Chris Old

Chris Old Biography

Chris Old was 6 feet 3, athletic and accurate with his seamers, possessing a venomous late out-swinger. He played second — nay, the third — fiddle to Bob Willis and Ian Botham in the England pace bowling line-up, but could be as potent and deadly as the two more illustrious names.

In fact his 143 wickets for England came at 28 in spite of a spate of injuries to his leg and back is testimony to his class. It was his 5 for 21 that wrecked the Indians alongside Geoff Arnold when they were bowled out for 42 in 1974. In 1978, he captured 4 wickets off 5 balls at Edgbaston against the Pakistanis. A successor in the Yorkshire bowling line-up after Fred Trueman called it a day, Old did much that his great predecessor could be proud of.

He was a fine batsman as well, with 6 First-Class hundreds constructed with left-handed biffing. At Edgbaston, in 1977, he hammered the third-fastest hundred of all time, off just 72 balls, reaching his second fifty in just 9 minutes. He played a major role with bat a few times in Test cricket as well. In Calcutta, his 52 and 5 wickets was one of the reasons for England’s win in 1976-77. At Headingley, in 1981, he was one of the late order partners of Ian Botham as he hit 29 and helped him add 67 on the way to that incredible win.

In the England-India 1975 World Cup encounter made infamous by Sunil Gavaskar’s 36 not out, Old slammed 4 fours and 2 sixes in a whirlwind 51 not out from 40 balls and then bowled 12 overs to finish with 1 for 26.

Old was invited by Tony Greig to be a part of World Series Cricket, but refused. But his Test career ended in a different demonstration of anti-establishmentarianism. He went on the rebel tour to South Africa in 1982 and never played for England again.

Old’s elder brother Alan was an England Rugby Union fly-half.

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Chris Old Batting & Fielding Averages

Career	M	In	R	NO	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	46	66	845	9	65	14.82	2163	39.06	0	2	103	8	22	0
ODIs	32	25	338	7	51*	18.77	401	84.28	0	1	29	6	8	0
T20s	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	9	7	91	2	51*	18.20	76	119.7	0	1	7	3	2	0

Chris Old Bowling Averages

Career	M	B	R	W	Avg	EC	SR	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
Test	46	8442	4020	143	28.11	2.857	59.	4	0	7/50	9/88
ODIs	32	1677	999	45	22.20	3.574	37.26	0	0	4/8	4/8
T20s	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	9	543	243	16	15.18	2.685	33.93	0	--	4/8	4/8

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