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Chris Old

Full Name
Christopher Middleton Old
Born
22-12-1948 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
Current Age
73 years old
Major Teams
England
Batting Style
Left-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast-medium
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.

Arunabha Sengupta

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

Chris Old Career statistics

Test Debut

India v England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, December 30, 1972

Last Test

England v Australia at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 30, 1981

ODI Debut

England v West Indies at Headingley, Leeds, September 5, 1973

Last ODI

West Indies v England at Arnos Vale Playing Field, Kingstown, February 4, 1981

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Brearley, a big admirer of India captain Virat Kohli, has no qualms about the swashbuckling batsman leading the side in all three formats.

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A list of the 12 finest, from Chris Old's outrageous fifty to Kedar Jadhav's cramp-fighting epic.

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    With 95 days to go, in our latest World Cup Countdown, we recall how Canada were skittled for a meagre 45 in their clash against England.

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    The O’s: One great bowler, a magnificent batsman, one quality ’keeper

    Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with O, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta is constrained with ...

    Chris Old plunders 100 in 72 balls, 50 in 9 minutes!

    Names can be misleading. While the Yorkshire line-up for the 1977 Championship match at Edgbaston consisted of 'non-violent’ surnames ...

    42 all out: The story of India’s lowest recorded total in Tests

    Geoff Arnold took 4 for 19. Chris Old, 5 for 21. India were bowled out for 42.

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