Joe Leach Recent Form
Batting
Bowling
Joe Leach Career Stats
| Format | Mat | Inn | R | 100s | 50s | HS | SR | Avg | Fours | Sixes | Duck | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First class | 132 | 196 | 3847 | 2 | 22 | 114 | 60.52 | 23.04 | 520 | 35 | -- | -- |
| LIST A | 58 | 45 | 901 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 79.73 | 29.06 | 99 | 20 | -- | -- |
| Format | Mat | Inn | W | Econ | Avg | Best | 3W | 5W | SR | Maiden | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First class | 132 | 233 | 449 | 3.30 | 27.18 | 10/122 | 17 | 18 | 49.47 | -- | -- |
| LIST A | 58 | 57 | 57 | 5.81 | 42.96 | 4/30 | 2 | 0 | 44.37 | -- | -- |
Career Debut Information
Teams played for
Worcestershire Worcestershire 2nd XI
About Joe Leach
| Name | Joe Leach |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth | 30 Oct 1990 |
| Birth Place | Stafford, Staffordshire, England |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Nationality | English |
| Role | All Rounder |
| Bats | right handed . lower order |
| Bowls | right-arm fast-medium . Faster |
Joe Leach started as a seam-bowling all-rounder but later, he worked on his batting skills to become a complete package. Born in Stafford, Leach moved his way up from minor counties to Worcestershire, before becoming the captain of the county. Over the years, the all-rounder has played more than 100 first-class games and has been Worcestershireâs to-go man with the ball and now with the bat too.... continue reading
Player Bio
Joe Leach started as a seam-bowling all-rounder but later, he worked on his batting skills to become a complete package. Born in Stafford, Leach moved his way up from minor counties to Worcestershire, before becoming the captain of the county. Over the years, the all-rounder has played more than 100 first-class games and has been Worcestershireâs to-go man with the ball and now with the bat too.
Leach started his professional career with minor counties as a right-arm fast bowler who knew to strike the ball in the lower order. The right-armer made his first-class debut for Leeds/Bradford MCCU back in 2012. While he made his Championship debut for Worcestershire in August that year. Leach claimed a maiden first-class century against Gloucestershire in 2013 and a maiden five-wicket haul against Kent in 2014, but it wasnât until 2015 when he lived up to his name.
During the 2015 county season, the Stafford-born worked on his accuracy to bag 59 wickets, the most by any Worcestershire bowler in the first division. He also took a hat-trick from the first three-ball of a Royal Londonâs match against Northants that year. Since then, the all-rounder hasnât looked back, after the departure of Daryl Mitchell. Leach filled in the captaincy boots to become the Kiwimanâs successor, in 2016.
Since the captaincy reign, the Stafford-born has become the go-to bowler for Worcestershire and added his batting abilities - he has become a complete package. However, 2018 saw the Worcestershire captain getting ruled out of much of the summer with a stress back fracture. The following year, he returned to action to have an unpleasant season. But Leach has turned the tables since the 2020 season as his performances both as a captain and a player have been staggering.
(As of July 2021)