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Full name Christopher Middleton Old
Born December 22, 1948, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
Current age 59 years 296 days
Major teams England,Northern Transvaal,Northumberland,Warwickshire,Yorkshire
Nickname Chilly
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Acklam Hall Secondary Grammar School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
46
66
9
845
65
14.82
0
2
103
8
22
0
ODIs
32
25
7
338
51*
18.77
401
84.28
0
1
29
6
8
0
First-class
379
463
91
7756
116
20.84
6
27
214
0
List A
314
230
53
3492
82*
19.72
0
13
72
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
46
81
8858
4020
143
7/50
9/88
28.11
2.72
61.9
7
4
0
ODIs
32
31
1755
999
45
4/8
4/8
22.20
3.41
39.0
2
0
0
First-class
379
57822
25127
1070
7/20
23.48
2.60
54.0
39
2
List A
314
15604
8720
418
5/19
5/19
20.86
3.35
37.3
15
3
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Kolkata, Dec 30, 1972 - Jan 4, 1973 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 30-Aug 2, 1981 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v England at Kingstown, Feb 4, 1981 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1966 - 1986
List A span
1967 - 1987
Profile
Wisden overview It is one of the contradictions of postwar English cricket that Chris Old, as fine a natural athlete as one could hope to see, should have been plagued by injury, mainly to his legs and back, through most of his career. The younger brother of Alan, an England rugby union fly-half, "Chilly" Old first appeared for Yorkshire as a 17-year-old 6ft 3ins fast bowler. But in time he developed into a rhythmic and powerful fast-medium seamer, noted for accuracy and potent late outswing, and a dangerous lower-order left-hand hitter. Old was one of England's unsung heroes of the incredible win over Australia at Headingley in 1981, when they became the only team in the 20th century to win a Test after following on. He came in at 252 for 8, when England's lead was only 25, and helped Ian Botham add 67 in under an hour. After retiring Old moved to Cornwall where he ran a fish and chip shop.
John Thicknesse
Notes
Walter Lawrence Trophy 1977
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1979
