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Full name Christopher Paul Schofield
Born October 6, 1978, Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire
Current age 29 years 337 days
Major teams England,Cheshire,Lancashire,Suffolk,Surrey
Nickname Scoey, Junior, Scoffer
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Wardle High School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
0
67
57
22.33
146
45.89
0
1
8
0
0
0
T20Is
4
4
3
24
9*
24.00
20
120.00
0
0
2
0
1
0
First-class
78
109
15
2659
99
28.28
0
21
45
0
List A
113
83
21
1391
75*
22.43
0
6
31
0
Twenty20
29
20
8
154
27
12.83
165
93.33
0
0
14
1
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
1
108
73
0
-
-
-
4.05
-
0
0
0
T20Is
4
4
77
92
4
2/15
2/15
23.00
7.16
19.2
0
0
0
First-class
78
12415
6436
196
6/120
32.83
3.11
63.3
5
0
List A
113
3400
2953
108
5/31
5/31
27.34
5.21
31.4
6
1
0
Twenty20
29
22
401
458
32
4/12
4/12
14.31
6.85
12.5
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, May 18-21, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
T20I debut
England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
England v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 18, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1998
Last First-class
Surrey v Durham at Guildford, Jul 16-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999
Last List A
Glamorgan v Surrey at Cardiff, Jul 24, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Unusually for a legspinner, Schofield cuts a gangly figure as he approaches the wicket, partly because of his extra height, partly because of his loose limbs, which seem to have a mind of their own. England's craving for a legspinner meant that he was fast-tracked into the senior side in 2000 - and awarded one of the ECB's first batch of 12 central contracts - after just two seasons in county cricket and one A tour. He didn't get a bowl in his first Test, which was dominated by seam, and although he knocked up a cheeky fifty in his second, his bowling was too wild for the selectors' liking; he returned wicketless to the ranks. With the bat Schofield is an innovative county No. 8, not afraid to use the reverse-sweep or hook the quicks. The road back was a long one, though, and after a dispiriting 2004 season, in which he played only three Championship matches and ten one-day games (he took only one wicket, although he did score some useful runs), he was released by Lancashire, whose manager, Mike Watkinson, stated the obvious when he observed that Schofield "had perhaps not reached his full potential". Undetered, Schofield continued to try to force his way back, playing Minor County cricket for Suffolk as well as occasional appearances for Surrey and Durham 2nd XIs. He was registered by Surrey in August 2006 and impressed enough to be offered a full contract for 2007. An amazing turnaround continued when, after being the leading wicket-taker during the group stages of the 2007 Twenty20 Cup, he was named in England's 15-man squad for the World Championship in South Africa.
Lawrence Booth August 2007
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 1998 NBC Denis Compton Award 1999 NBC Denis Compton Award 2000
