoff-spin bowler, Leaning joinedKent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 season, having previously played all of his professional cricket forYorkshire 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 theYorkshire ECB County Premier League, and the Yorkshire Second XI in theSecond XI Championship, before making hisList A debut againstWarwickshire in August 2012 and his first-class debut againstSurrey in June 2013.[2] He became an established member of the Yorkshire side during the 2014 season.
In 2014, severalYork City F.C. fans sponsored Leaning in his first season as a full professional cricketer.[3] His fatherAndy[4] is a former player and goalkeeping coach of York.[5]
In August 2019 it was announced that Leaning would joinKent County Cricket Club at the end of the2019 English cricket season.[6] In his second match for Kent he scored his maiden double-century, making 220not out in aKent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs againstSussex atCanterbury in the2020 Bob Willis Trophy.[7] The innings was his first century for three seasons. In April 2022, he was bought by theOval Invincibles for the2022 season ofThe Hundred.[8]