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Chris Schofield

England

Full name Christopher Paul Schofield

Born October 6, 1978, Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire

Current age 31 years 33 days

Major teams England, Cheshire, Lancashire, Suffolk, Surrey

Nickname Scoey, Junior, Scoffer

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Height 6 ft 1 in

Education Wardle High School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	2	3	0	67	57	22.33	146	45.89	0	1	8	0	0
T20Is	4	4	3	24	9*	24.00	20	120.00	0	0	2	0	1
First-class	92	130	18	3303	144	29.49			1	24			52
List A	129	97	26	1667	75*	23.47			0	7			35
Twenty20	38	27	8	220	27	11.57	227	96.91	0	0	19	2	8

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	2	1	108	73	0	-	-	-	4.05	-	0	0
T20Is	4	4	77	92	4	2/15	2/15	23.00	7.16	19.2	0	0
First-class	92		14598	7793	218	6/120		35.74	3.20	66.9		6
List A	129		4094	3526	133	5/31	5/31	26.51	5.16	30.7	6	2
Twenty20	38	31	610	756	44	4/12	4/12	17.18	7.43	13.8	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, May 18-21, 2000 scorecard
Last Test	England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
T20I debut	England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	England v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 18, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1998
Last First-class	Surrey v Glamorgan at The Oval, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1999
Last List A	Leicestershire v Surrey at Leicester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 27, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Unusually for a legspinner, Schofield cuts a gangly figure as he approaches the wicket, partly because of his extra height, partly because of his loose limbs, which seem to have a mind of their own. England's craving for a legspinner meant that he was fast-tracked into the senior side in 2000 - and awarded one of the ECB's first batch of 12 central contracts - after just two seasons in county cricket and one A tour. He didn't get a bowl in his first Test, which was dominated by seam, and although he knocked up a cheeky fifty in his second, his bowling was too wild for the selectors' liking; he returned wicketless to the ranks. With the bat Schofield is an innovative county No. 8, not afraid to use the reverse-sweep or hook the quicks. The road back was a long one, though, and after a dispiriting 2004 season, in which he played only three Championship matches and ten one-day games (he took only one wicket, although he did score some useful runs), he was released by Lancashire, whose manager, Mike Watkinson, stated the obvious when he observed that Schofield "had perhaps not reached his full potential". Undetered, Schofield continued to try to force his way back, playing Minor County cricket for Suffolk as well as occasional appearances for Surrey and Durham 2nd XIs. He was registered by Surrey in August 2006 and impressed enough to be offered a full contract for 2007. An amazing turnaround continued when, after being the leading wicket-taker during the group stages of the 2007 Twenty20 Cup, he was named in England's 15-man squad for the World Championship in South Africa.
Lawrence Booth August 2007

Notes

NBC Denis Compton Award 1998
NBC Denis Compton Award 1999
NBC Denis Compton Award 2000