Chris Silverwood
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Chris Silverwood England (Eng) |
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
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Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium | |
Tests | ODIs | |
Matches | 6 | 7 |
Runs scored | 29 | 17 |
Batting average | 7.25 | 4.25 |
100s/50s | -/- | -/- |
Top score | 10 | 12 |
Balls bowled | 828 | 306 |
Wickets | 11 | 6 |
Bowling average | 40.36 | 40.66 |
5 wickets in innings | 1 | - |
10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
Best bowling | 5/91 | 3/43 |
Catches/stumpings | 2/- | -/- |
As of 1 January 2006 |
Christopher Eric Wilfred Silverwood (born Pontefract March 5, 1975) is an English cricketer.
Silverwood started his career at Yorkshire, playing for them for 13 years as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium/fast-pace bowler. With the club he won the County Championship in 2001 and the C&G Trophy in 2002. He signed for Middlesex for the 2006 season after playing only 6 games for Yorkshire in the 2005 season.
He made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 1996, but he had to wait three years for his next chance, where he struggled in South Africa. His last Test cap was in 2002.
He is also renowned for being absolutely teetotal.