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Full name Christopher Mark Wells Read
Born August 10, 1978, Paignton, Devon
Current age 29 years 331 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
198
296
47
8324
240
33.42
12
45
578
31
List A
229
182
47
3836
135
28.41
2
12
236
49
Twenty20
37
35
9
655
48*
25.19
534
122.65
0
0
49
21
24
7
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
36
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
198
66
68
0
-
-
-
6.18
-
0
0
0
List A
229
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
37
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire at Southampton, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1995
Last List A
Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nottinghamshire v Durham at Nottingham, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 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
