Iain Wardlaw is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er. A right-arm medium pacer and right-handed batsman, Wardlaw is presently contracted to Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

 to the end of the 2012 season, and for whom he has played four Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 games, and one County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

 match in 2011.

Wardlaw joined Yorkshire in 2011, having played for Cleckheaton C.C. in the Bradford League. He has played for the Yorkshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship

Second XI Championship

The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status...

, as well as appearing in his debut Twenty20 match for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

 in July 2011, when he took two wickets for 17 runs off 3.1 overs.
Wardlaw has since played three more Twenty20 matches for Yorkshire, although has yet to take another wicket, but his overall economy rate is 5.82 per over.

He made his first-class debut against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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, in the Roses Match

Roses Match

The Roses Match refers to any game of cricket played between Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club. Yorkshire's emblem is the white rose, while Lancashire's is the red rose. The associations go back to the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century...

 in July 2011, taking one wicket for 68 runs. Wardlaw was replaced in the Yorkshire side later in the match, when Tim Bresnan

Tim Bresnan

Timothy 'Tim' Thomas Bresnan is an English cricketer. He is a fast-medium bowler, as well as being respected for his ability with the bat for Yorkshire. He normally fields in the deep. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003. In June 2006 he was called up to the England One Day...

returned early from potential international duty.