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Full name Carl Matthew Gazzard
Born April 15, 1982, Penzance, Cornwall
Current age 26 years 144 days
Major teams Cornwall,Somerset
Nickname Gazza, Sling Boy, Coral
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Mount Bay Comprehensive; Richard Huish College, Taunton
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
27
42
6
732
74
20.33
1485
49.29
0
1
58
1
List A
52
44
4
924
157
23.10
1
4
48
6
Twenty20
27
17
4
221
39
17.00
186
118.81
0
0
28
3
14
6
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
27
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
52
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
27
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
2002
Last First-class
Somerset v Glamorgan at Taunton, Aug 15-18, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1999
Last List A
Somerset v Yorkshire at Taunton, Aug 13, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Carl Gazzard established himself behind the stumps in 2005 after the retirement of the veteran Rob Turner. Whilst his keeping has shown signs of promise, he must improve his batting to justify his place in the team in this age of batsmen-wicketkeepers. In 2006 he scored just 305 runs from 13 Championship games, a poor return for a player with his ability, and was dropped for the youngster Sam Spurway for the final few matches.
Cricinfo staff September 2006
