Edward Christopher Ballard (born 15 August 1989) is an English

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er. Ballard is a right-handed batsman who bowls

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. He was born at

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, Essex. Having been educated at

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, Ballard undertook his university studies at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. While studying there, he made his first-class debut for

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against Somerset in 2008. He made three further first-class appearances for the team, the last of which came against Essex in 2009. He struggled against the first-class opponents he played against, scoring a total of 34 runs in his four first-class matches, which came at an average of 5.66, with a high score of 33. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Ballard has played

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for

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from 2009–16 and from 2016 for Cambridgeshire.

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Eddie Ballard
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