Chris Old

Chris Old

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Middleton Old
Born	(1948-12-22) 22 December 1948 (age 76) Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
Nickname	Chilly
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 455)	30 December 1972 v India
Last Test	2 August 1981 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 23)	5 September 1973 v Australia
Last ODI	4 February 1981 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1966–1982	Yorkshire
1981/82–1982/83	Northern Transvaal
1983–1985	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 46 32 379 314 Runs scored 845 338 7,756 3,492 Batting average 14.82 18.77 20.84 19.72 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 6/27 0/13 Top score 65 51* 116 82* Balls bowled 8,858 1,755 57,822 15,604 Wickets 143 45 1,070 418 Bowling average 28.11 22.20 23.48 20.86 5 wickets in innings 4 0 39 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 7/50 4/8 7/20 5/19 Catches/stumpings 22/– 8/– 214/– 72/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  England ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 1979 England
Source: CricInfo, 17 November 2008

Chris Old (born Christopher Middleton Old, 22 December 1948)^[1] is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order left-handed batsman, Old was a key feature of the Yorkshire side between 1969 and 1983, before finishing his career at Warwickshire in 1985. As a Test bowler for England he took 143 wickets, and scored useful runs in the famous 1981 Ashes series' Headingley victory. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.