Chris Peploe

Chris Peploe

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Thomas Peploe
Born	(1981-04-21) 21 April 1981 Hammersmith, London, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–present	Unicorns (squad no. 18)
2009–present	Berkshire
2003–2008	Middlesex
2001	Middlesex Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 30 22 15 Runs scored 530 38 12 Batting average 15.58 4.75 6.00 100s/50s –/– –/– –/– Top score 46 14* 7 Balls bowled 5,283 960 221 Wickets 56 30 10 Bowling average 50.69 23.36 37.80 5 wickets in innings – – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 4/31 4/38 3/35 Catches/stumpings 11/– 9/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 April 2011

Christopher Thomas Peploe (born 26 April 1981) is an English cricketer who currently works at The John Lyon School.^[1] A left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, he currently plays List A cricket for the Unicorns in the Clydesdale Bank 40.

Born in Hammersmith, he was an MCC Young Cricketer in 2002 and played for Middlesex between 2003 and 2008. His two finest hours with the bat being when he scored 42 against Sussex in 2005 and 46 against Lancashire in 2006. In total, he scored 530 first-class runs at an average of 15.58.

However, it was his bowling that led to him playing 26 County Championship games for Middlesex as well as 17 in the various forms of limited-overs cricket and 15 in the Twenty20 Cup.

The statistics would say his best performances came in limited-overs matches, in which he took 26 wickets at an average of 22.92 and strike rate of 31.38. He twice took four-wicket hauls in this form of the game, one of which came in front of the Sky cameras against Glamorgan in 2005.

He took one wicket every 22.1 balls, which is better than in the other two forms of cricket. His 3-35 against Kent at Uxbridge deserves mentioning.

His longest run in the side came in 2006, when he played 10 County Championship matches, 3 C&G Trophy matches, 6 Twenty20 Cup matches and 5 Natwest Pro40 matches. He was mainly kept out of the side by Jamie Dalrymple, who often played ahead of Peploe when it was decided to play only one spinner. However, the signing of Murali Kartik in 2007 pushed him further down the pecking order – Peploe only played three matches that year – while Shaun Udal made it three specialist spinners in 2008.

In 2005, he played seven first-class games, gaining 18 wickets.

External links

• Chris Peploe player profile at cricketarchive.com
• Chris Peploe player profile at cricinfo.com