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Chris Lewis

England

Full name Clairmonte Christopher Lewis

Born February 14, 1968, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana

Current age 41 years 268 days

Major teams England, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey

Nickname Carl

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education Willesden High School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	32	51	3	1105	117	23.02	2421	45.64	1	4	137	6	25
ODIs	53	40	14	374	33	14.38	459	81.48	0	0	25	6	20
First-class	189	275	34	7406	247	30.73			9	34			154
List A	266	217	56	3959	116*	24.59			1	14			104
Twenty20	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	4	50.00	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	32	55	6852	3490	93	6/111	7/114	37.52	3.05	73.6	3	3	0
ODIs	53	49	2625	1942	66	4/30	4/30	29.42	4.43	39.7	4	0	0
First-class	189		32004	16225	543	6/22		29.88	3.04	58.9		20	3
List A	266		11846	8232	312	5/19	5/19	26.38	4.16	37.9	10	2	0
Twenty20	1	1	12	29	0	-	-	-	14.50	-	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 5-10, 1990 scorecard
Last Test	England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 22-26, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Feb 14, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI	England v South Africa at Manchester, May 23, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1987 - 2000
List A debut	1987
Last List A	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Apr 20, 2008 scorecard
Only Twenty20	Surrey v Essex at The Oval, Jun 11, 2008 scorecard

Profile

When he wasn't posing for a magazine in his underwear, shaving his head and getting sunstroke, or turning up late for practice because of a "flat tyre", Lewis could touch the heights few in the county game can reach. His fast-medium seamers were propelled by an athletic, high action, his batting was full of exquisite onside drives and fierce cuts, and his fielding could be sensational. But, apart from some excellent bowling in the 1992 World Cup, he rarely delivered when England needed him most, and his many critics got stuck in. He started at Leicestershire, then had spells at Notts and Surrey, where he helped win the Sunday League in 1996 and the B&H in '97, before returning to Grace Road. All the time he was in and out of the Test side, despite going on six consecutive tours and hitting a hundred in a lost cause at Madras in 1992-93. But Lewis was never fully accepted by his peers, and he was ostracised further when, in 1999, it emerged that he had passed on the names of three England cricketers allegedly involved in match-fixing to the ECB. He drifted out of the game an unfulfilled talent. He returned to Surrey in 2008, aged 40, when he signed a surprise pay-as-you-play contract for the Twenty20 Cup but it didn't prove a success as injury brought it to an early end. But he struggled out of the limelight and in late 2008 he was arrested at Gatwick Airport and subsequently found guilty of smuggling cocaine into the country. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison. "I suppose this highlights how difficult it can be for players to cope once they stop playing cricket," former team-mate Angus Fraser reflected.
Lawrence Booth May 2009