Chris Wright (cricketer)
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Full name | Christopher Ian Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England | 14 July 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Wrighty, The Baron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Tamil Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2018 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2018 |
Christopher Julian Clement Wright (born 14 July 1985) is an English cricketer.
Wright made his first-class debut for Middlesex in 2004, as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire and is a product of the Middlesex Academy who has also represented Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence and the Tamil Union club.
In August 2007, he signed a two-year contract to play for Essex until the end of the 2009 season. In March 2009, this was extended until the end of the 2011 season. In the 2012 season, Wright formed an impressive opening attack partnership with Keith Barker for Warwickshire, helping the side capture the County Championship. Wright took over 50 first-class wickets in the season.
During his school years, he was a regular in Hampshire's youth teams, and played for the Liphook and Ripsley Cricket Club.