Chris Woakes

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Chris Woakes
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Woakes in 2021
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Roger Woakes
Born (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 32)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 657)21 August 2013 v Australia
Last Test16 December 2021 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 217)21 January 2011 v Australia
Last ODI4 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.19
T20I debut (cap 51)12 January 2011 v Australia
Last T20I10 November 2021 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.19
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–presentWarwickshire
2012/13Wellington
2013/14Sydney Thunder
2017Kolkata Knight Riders
2018Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021Delhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 40 106 16 156
Runs scored 1,426 1,315 98 6,053
Batting average 27.42 25.78 24.50 33.44
100s/50s 1/6 0/5 0/0 10/25
Top score 137* 95* 37 152*
Balls bowled 6,956 5,016 327 26,442
Wickets 121 155 15 535
Bowling average 28.91 29.46 28.46 25.25
5 wickets in innings 4 3 0 21
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 4
Best bowling 6/17 6/45 2/23 9/36
Catches/stumpings 18/– 46/– 5/– 66/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 December 2021

Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[1]

He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. He made his Test match debut against Australia in the fifth Ashes Test in 2013. He is one of only ten players in Test cricket history to have his name on both major honours boards at Lord's, for scoring a century and taking five wickets in an innings in a Test on the ground. As a young player at Warwickshire Ashley Giles commented, "if you wanted to clone a young cricketer, it would be Woakes."[2]

Early life[]

Woakes was born in March 1989 in Birmingham, and attended Barr Beacon Language College in Walsall from 2000 to 2007. He began playing cricket when he was seven years old with Aston Manor Cricket Club. He played three games in the 2006 Minor Counties Trophy for Herefordshire County Cricket Club, and played for Warwickshire's under-15, under-17, Academy and Second XI teams between 2004 and 2007.[3] Woakes is an avid supporter of local football club Aston Villa F.C.[4] He was a trainee footballer with Walsall F.C. as a winger until the age of 14.[5]

Career[]

Woakes represented Warwickshire in one match during the 2006 season, during a West Indian tour of England. Woakes picked up three wickets in the match. He has since represented Warwickshire in the Second XI Championship.[6]

He was a regular for the Warwickshire First XI in 2008. He took 42 wickets at an average of 20.57 runs per wicket over the course of the County Championship season, topping Warwickshire's bowling averages.[7]

On 6 April 2009, Woakes was called up to the England Lions squad.[8] Woakes made is Lions debut against the West Indies,[9] taking of 6/43 in the first innings of the match.[10] During the same season he scored 131 not out against Hampshire, his maiden first-class century, batting at number nine and sharing a 222-run partnership with Jonathan Trott.[11]

Woakes claimed his 200th first-class wicket in Warwickshire's victory over Sussex in the County Championship in July 2011.[12]

In the 2017 Indian Premier League auction, Woakes was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders,[13] going on to take 17 wickets in 13 matches, with best figures of 3/6.[14] In the 2018 IPL auction, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore,[15][16] playing in five matches and taking eight wickets in the 2018 IPL.[17] He was released by RCB ahead of the 2019 IPL auction,[18] where he went unsold.[19]

In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League,[20] but pulled out of the tournament. Chris Woakes has pulled out of IPL 2020 to keep himself fresh for England Test season.[21] He was retained by Delhi for the 2021 season.[22] Woakes made his Delhi Capitals debut vs CSK in match 2 of IPL 2021.[23]

International career[]

Woakes during the third Ashes Test at Headingley.

Woakes made his International Twenty20 debut on 12 January 2011 against Australia in Adelaide. Opening the bowling, he took figures of 1/34 and later scored the winning runs.[citation needed] He featured throughout the one-day matches on the tour, and in his second One Day International took figures of 6/45. Woakes returned to the England set up in 2012 during an ODI series against South Africa and continued to feature in the one-day side against India and New Zealand later in the year.

Woakes made his Test match debut against Australia in the final Test of the 2013 Ashes series, taking 1/96 in the first innings. After being named in squads against Sri Lanka and India, Woakes played his first Test of the 2014 summer in the third Test against India. He was an integral part of England's ODI side, playing all four matches and was selected in the ODI squad that toured Sri Lanka towards the end of 2014. England toured without injured senior bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, meaning Woakes was trusted with the new ball.[citation needed] He took figures of 6/47 in the fifth match of the series, a bowling spell which was nominated to be one of the best ODI bowling performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.[24]

He was part of the England side for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, although injury ruled him out of England's final match of the tournament. After the injury, Woakes returned for the ODI series against Australia and Pakistan and the Test side against South Africa in 2015/16. On 21 June 2016, he scored his highest ODI score of unbeaten 95 runs in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. His score is the joint highest ODI score by number eight or lower in ODI history, a record that he shares with fellow Englishman, Sam Curran.[25] He made his first Test century against India (137 not out) at Lord's in August 2018, the ground where two years earlier he had his best match figures with the ball of 11/102 against Pakistan. These feats earned him a position on both Lord's honours boards, one of only ten players to achieve this, and the fifth to do so by taking ten wickets in a match.[26][27]

He has continued to feature in England's one-day and Test squads, and in April 2019 was named in England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[28][29] He was named the Player of the Match in the World Cup semi-final against Australia, taking three wickets to see England through to the World Cup Final against New Zealand, the teams first appearance in a final since 1992. Woakes again took three wickets in the final as England won the tournament.[30]

On 17 June 2020, Woakes was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies,[31][32] and was later named in England's thirteen-man squad for the first Test match of the series.[33][34] In the second Test, Woakes took his 100th wicket in Test matches.[35] Chris Woakes reached 150 ODI wickets of his career by taking wicket of Pathum Nissanka in 1st ODI of Sri Lanka tour of England, 2021[36]

In September 2021, Woakes was named in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[37]

References[]

  1. ^ "England Cricket World Cup player ratings: How every star fared on the road to glory". Evening Standard. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Scouting report: Chris Woakes, Warwickshire". The Guardian. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Teams played for by Chris Woakes". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Blogservations Special: Chris Woakes on Blues, the ashes, that run out and his top three Villa moments". Aston Villa F.C. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ^ Wilson, Andy (12 January 2011). "Who is Chris Woakes? The lowdown on England's young all-rounder" – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "West Indies A tour of England Warwickshire v West Indies A". CricInfo. ESPN. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Bowling in LV County Championship 2008 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Donald tips Woakes as future star". CricInfo. ESPN. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  9. ^ "England Lions hammer West Indies". CricInfo. ESPN. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  10. ^ "Woakes takes out West Indian top order". CricInfo. ESPN. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  11. ^ "Hampshire v Warwickshire, 2009". Cricketarchive.com. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Woakes happy with his 200th wicket". BBC Sport. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  13. ^ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ^ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website- Chris Woakes". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ^ "IPL Auction 2018- Chris Woakes | Cricbuzz.com". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  16. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  17. ^ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  18. ^ "IPL 2019: McCullum, Woakes & Sarfaraz among 10 players released by RCB". Hindustan Times. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  19. ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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  21. ^ DelhiMarch 6, India Today Web Desk New; March 6, 2020UPDATED; Ist, 2020 22:34. "Chris Woakes pulls out of IPL 2020 to start fresh for England Test summer". India Today. Retrieved 27 August 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "England players in IPL 2021". Criclink.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  23. ^ DelhiApril 15, India Today Web Desk New; April 15, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 15:27. "Chris Woakes on joining Delhi Capitals camp: There is a good family sort of vibe going on". India Today. Retrieved 27 August 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "The all-pace all-stars". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  25. ^ "Records tumble in dramatic tie". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  26. ^ "Chris Woakes' Lord's Love". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  27. ^ "C.R. Woakes 137* v India | Lord's". www.lords.org. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Jofra Archer misses World Cup cut but included to play Ireland, Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  29. ^ "England leave out Jofra Archer from World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  30. ^ "England vs New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  31. ^ "England announce 30-man training squad ahead of first West Indies Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  32. ^ "Moeen Ali back in Test frame as England name 30-man training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  33. ^ "England name squad for first Test against West Indies". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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  36. ^ "WATCH: Chris Woakes produces one of the best spells in ODI cricket, ends up with 4/18 against Sri Lanka". SportsTiger. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  37. ^ "Tymal Mills makes England's T20 World Cup squad, no return for Ben Stokes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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