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Full name Christopher Paul Schofield
Born October 6, 1978, Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire
Current age 30 years 7 days
Major teams England, Cheshire, Lancashire, Suffolk, Surrey
Nickname Scoey, Junior, Scoffer
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education Wardle High School

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

22.33

146

45.89

T20Is

24.00

120.00

First-class

109

2659

28.28

List A

113

1391

75*

22.43

Twenty20

154

12.83

165

93.33

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

108

4.05

T20Is

2/15

23.00

7.16

19.2

First-class

12415

6436

196

6/120

32.83

3.11

63.3

List A

113

3400

2953

108

5/31

27.34

5.21

31.4

Twenty20

401

458

4/12

14.31

6.85

12.5

Career statistics

Test debut

England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, May 18-21, 2000 scorecard

Last Test

England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard

Test statistics

T20I debut

England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard

Last T20I

England v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 18, 2007 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

1998

Last First-class

Surrey v Durham at Guildford, Jul 16-19, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1999

Last List A

Glamorgan v Surrey at Cardiff, Jul 24, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

Unusually for a legspinner, Schofield cuts a gangly figure as he approaches the wicket, partly because of his extra height, partly because of his loose limbs, which seem to have a mind of their own. England's craving for a legspinner meant that he was fast-tracked into the senior side in 2000 - and awarded one of the ECB's first batch of 12 central contracts - after just two seasons in county cricket and one A tour. He didn't get a bowl in his first Test, which was dominated by seam, and although he knocked up a cheeky fifty in his second, his bowling was too wild for the selectors' liking; he returned wicketless to the ranks. With the bat Schofield is an innovative county No. 8, not afraid to use the reverse-sweep or hook the quicks. The road back was a long one, though, and after a dispiriting 2004 season, in which he played only three Championship matches and ten one-day games (he took only one wicket, although he did score some useful runs), he was released by Lancashire, whose manager, Mike Watkinson, stated the obvious when he observed that Schofield "had perhaps not reached his full potential". Undetered, Schofield continued to try to force his way back, playing Minor County cricket for Suffolk as well as occasional appearances for Surrey and Durham 2nd XIs. He was registered by Surrey in August 2006 and impressed enough to be offered a full contract for 2007. An amazing turnaround continued when, after being the leading wicket-taker during the group stages of the 2007 Twenty20 Cup, he was named in England's 15-man squad for the World Championship in South Africa.
Lawrence Booth August 2007

Jul 1, 2008

Chris Schofield is cleaned up by Yasir Arafat © Getty Images

Jun 30, 2008

Geraint Jones appeals for a stumping against Chris Schofield © Getty Images

Sep 1, 2007

Chris Scholfield roars an appeal © Getty Images

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