# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-ballance
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:12:37.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-ballance"
name: "Gary Ballance"
slug: "gary-ballance"
description: "Gary Simon Ballance is a Zimbabwean and English former cricketer who represented England from 2013 to 2017 and also represented Zimbabwe internationally in 2023. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg break bowler, who last played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is known for his style of striking deep in the crease. He qualified to play for England through residency and getting a British passport."
tagline: "British cricketer (born 1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Ballance_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1989-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.070562293274532
  historical:           7.125670666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "گیری بیلنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "গ্যারি ব্যালেন্স"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Ballance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ballance"
    title: "Gary Ballance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "गॅरी बॅलान्स"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump