Jack Leaning

Jack Leaning
Leaning in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Jack Andrew Leaning
Born 18 October 1993
Bristol, England
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm off spin
Domestic team information
Years Team
2012–2019 Yorkshire (squad no. 34)
2020– Kent (squad no. 34)
2022 Oval Invincibles
FC debut 21 June 2013 Yorkshire v Surrey
LA debut 27 August 2012 Yorkshire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 112 62 105
Runs scored 5,319 1,503 1,854
Batting average 33.03 32.67 27.67
100s/50s 8/30 3/7 0/7
Top score 220* 137* 81*
Balls bowled 2,740 537 384
Wickets 33 14 21
Bowling average 54.36 33.85 23.52
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/64 5/22 3/15
Catches/stumpings 107/– 33/– 56/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 October 2023

Jack Andrew Leaning (born 18 October 1993) is an English first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm off-spin bowler, Leaning joined Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 season, having previously played all of his professional cricket for Yorkshire after making his professional debut in 2012.

Leaning joined Yorkshire in 2008, starting at under 15 level. He went on to play for the Yorkshire Academy in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League, and the Yorkshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship, before making his List A debut against Warwickshire in August 2012 and his first-class debut against Surrey in June 2013. He became an established member of the Yorkshire side during the 2014 season.

In 2014, several York City F.C. fans sponsored Leaning in his first season as a full professional cricketer. His father Andy is a former player and goalkeeping coach of York.

In August 2019 it was announced that Leaning would join Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 English cricket season. In his second match for Kent he scored his maiden double-century, making 220 not out in a Kent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs against Sussex at Canterbury in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy. The innings was his first century for three seasons. In April 2022, he was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred.