1. Christopher Mark Wells Read was born on 10 August 1978 and is an English former cricketer who was the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
23 Facts About Chris Read
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Chris Read played for the England cricket team in 15 Tests and 36 ODIs.
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On 4 November 2007 Read ran the New York City Marathon to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK in honour of his first cricket coach, Trevor Ward, who died of the disease.
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Chris Read played for Devon in a NatWest Trophy match at the age of 16, and in 1997 made a single AXA Life League appearance for Gloucestershire, claiming an NBC Denis Compton Award that year.
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Several years in the international wilderness followed, Chris Read being overlooked in favour of first Paul Nixon and then James Foster as keeper-in-waiting in preparation for the retirement of Alec Stewart.
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Chris Read made a one-day century against the same opponents early in 2003 and with Stewart's retirement from international one-day cricket, he was recalled by England that year, playing in all ten ODIs.
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Chris Read returned to Nottinghamshire and had by far his best season with the bat: he scored 807 first-class runs including two centuries, and averaged over 50.
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The selectors stuck with Jones and by the summer of 2005 Chris Read was not even second-choice keeper for England in ODIs, Matt Prior of Sussex being preferred for the role.
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Chris Read was again overlooked in the squad for the winter tour of Pakistan, instead being selected for the second-tier ECB National Academy squad.
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Chris Read continued to be on the fringes of England squads, and was selected for the England 'A' team against the touring Pakistan side in 2006, off the back of a strong start to the county season which had seen him average 50 in both formats of the game.
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Chris Read took advantage of his selection, scoring an unbeaten 150 in the tour match.
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In September 2007, Chris Read took over as the captain of Nottinghamshire.
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In 2009 Chris Read had an excellent season with Nottinghamshire, scoring 1,203 runs at an average of 75.18 including 4 centuries in first-class cricket.
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Chris Read averaged 45.80 in 2010, as he led the team to their sixth championship.
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Nottinghamshire won the Royal London One Day Cup in 2017, under the captaincy of Dan Christian, with Read scoring 58 off 57 balls in the final.
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Chris Read toured Zimbabwe and South Africa with the A team the following winter, and in 1999 his maiden first-class century, a well-timed 160 against Warwickshire, brought him selection for the first Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston.
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Still not 21, Chris Read made a good impression: although he failed with the bat, he claimed eight dismissals, six in the second innings alone.
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Chris Read was retained for Lord's, but suffered a very public embarrassment when he was bowled for zero, ducking what he thought was a beamer from Chris Cairns but was in fact a well-disguised slower ball.
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Chris Read was retained for the one-day squad however, winning the man-of-the match award in the first game of that series, for a quickfire unbeaten 27 in a rain-affected run chase.
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Chris Read took advantage of the opportunity with 38 in the first innings of the 3rd Test against Pakistan, and then completing his first Test half-century, shepherding the tail in the second innings whilst making 55, to add to a sharp performance behind the wickets.
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Chris Read was selected to play for two tour matches for England between the Second and Third Tests.
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Under increased pressure, Jones retained his place for the third Test but failed to score in either innings - the first and second ducks of his Test career - leading to Chris Read being selected for the fourth Test.
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Chris Read repeated that performance with another 6 dismissals in the first innings of the 5th Test in Sydney, making him the first, and so far only, keeper in Test history to achieve the feat in successive Tests.