Chris Old

Chris Old
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Middleton Old
Born (1948-12-22) 22 December 1948 (age 75)
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
NicknameChilly
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 455)30 December 1972 v India
Last Test2 August 1981 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 23)5 September 1973 v Australia
Last ODI4 February 1981 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1966–1982Yorkshire
1981/82–1982/83Northern Transvaal
1983–1985Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 46 32 379 314
Runs scored 845 338 7,756 3,492
Batting average 14.82 18.77 20.84 19.72
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 6/27 0/13
Top score 65 51* 116 82*
Balls bowled 8,858 1,755 57,822 15,604
Wickets 143 45 1,070 418
Bowling average 28.11 22.20 23.48 20.86
5 wickets in innings 4 0 39 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 7/50 4/8 7/20 5/19
Catches/stumpings 22/– 8/– 214/– 72/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1979 England
Source: CricInfo, 17 November 2008

Chris Old (born Christopher Middleton Old, 22 December 1948)[1] is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order left-handed batsman, Old was a key feature of the Yorkshire side between 1969 and 1983, before finishing his career at Warwickshire in 1985. As a Test bowler for England he took 143 wickets, and scored useful runs in the famous 1981 Ashes series' Headingley victory. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

  1. ^ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.