Jeremy David Batty (born 15 May 1971) is an English former professional

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er, who played for

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and

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as a right-handed batsman, and

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bowler. Batty made his Yorkshire debut in 1989, leaving the county in 1994 to play for Somerset until 1996. In 84 first-class matches he scored 1,149 runs at 15.95 with two fifties, and took 179 wickets at 41.56, with a career-best of 6 for 48. He appeared for

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in 2003 and 2004. His brother,

Gareth Batty Gareth Jon Batty (born 13 October 1977) is an English former cricketer who is best known as a spin-bowler. He has represented England in all formats and was the captain of Surrey County Cricket Club between 2015 and 2017. In October 2021, Batt ...

, has also played first-class cricket and appeared for

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. Jeremy Batty resides in Oxfordshire with wife Sabina and their son.

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* 1971 births Living people Yorkshire cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers Somerset cricketers Cricketers from Bradford English cricketers Buckinghamshire cricket captains Cheshire cricketers Shropshire cricketers English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 English cricketers of the 21st century {{england-cricket-bio-1970s-stub