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| Full name | Christopher John Payne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1947 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Minor Counties South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher John Payne (born 30 December 1947) is a former English cricketer. Payne was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
Payne made his first-class debut for Middlesex against Yorkshire in the 1968 County Championship. He made four further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Essex in the 1970 County Championship.[1] In his five first-class appearances, he scored a total of 40 runs at an average of 5.00, with a high score of 22.[2] He also two List A appearances for the county in the 1970 John Player League, against Derbyshire and Warwickshire,[3] scoring a total of 28 runs.[4]
Leaving Middlesex at the end of the 1970 season, he later played two matches for Hertfordshire in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship, against Bedfordshire and Suffolk.[5] The following season he played two List A matches for Minor Counties South against Kent and Essex,[3] though without success.