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Chris Read
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N/A ( Wicket-keeper - WK)
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11
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199
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1530
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0/0
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38
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overs
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30
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5 July
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2005
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(born
10 August 1978 in
Paignton ,
Devon ) is an
English Cricketer , a
Wicket-keeper .
Read played for
Devon in a
NatWest Trophy match at the age of 16, and in
1997 made a single
AXA Life League appearance for
Gloucestershire , claiming an
NBC Denis Compton Award that year. After an
England A tour to
Kenya and
Sri Lanka in the winter - making his
First-class debut in
Nairobi - Read was picked up by
Nottinghamshire for the
1998 season. By June he had established himself in the side and he claimed 42 dismissals that summer as well as making 401 runs.
He toured , but suffered a very public embarrassment when he was bowled for nought, ducking what he thought was a bouncer from
Chris Cairns but was in fact a well-disguised slower ball. 37 in the second innings was followed by another duck at
Old Trafford , and he was ignominiously dropped, though he did play in the
1999 /
2000 One-Day International series in South Africa.
Several years in the international wilderness followed, Read being overlooked in favour of first
Paul Nixon and then
James Foster as keeper-in-waiting in preparation for the retirement of
Alec Stewart . Left to concentrate on his
County Cricket career, Read claimed 68 dismissals in
2002 and worked at his batting, that year
Averaging nearly 35 with another hundred coming against
Northamptonshire . He made a
One-day century against the same opponents early in
2003 and with Stewart's retirement was finally recalled by
England that year, playing in all ten ODIs.
Read was first-choice keeper for the
2003 /
04 tours and played in eight of the nine Tests that winter, against
Bangladesh ,
Sri Lanka and
West Indies . His work behind the stumps was outstanding, but nevertheless he was replaced (amidst considerable controversy) by
Geraint Jones , a better batsman but less accomplished keeper, for the final Test against West Indies in April 2004 - the game in which
Brian Lara made his world-record score of 400 not out.
Read was retained for the one-day squad however, and in his first knock since being dropped from the test side was a man of the match winning 27 from only 15 balls as England struggled to chase 156 in a rain-affected 30 overs a side match in Guyana.
Back in England for the squad.
This however would prove to be a blessing in disguise for Read, as due to modern international tour scheduling he would have been little more than a drinks waiter. Instead he was able to further press home his claims for a recall by scoring 254 runs at an average of 66.25 in the West Indies, before he had to prematurely return home to attend to a family emergency.
Two centuries early on in the 2006 English domestic season and continuing doubts about Geraint Jones's keeping abilities have pushed Read right back to the forefront of the selectors' minds.
A 4-day game for England A against the touring Sri Lankans on May 4 will be a crucial oppurtunity for him to push himself back into the Test side. He must feel like he has already done enough, having averaged 57.00 in first-class cricket since being dropped in the West Indies some 2 years ago.
