Chris Tavaré
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| Chris Tavaré | ||||
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 31 | 29 | ||
| Runs scored | 1755 | 720 | ||
| Batting average | 32.50 | 27.69 | ||
| 100s/50s | 2/12 | -/4 | ||
| Top score | 149 | 83* | ||
| Balls bowled | 30 | 12 | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 20/- | 7/- | ||
Christopher James Tavaré (born October 27, 1954) is a retired English cricketer who played in 31 Tests and 29 ODIs from 1980 to 1989.
Tavaré was born in Orpington, Kent and was educated at Sevenoaks School and Oxford University, where he graduated with a degree in zoology. He played cricket for Oxford University, Kent and Somerset as an attacking right-handed batsman.
He adapted his natural game to meet the requirements of the Test side, with a remarkable transformation into an obdurate, notorious blocker. For example[1] in 1981 at Old Trafford he scored a fine 69 and 78, but was at the crease for 12 hours to get them. His 50 in the second innings was a new slowest for tests played in England, and the following season he played a yet slower one. Among his overall slowest was to score just 35 runs in 6½ hours at Madras in 1981/2. He captained Kent for three years, before he was controversially replaced by Chris Cowdrey in 1986. He moved to Somerset as captain in 1989, following a successful benefit in 1988. Tavaré is currently a biology teacher at his alma mater, Sevenoaks School.
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[edit] Trivia
During an episode of Fantasy Football League, archive footage was shown of Angus Loughran (aka Statto), offering a chair to Tavaré during a Test match. The implication was that Tavaré must be tired, hence his lack of scoring despite England's strong position at the time.
Chris is first cousin of comedian Jim Tavaré.
[edit] References
- ^ Dave Warner, Cricket's Hall of Shame, Fremantle Arts Centre Prsss, ISBN 1-86368-220-1, 1998, page 39 (section on slowest batsmen)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Chris Tavaré at Cricinfo
- Chris Tavaré at Cricket Archive
| Preceded by Asif Iqbal |
Kent CCC Captain 1983 - 1984 |
Succeeded by Chris Cowdrey |
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