Chris Woakes

Christopher Woakes is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats.

Early life:

Woakes attended Barr Beacon Language College in Walsall. He began playing cricket when he was seven years old with Four Oaks Saints Cricket Club.

Domestic Career:

Woakes represented Warwickshire in one match during the 2006 season, during a West Indian tour of England. He has since represented Warwickshire in the Second XI Championship.

He made his Lions debut against the West Indies in 2009. During the same season he scored 131 not out against Hampshire. It was his maiden first-class century, batting at number nine and sharing a 222-run partnership with Jonathan Trott.

He claimed his 200th first-class wicket in Warwickshire’s victory over Sussex in the County Championship in July 2011.

International Career:

• Test debut: 21 August 2013 vs Australia
• ODI debut: 21 January 2011 vs Australia
• T20I debut: 12 January 2011 vs Australia

Major Achievements:

• His bowling spell which was nominated to be one of the best ODI bowling performances of the year by ESPNcricinfo.
• He made his first Test century against India (137 not out) at Lord’s in August 2018, the ground where two years earlier he had his best match figures with the ball of 11/102 against Pakistan. These feats earned him a position on both Lord’s honours boards, one of only ten players to achieve this, and the fifth to do so by taking ten wickets in a match.