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Full name Christopher James Tavaré
Born October 27, 1954, Orpington, Kent
Current age 53 years 272 days
Major teams England,Kent,Oxford University,Somerset
Nickname Tav
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Sevenoaks School; Oxford University
Relations Nephew - WA Tavare
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
31
56
2
1755
149
32.50
5735
30.60
2
12
175
0
20
0
ODIs
29
28
2
720
83*
27.69
1471
48.94
0
4
58
2
7
0
First-class
431
717
75
24906
219
38.79
48
138
418
0
List A
399
390
49
11407
162*
33.45
14
65
168
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
31
2
30
11
0
-
-
-
2.20
-
0
0
0
ODIs
29
1
12
3
0
-
-
-
1.50
-
0
0
0
First-class
431
813
722
5
1/3
144.40
5.32
162.6
0
0
List A
399
18
9
0
-
-
-
3.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jun 5-10, 1980 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 6-11, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, May 28-29, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v England at Karachi, Mar 26, 1984 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1974 - 1993
List A span
1974 - 1993
Profile
Everything about Chris Tavaré annoyed the Australians in the early 1980s, right down to his acute accent: he was the antithesis of their idea of a cricketer. An Oxford graduate, rather silent, effete-seeming, he simply refused to get out of their way and batted for hours, even days. The energy other players put into their strokes Tavaré expended by walking halfway to square-leg after every delivery. He could play shots and was particularly effective at smashing off-spinners over the top. But he didn't like to let on and rarely got the opportunity in Test cricket: though he much preferred to bat No. 3, England forced him to open because there was no one else. He was deposed as Kent captain, unpleasantly, and then moved to Somerset.
Matthew Engel
