Jack Andrew Leaning (born 18 October 1993) is an English

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er. A right-handed batsman and right arm off-spin bowler, Leaning joined Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 season, having previously played all of his professional cricket for

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after making his professional debut in 2012. Leaning joined Yorkshire in 2008, starting at under 15 level. He went on to play for the Yorkshire Academy in the

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, and the Yorkshire Second XI in the

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, before making his List A debut against

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in August 2012 and his first-class debut against Surrey in June 2013. He became an established member of the Yorkshire side during the 2014 season. In 2014, several

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fans sponsored Leaning in his first season as a full professional cricketer. His father

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is a former player and goalkeeping coach of York. In August 2019 it was announced that Leaning would join Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 English cricket season. In his second match for Kent he scored his maiden double-century, making 220

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in a Kent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs against Sussex at

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in the

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. The innings was his first century for three seasons. In April 2022, he was bought by the

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for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

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