20 Facts About Michael Yardy

Michael Yardy played as a left-handed batsman and captained Sussex County Cricket Club.

Michael Yardy had an unusual batting technique which involved him taking guard outside leg stump before a pronounced shuffle across the crease immediately prior to the bowler releasing the ball.

Michael Yardy retired from professional cricket at the end of the 2015 season.

Michael Yardy was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Michael Yardy was educated at William Parker School in Hastings, playing cricket for the school.

Michael Yardy first played for the Sussex Second XI in 1996 whilst still at school.

Michael Yardy made his Sussex debut in an early-season NatWest Trophy game against Hertfordshire in May 1999.

Michael Yardy played against Sri Lanka A the same year but did not play regularly in the Sussex side until the 2001 season.

Michael Yardy played ten games in 2002, but only seven in total over the next two seasons, before cementing a place in the side in 2005.

Michael Yardy enjoyed an excellent domestic summer that season, making 1,520 first-class runs at a batting average of 56.29 run an innings, with five centuries, including a career-best 257 against the touring Bangladeshis in May His 257 was the highest for Sussex since 1945 at the time.

Michael Yardy was appointed as Sussex's County Captain for the 2009 season, succeeding Chris Adams.

Michael Yardy stood down as captain for the County Championship and CB40 in July 2012 and in the Twenty20 Cup at the end of the season.

In December, Michael Yardy was not included in the England squad for the one-day series in Australia following a disappointing 2006 ICC Champions Trophy performance in India.

Michael Yardy captained of the England A squad to tour Bangladesh in 2007 and in June was selected in the 14-man one-day squad for matches against the West Indies.

Michael Yardy was ever-present in the tournament, taking four wickets as England won the tournament, beating Australia in the final.

Michael Yardy was then recalled to the ODI side and was again ever-present in the early-summer series against Australia and Bangladesh.

Michael Yardy was selected in England's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup.

Michael Yardy coached cricket at Hurstpierpoint College and in 2016 worked with Sussex's under-17 side.

Michael Yardy became the club's Second XI coach ahead of the 2018 season.

In February 2020 Kent County Cricket Club announced that Michael Yardy would join the coaching team at the club as batting coach in April 2020.