Jonathan Neil Batty (born 18 April1974 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire) is an Englishcricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He is 5 ft 10 in tall and a wicket-keeper. Batty captained Surrey in 2004. However, after a poor season, which saw Surrey relegated in the Sunday League, Batty was replaced in this position by Mark Butcher. April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Chesterfield is a market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a county in England. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team which nominally represents England and Wales, but is a de facto United Kingdom team. ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Alan Butcher (born Croydon, Surrey, 23 August 1972) is an English cricketer. ...
Batty left Durham University in 1993 and move to Hampshire County Cricket Club. However, he was not retained. He carried on in minor county cricket before being offered contracts with Somerset and Surrey, and he chose to become Surrey's third-choice wicket-keeper after Graham Kersey and Alec Stewart. Kersey, however, died from injuries in a car crash in Australia before Batty arrived at the Oval, and Stewart was often away on England duties - giving Batty his first team chance. When Mark Butcher was away playing for England, Batty had a chance to open the batting, and in 2003 his batting average had climbed to an impressive 57. Durham University is a university in England. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Hampshire County Cricket Club (HCCC) is a first-class cricket club based in the south of England. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at Taunton. ... Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman and former captain of the English cricket team. ... Mark Alan Butcher (born Croydon, Surrey, 23 August 1972) is an English cricketer. ...
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