chris rushworth Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
chris rushworth is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Christopher Rushworth
Born
July 11, 1986, Sunderland
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Teams he has played for:
- P Mustard
- Durham
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Northumberland
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Rushworth came through Durham's youth ranks and played a 50-over game in 2004 for the county side against the touring Sri Lankan A team. However, in 2006, the then 20-year-old was released by Durham. Rushworth tried his hand at various things like working at call centers, selling satellite dishes and giving trials at other county clubs - Northamptonshire and Sussex.
Nothing came through though but his belief to play first class cricket one day. The right-arm pacer is not known for his speed. It is his accuracy and bustling nature that makes him standout. He has a penchant to perform on surfaces that are responsive and there are a whole lot of them in the north-east.
The never-say-die attitude kept him at club level for Sunderland and soon he would be roped in by the county side that let go of him - Durham. Rushworth made his championship debut against Yorkshire in 2010, but the season that followed limited his playing time. He was a regular member of the T20 side and only when Paul Collingwood took over the captaincy reins from Rushworth's cousin, Phil Mustard, that the medium pacer got his opportunity in the longer format.
The seasons that followed saw Rushworth grow from an amateur bowler to a real strike force for Durham. He started by picking 38 wickets at 16.39 in 2012, a tally that helped his side survive relegation and still stay in the championship.
Rushworth formed a potent partnership with Graham Onions and though the latter finished the 2013 season as the leading wicket-taker, Rushworth was not far behind - he was fourth in the list with 54 scalps at 22.25. This was also the season that Durham won their third Championship title in five years and the two fast bowlers had a big role to play.
His career graph was already on the upward spiral and each season got better than the previous one. In 2014, he was the go-to bowler for Durham with Onions not available and boy did he respond to the responsibility, ending the season with 64 wickets and as the third highest wicket-taker. The achievement not only bring him accolades but also won him PCA Player of the Year. It felt like life had come a full circle for Rushworth who had been let go eight years back by Durham.
Rushworth was still to hit his peak and the next season is where he reached new heights. He broke Durham's record for most wickets by a bowler in a season, going past Ottis Gibson's 80-wicket tally in 2007 and finishing with 83 wickets at 20.61 - highest wicket-taker for the season. Rushworth also became only the second bowler after Steve Harmison to record a hat-trick in a Championship game, he achieved the feat when his hat-trick was divided between two innings against Hampshire.
There was a slight dip in form in 2016 and next season when Durham were relegated to division two, Rushworth still remained their ace bowler - scalping 47 wickets at 25.89. In fact, his responsibility grew more with the departure of his mate Onions to Lancashire.
One regret that Rushworth might have is his time to represent the three lions never came, especially during 2012-2016 where he picked up 271 championship wickets and was one of the leading bowlers in the county circuit.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Chris Rushworth was released by Durham in 2006, after which he took a series of jobs, selling satellite dishes and answering phones in a call centre. Yet he never lost the belief that he could play first-class cricket. As rugged a figure as the Durham Heritage Coast, he became a Durham Heritage Cricketer, a player who with every insistent delivery represents the traditions and the culture of the region that he represents.
Eight years later, Rushworth stood before his fellow professionals at Tobacco Dock in London as the PCA Player of the Year, the top wicket-taker in Division One of the Championship with 83 scalps at 20.61. Not particularly quick, but immensely busy; insistent rather than eye-catching; and increasingly challenging on good surfaces as well as the responsive pitches in the northeast, as could be testified by the fact that 50% of his wickets between 2013-15 had come away from home, he was a bit of a throwback. He even voiced ambitions to play for England.
Rushworth's tally was a Durham record, surpassing Ottis Gibson's 80-wicket season in 2007. A hat-trick divided between two innings against Hampshire saw him join Steve Harmison as one of only two players to achieve the feat for Durham in the Championship.
His rise helped Durham win the Championship in 2013 and, if most attention centred upon the tenacious talent of Graham Onions, he was an excellent foil, missing only one game and taking 54 wickets at 22.25 runs apiece with his bustling fast-medium.
It was all a fitting reward for a refusal to abandon hope of a future in county cricket. A product of Durham's academy, he had trials with Northants and Sussex after he was released, both of which came to nothing, but proved himself again in club cricket for Sunderland before, as he turned 27, he had a Championship medal on his mantelpiece.
A cousin of Durham's wicketkeeper and former captain Phil Mustard, Rushworth made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland against Suffolk in 2004 in the Minor Counties Championship before being given his Durham debut in a 50-over match against Sri Lanka A in the same season. Yet he would not feature for Durham again until 2010 when he made his first-class debut against Yorkshire in the Championship. As Paul Collingwood replaced Mustard as captain, he responded with the best form of his career, his 38 wickets at 16.39, three times claiming five in an innings, helping to stave off relegation in 2012 and similar form contributing to Durham's Championship win a year later.
But nothing compared with his match figures of 15 for 95 from 20 overs, including nine in the first innings - achieved within a single day - as Northamptonshire were bowled out twice at Chester-le-Street as the 2014 season drew to a close. Northants, already relegated, subsided for 83 and 90 to lose by an innings and 219 runs, batting for only 40.2 overs in total. Rushworth smashed the previous Durham record for most wickets in a match, held by the bowling coach Alan Walker, who took 14 for 177 against Essex at Chelmsford in 1995. Rushworth had abstained from alcohol for 2012 to raise money for charity. "I have to admit I feel like a drink," he said afterwards.
Another outstanding day ended Sussex's promotion ambitions in 2018 as he turned in a redoubtable shift of 8 for 51 against somewhat fatalistic batting, the second best figures of his career.
ESPNcricinfo staff