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Full name Craig White
Born December 16, 1969, Morley Hall, Yorkshire
Current age 38 years 152 days
Major teams England,Australia Under-19s,Australia Young Cricketers,Central Districts,Victoria,Yorkshire
Nickname Chalky, Bassey
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium, Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Flora Hill High School, Bendigo Senior High School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
30
50
7
1052
121
24.46
2437
43.16
1
5
119
12
14
0
ODIs
51
41
5
568
57*
15.77
928
61.20
0
1
28
4
12
0
First-class
276
438
57
12395
186
32.53
21
62
167
0
List A
357
318
45
7181
148
26.30
5
28
100
0
Twenty20
31
29
0
544
55
18.75
465
116.98
0
2
69
12
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
30
45
3959
2220
59
5/32
5/57
37.62
3.36
67.1
2
3
0
ODIs
51
50
2364
1726
65
5/21
5/21
26.55
4.38
36.3
1
1
0
First-class
276
21286
11260
395
8/55
28.50
3.17
53.8
11
0
List A
357
11581
8462
337
5/19
5/19
25.10
4.38
34.3
12
3
0
Twenty20
31
5
70
132
1
1/22
1/22
132.00
11.31
70.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Jun 2-6, 1994 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 6, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v England at Port Elizabeth, Mar 2, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1990
Last First-class
Worcestershire v Yorkshire at Kidderminster, Aug 14-17, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1990
Last List A
Lancashire v Yorkshire at Manchester, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Jul 18, 2007 scorecard
Profile
An action man of an allrounder, White only became an integral member of the
England side after blacking out mysteriously in a street in Scarborough in
May 2000. He recovered, attacked the game as if each day might be his last,
and, almost overnight, became England's fulcrum at No. 7 or 8, although he
has consistently been found out - like so many others - by the Australians.
His batting is all about aggression, and he loves the challenge of launching
the spinners over extra cover and sweeping them high over midwicket. Against
the quicks he likes to hook, and isn't afraid of getting forward - even on
the dodgiest pitches. His bowling relies on a muscular shoulder action and
plenty of reverse swing at a decidedly nippy pace which he struggled to
maintain as injuries took their toll. When White first played for England,
it seemed that Ray Illingworth's Yorkshire bias had overstepped the bounds
of decency. But in 2000-01 on the subcontinent, England wondered how they
got by without him, and in December 2001 he hit a stirring first Test
hundred in the heat and dust of Ahmedabad. He finally batted well against
the Aussies at Melbourne in 2002-03 ... and then revealed he'd ripped a rib
muscle while bowling the day before. England waited until the last possible
moment for him to prove his fitness for the 2003 World Cup, testament to his
perceived pivotal allround role. But he again broke down, and injury limited him to nine domestic appearances as a specialist batsman. He was appointed captain of Yorkshire in 2004, but it proved a disappointing year for the club, with their worst showing for 12 years, and for White himself, with just seven appearances this time. The following year was much brighter for the county, with White leading them back to the Championship's top flight, but he quit as captain at the end of 2006 after Yorkshire narrowly avoided going straight back down.
Lawrence Booth
