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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Michael Yardy
|               image = Michael Yardy 2010, cropped (2).jpg
|             caption = Yardy in 2010
|             country = England
|            fullname = Michael Howard Yardy
|            nickname = 
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|27|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Pembury]], [[Kent]], England
|            heightft = 6
|          heightinch = 0
|                role = [[All-rounder]]
|             batting = Left-handed
|             bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]<br />[[pace bowling|Left-arm medium]]
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 2006–2011
|        odidebutdate = 8 September
|        odidebutyear = 2006
|     odidebutagainst = Pakistan
|              odicap = 198
|            odishirt = 40
|         lastodidate = 6 March
|         lastodiyear = 2011
|      lastodiagainst = South Africa
|       T20Idebutdate = 28 August
|       T20Idebutyear = 2006
|    T20Idebutagainst = Pakistan
|             T20Icap = 20
|           T20Ishirt = 40
|        lastT20Idate = 14 January
|        lastT20Iyear = 2011
|     lastT20Iagainst = Australia
|               club1 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
|               year1 = 1999–2015
|         clubnumber1 = 20
|               club2 = [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]]
|               year2 = 2010/11
|             columns = 4
|             column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
|            matches1 = 28
|               runs1 = 326
|            bat avg1 = 20.37
|           100s/50s1 = 0/2
|          top score1 = 60[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries1 = 1,332
|            wickets1 = 21
|           bowl avg1 = 51.19
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 3/24
|  catches/stumpings1 = 10/–
|             column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
|            matches2 = 14
|               runs2 = 96
|            bat avg2 = 32.00
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 35[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries2 = 276
|            wickets2 = 11
|           bowl avg2 = 27.18
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 2/19
|  catches/stumpings2 = 8/–
|             column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches3 = 193
|               runs3 = 10,693
|            bat avg3 = 36.49
|           100s/50s3 = 23/50
|          top score3 = 257
|         deliveries3 = 3,675
|            wickets3 = 29
|           bowl avg3 = 75.58
|            fivefor3 = 1
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 5/83
|  catches/stumpings3 = 184/–
|             column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches4 = 209
|               runs4 = 3,677
|            bat avg4 = 25.01
|           100s/50s4 = 0/23
|          top score4 = 98[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries4 = 6,408
|            wickets4 = 141
|           bowl avg4 = 38.82
|            fivefor4 = 1
|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 6/27
|  catches/stumpings4 = 75/–
|                date = 31 December
|                year = 2019
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23523.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Michael Howard Yardy''' (born 27 November 1980) is an English [[cricket]] coach and former professional [[cricket]]er who played limited over internationals for the [[England cricket team]] between 2006 and 2011. He played as a left-handed batsman and captained [[Sussex County Cricket Club]]. He had an unusual batting technique which involved him [[Glossary of cricket terms|taking guard]] outside leg stump before a pronounced shuffle across the crease immediately prior to the bowler releasing the ball (the same exact way that [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]] does bat) .<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Paul |title=Yardy's x-factor audition lasts the day |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mike-yardy-s-x-factor-audition-lasts-the-day-741639 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 July 2024 |date=4 May 2014}}</ref> Yardy also bowled slow left arm with a characteristic round armed action, and was used as a bowling all-rounder in England's [[One Day International]] and [[Twenty20 International]] teams. Yardy retired from professional cricket at the end of the 2015 season.<ref name="Retire">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/901419.html |title=Yardy calls time on Sussex career |access-date=21 July 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Yardy was a member of the England team that won the [[2010 ICC World Twenty20]].

==Early life==
Yardy was born at [[Pembury]] in [[Kent]] in 1980.<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23523.html Michael Yardy], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref> He was educated at [[William Parker School]] in [[Hastings]], playing cricket for the school. He first played for the Sussex Second XI in 1996 whilst still at school.<ref name=ca>[https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8255/8255.html Michael Yardy], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref>

==Domestic career==
Yardy made his Sussex debut in an early-season [[NatWest Trophy]] game against [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]] in May 1999. He played against [[Sri Lanka A cricket team|Sri Lanka A]] the same year but did not play regularly in the Sussex side until the 2001 season. He played ten games in 2002, but only seven in total over the next two seasons, before cementing a place in the side in 2005. He enjoyed an excellent domestic summer that season, making 1,520 first-class runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 56.29 run an innings, with five centuries, including a career-best 257 against the [[Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005|touring Bangladeshis]] in May. His 257 was the highest for Sussex since 1945 at the time. In the one-day game, Yardy was less successful with the bat, averaging well under 20, but he achieved a career-best bowling performance of 6/27 against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in the [[National League (cricket)|Totesport League]].

He was appointed as Sussex's County Captain for the 2009 season, succeeding [[Chris Adams (cricketer)|Chris Adams]]. In his first Season as captain he led Sussex to the [[Twenty20 Cup]] and the [[Pro 40]] titles.
He stood down as captain for the County Championship and CB40 in July 2012 and in the Twenty20 Cup at the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/19066908|title = Sussex's captain Yardy stands down|work = BBC Sport}}</ref>

==International career==
Yardy was picked for the [[England A cricket team|England A]] tour of [[West Indies]] in 2005–06, and the following summer he forced his way into the full [[English cricket team|England team]]. In August 2006, he was provisionally selected for England's [[ICC Champions Trophy]] initial squad of 30, retaining his place in the final 14-man squad. On 23 August, he was also named in the 16-man squad for the NatWest Series of [[One Day International]]s against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]].

Making his full international debut in a [[Twenty20 international]] at Bristol on 28 August, Yardy made an unbeaten 24 from 14 balls and took a wicket in debut. He went on to make his ODI debut against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] at [[Trent Bridge]] in September, taking 3/24, the best figures by an England male spinner on ODI debut.{{efn|Several England women players have taken better figures on ODI debut, the best as of December 2019 being the 5/12 taken by [[Laura Harper (cricketer)|Laura Harper]] in 1999.}}<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?bowling_pacespin=2;bowling_pacespin=3;class=2;debut_or_last=1;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;team=1;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings - ODIs - Best bowling for England spinners on debut], ESPNcricinfo, Retrieved 25 April 2009</ref>

In December, Yardy was not included in the England squad for the one-day series in Australia following a disappointing [[2006 ICC Champions Trophy]] performance in India. He captained of the England A squad to tour Bangladesh in 2007<ref name=ci2jan07>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22973897/ Yardy handed England A captaincy], ESPNcricinfo, 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref> and in June was selected in the 14-man one-day squad for matches against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]].

[[File:Michael Yardy 2010, cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Michael Yardy on his way to a score of 57 for England, in a One Day International against Australia at the Oval in 2010.]]

After three years, he was recalled for the [[2010 World Twenty20]] in the West Indies. He was ever-present in the tournament, taking four wickets as England won the tournament, beating [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] in the final. Yardy was then recalled to the ODI side and was again ever-present in the early-summer series against Australia and Bangladesh. Although he only took four wickets in eight games, he proved to be economical at only 4.36 runs an over and scored his first international half-century, making 57 at [[The Oval]] against Australia.

Yardy was selected in England's 15-man squad for the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 World Cup]]. He opened the bowling in a match against South Africa, just the second time a spinner had opened the bowling for England in ODIs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?bowling_pacespin=2;bowling_positionmax1=2;bowling_positionmin1=1;bowling_positionval1=bowling_position;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;orderbyad=reverse;team=1;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings |title=Statistics / One-Day Internationals / Bowling records |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 March 2011}}</ref> but on 24 March it was announced that he had flown home from the competition suffering with [[major depressive disorder|depression]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9434379.stm Cricket World Cup - England hit by Yardy withdrawal], BBC Sport, Retrieved 24 March 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Yardy left World Cup due to strain|date=24 March 2011|url=http://iccworld-cup2011.blogspot.com/2011/03/michael-yardy-left-world-cup-due-to.html|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> The competition were the last in his international career. In all he made 42 one-day appearances for England.<ref name=ci14feb17>Hopps D (2017) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18682706/mike-yardy-returns-beloved-sussex-batting-coach Yardy returns to his beloved Sussex as batting coach], ESPNcricinfo, 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref>

==Coaching career==
After his playing career ended, Yardy completed a sports psychology degree at [[Chichester University]].<ref name=cu12nov18>[https://www.chi.ac.uk/news/sport-graduate-luke-dunning-appointed-sussex-crickets-team-analyst Sport graduate Luke Dunning appointed Sussex cricket's team analyst], [[Chichester University]], 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref> He coached cricket at [[Hurstpierpoint College]] and in 2016 worked with Sussex's under-17 side. After working part-time with First XI players at the end of the 2016 season, Yardy was appointed batting coach at the club in February 2017. The club were clear that they considered he had made a "significant difference" to players.<ref name=ci14feb17/><ref name=bbc14feb17>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38968426 Michael Yardy: Sussex name former captain as full-time batting coach], [[BBC Sport]], 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref> He became the club's Second XI coach ahead of the 2018 season.<ref name=ci9jul19>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27150788/yardy-named-new-south-wales-batting-coach Yardy named New South Wales batting coach], ESPNcricinfo, 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref>

After two and a half seasons working at Sussex, during which time he had also coached the [[England under-19 cricket team|England under-19 side]], Yardy left the club at the end of July 2019 and took up a position as batting coach at [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] ahead of the 2019/20 Australian season.<ref name=ci9jul19/><ref name=bbc9jul19>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48912525 Mike Yardy: Sussex coach to quit Hove for New South Wales], [[BBC Sport]], 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref><ref name=co9jul19>Bone S (2019) [https://www.chichester.co.uk/sport/cricket/sussex-legend-yardy-lands-new-south-wales-role-1-8990922 Sussex legend Yardy lands New South Wales role], ''Chichester Observer'', 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-31.</ref> In February 2020 [[Kent County Cricket Club]] announced that Yardy would join the coaching team at the club as batting coach in April 2020.<ref>[https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/yardy-to-join-as-batting-coach/ Yardy to join as Batting Coach], [[Kent County Cricket Club]], 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-29.</ref>

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==External links==
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{{England Squad 2010 ICC World Twenty20}}
{{England Squad 2011 Cricket World Cup}}
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