Phil Tufnell

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Phil Tufnell

Tufnell in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell
Born	(1966-04-29) 29 April 1966 (age 58) Barnet, London, England
Nickname	Tuffers, the Cat, Two Sugars, the Doctor
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 547)	26 December 1990 v Australia
Last Test	23 August 2001 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 111)	7 December 1990 v New Zealand
Last ODI	20 February 1997 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1986–2002	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 42 20 316 93 Runs scored 153 15 2,066 125 Batting average 5.10 15.00 9.69 8.92 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 22* 5* 67* 18 Balls bowled 11,288 1,020 76,934 4,663 Wickets 121 19 1,057 103 Bowling average 37.68 36.78 29.35 32.30 5 wickets in innings 5 0 53 1 10 wickets in match 2 0 6 0 Best bowling 7/47 4/22 8/29 5/28 Catches/stumpings 12/– 4/– 106/– 17/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  England ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 1992 Australia and New Zealand
Source: CricInfo, 3 January 2008

Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English international cricketer and current television and radio personality.

A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played in 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team, as well as playing for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1986 to 2002. Tufnell took 121 Test match wickets. His Test average is 37.68 per wicket. Across all first-class cricket he took over 1,000 wickets at an average of 29.35. His cheerful personality and behaviour have made him a popular sports personality.^[1] He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

Following his retirement from playing cricket in 2002, Tufnell has built on his popularity with several television appearances, including They Think It's All Over, A Question of Sport, Strictly Come Dancing,^[2] and winning I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2003.