Chris Rushworth
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| Full name | Christopher Rushworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 July 1986 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004, 2010–present | Durham (squad no. 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 27 April 2010 Durham v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 5 July 2004 Durham v Sri Lanka A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 28 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher Rushworth (born 11 July 1986) is an English cricketer. Rushworth is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
Rushworth made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland against Suffolk in 2004 Minor Counties Championship. He played a further Minor Counties Championship match for the county against Norfolk in 2005.[1] In 2004, he also made his debut for Durham in a List A match against Sri Lanka A.[2] He wouldn't feature for Durham again following this match until the 2010 season, when he made his first-class debut against Yorkshire in the County Championship.[3] He featured in further List A matches in the Clydesdale Bank 40.[2] In the 2011 season, he made his Twenty20 debut against Warwickshire in the Friends Provident t20.[4] On 17 September 2014 against Northamptonshire, Rushworth took 9 for 52 and total match figures of 15 for 95, all taken in just one day of play, the best ever match figures by a Durham bowler in the County Championship.[5] He also did it while keeping himself sober for a year for charity.[6]
His cousin, Phil Mustard, is the current Durham wicket-keeper and captain.
References
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Chris Rushworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- 1 2 "List A Matches played by Chris Rushworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Chris Rushworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Chris Rushworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "Durham bowler takes 15 wickets to sink Northants". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Chris Rushworth takes 15 wickets in one day for Durham - see them all