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Full name Christopher Mark Wells Read
Born August 10, 1978, Paignton, Devon
Current age 29 years 281 days
Major teams England, Devon, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire
Nickname Reados
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 8 in
Education Torquay Boys' Grammar School, University of Bath, Loughborough University

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	15	23	4	360	55	18.94	912	39.47	0	1	36	4	48	6
ODIs	36	24	7	300	30*	17.64	410	73.17	0	0	21	6	41	2
T20Is	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	11	118.18	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	195	291	46	8164	240	33.32			12	43			568	30
List A	225	178	45	3757	135	28.24			2	11			233	48
Twenty20	28	27	7	540	48*	27.00	437	123.56	0	0	41	18	20	3

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	195		66	68	0	-	-	-	6.18	-	0	0	0
List A	225	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 1-3, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	South Africa v England at Bloemfontein, Jan 23, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI	England v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Oct 28, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, May 14-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1995
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire at Nottingham, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nottinghamshire v Durham at Nottingham, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Nottinghamshire v Kent at Nottingham, Jul 17-18, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Born in Devon, reared in Bristol and an England A tourist before he had played a first-class game, Read has established himself as the tidiest gloveman in English cricket, although like Jack Russell before him, such an accolade is no longer a guarantee of one's selection. A back-foot fighter with a productive whip-pull, he bats as high as No. 6 in the Nottinghamshire middle order, and was picked by England against New Zealand in 1999, infamously ducking into a Chris Cairns slower ball. He made the one-day team that winter in South Africa and, despite a below-par performance behind the stumps, showed composure with the bat, memorably mowing Shaun Pollock for six to reignite a run-chase. Read lost ground after his debut, dropping behind Paul Nixon and then James Foster in the race to become England's next keeper, but he was a more rounded player by the time Alec Stewart finally hung up his gloves in 2003. He duly returned to the top of the pile, and after an immaculate time behind the stumps in the Caribbean, he was controversially dropped in favour of Geraint Jones, the better batsman. Two months later, and Read had been axed from the one-day side as well, despite some combative performances low down the order. He remained on the fringes of the team, but having produced an impressive unbeaten 150 for England A against the Pakistanis in July 2006, he finally convinced the management that was due another chance. A brisk 55 in his comeback Test against Pakistan, in the 3rd Test at Headingley, demonstrated a cricketer with far greater confidence in himself than in his youth. Ina Duncan Fletcher-inspired see-saw, he was again left out for the 2006-07 Ashes before Jones's loss of form meant he was recalled for the last two Tests. But Nixon edged him out for the CB Series that followed, and the emergence of Peter Moores as Fletcher's successor and the selection of Matt Prior meant Read slipped gently down the list of keepers.
Lawrence Booth May 2007

May 9, 2008

Chris Read cuts on his way to 88
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Apr 15, 2008

Chris Read, 2008 player portrait
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Dec 12, 2007

Taufeeq Umar is stumped by Chris Read
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