In the sport of cricket, Christopher Roger Woakes, who was born on March 2, 1989, is an English cricketer who competes for England in all forms on the international stage. Not only does he play for Warwickshire in domestic cricket, but he has also participated in several Twenty20 competitions, including the Indian Premier League, where he has played for the Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Kolkata Knight Riders.
In 2011, Woakes made his debut in the International One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) formats. In 2013, he made his debut in the Test format. He was a member of the England team that successfully won the Cricket World Cup in 2019 as well as the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022. His first experience with the Four Oaks Saints Cricket Club came when he was seven years old and he started playing cricket.
Between the years 2004 and 2007, he was a member of the Warwickshire under-15, under-17, academy, and Second XI teams. He also participated in three games for Herefordshire County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Trophy in 2006. An ardent supporter of the local football club Aston Villa F.C., Woakes is a fan of the team. Before reaching the age of 14, he was a trainee player with Walsall F.C., playing the position of winger.
Chris Woakes Biography
| Name | Chris Woakes |
| Full Name | Christopher Roger Woakes |
| Date of Birth | 2 March 1989 |
| Place of Birth | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | British |
| Father’s Name | Roger Woakes |
| Mother’s Name | Elaine Woakes |
| Siblings | David Woakes |
| Spouse | Amie Louise Woakes |
| Marriage Date | 10 February 2017 |
| Children | Evie Louise Woakes |
| Role | Bowling Allrounder |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| ODI Debut | 21 January 2011 vs. Australia |
| Test Debut | 21 August 2013 vs. Australia |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
Woakes played for Warwickshire in a single match during the 2006 season, which took place during a tour of England sponsored by West Indian cricketers. During the contest, Woakes ended up taking three wickets. Since then, he has competed for Warwickshire in the game known as the Second XI Championship. In 2008, he was a member of the Warwickshire First XI consistently. During the County Championship season, he topped Warwickshire’s bowling statistics by taking 42 wickets at an average of 20.57 runs per wicket. He was leading the county in wickets taken.
On the 6th of April in 2009, Woakes received a call-up to the England Lions team. As Woakes made his debut with the Lions, he took six wickets and forty-three runs in the first innings of the match against the West Indies. His first-ever first-class century came in the same season when he batted ninth and had a partnership with Jonathan Trott that resulted in 222 runs. He scored 131 runs without being out against Hampshire.
In July 2011, Woakes took his 200th wicket in a first-class match, which was a win for Warwickshire against Sussex in the County Championship. Following his acquisition by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League auction in 2017, Woakes went on to capture 17 wickets in a total of 13 matches, with his best stats coming in at 3/6. The Royal Challengers Bangalore purchased him at the 2018 Indian Premier League auction. at the 2018 IPL, he participated in five matches and took eight wickets.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) released him before the 2019 Indian Premier League auction, where he found no buyers. The Delhi Capitals purchased him at the auction for the 2020 Indian Premier League, however, they decided not to participate in the league. He was purchased by the Delhi Capitals. To maintain his fitness for the next England Test season, Chris Woakes has decided to withdraw from the Indian Premier League in 2020. In the 2021 season, Delhi decided to keep him on their roster.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 21 | 6 | 78 | 18 | 13.00 | 77 | 101.30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15* | 0.00 | 11 | 136.36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8.50 | 19 | 89.47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 11.50 | 47 | 97.87 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 21 | 440 | 658 | 30 | 3/36 | 21.93 | 8.97 | 14.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 66 | 82 | 5 | 2/18 | 16.40 | 7.45 | 13.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 110 | 190 | 8 | 3/36 | 23.75 | 10.36 | 13.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13 | 264 | 386 | 17 | 3/6 | 22.70 | 8.77 | 15.52 | 0 | 0 |
It was on January 12, 2011, against Australia in Adelaide that Woakes made his debut in the International Twenty20 competition. After opening the bowling, he got figures of 1/34 and then went on to score the three runs that won the game. During the tour, he participated in all of the one-day matches, and in his second One Day International, he achieved a figure of 6/45. In 2012, Woakes made his comeback to the England team lineup during a one-day international series against South Africa. He continued to be a part of the one-day squad for the rest of the year, taking part in matches against India and New Zealand.
During the last test match of the 2013 Ashes series, Woakes made his debut in a test match against Australia. He performed very well, taking 1/96 in the first innings. Following his selection for the teams that would play against Sri Lanka and India, Woakes made his debut in the summer of 2014 during the third test match against India. He was a crucial member of England’s one-day international team, appearing in all four matches, and he was chosen for the one-day international squad that undertook a tour to Sri Lanka before the end of 2014.
The fact that England’s senior bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson were both sidelined with injuries meant that Woakes was given the responsibility of bowling with the new ball.ESPNcricinfo considered his bowling effort in the fifth match of the series to be among the top one-day international bowling performances of the year. He took statistics of 6/47 during that match. Even though he was a member of the England team that competed in the Cricket World Cup in 2015, he was unable to participate in England’s last match of the tournament due to an injury.
Following his injury, Woakes made his comeback for the One-Day International series against Australia and Pakistan, as well as the Test team’s match against South Africa in the 2015–2016 season. An unbroken 95 runs was his greatest one-day international score, which he achieved on June 21, 2016, when he played Sri Lanka in the inaugural one-day international. There is a record that he shares with another Englishman named Sam Curran for having the greatest one-day international score by a player ranked eighth or below in the history of one-day internationals.
It was at Lord’s in August 2018 that he achieved his maiden century in a test match against India (137 not out). This was the same field where he had achieved his best match stats with the ball two years earlier when he scored 11/102 against Pakistan. These accomplishments earned him a spot on both Lord’s honors boards, making him one of just 10 players to accomplish this feat. Furthermore, he was the sixth player to accomplish this milestone by taking ten wickets in a single match.
