Chris Bassano
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Chris Bassano Tasmanian Tigers Tasmanian Tigers The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and... & Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire... |
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| Batting style | Right-Hand Batsman | ||
| Bowling type Types of bowlers in cricket In the sport of cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers. Pace bowlers rely mostly on the speed of the ball to dismiss batsmen, whereas spin bowlers rely on the rotation of the ball.-Pace bowlers:... |
Right-arm Leg Spin | ||
| First Class | "A" Matches | Twenty20 Matches Twenty20 Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket... |
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| Matches | 59 | 68 | 9 |
| Runs scored | 3132 | 1729 | 119 |
| Batting average Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :... |
34.04 | 29.30 | 17.00 |
| 100s/50s | 5/20 | 5/7 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 186* | 126* | 43 |
| balls bowled | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicket Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch... s |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned... |
0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 5 wickets in innings Innings An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is... |
0 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | |
| Best bowling | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 34/0 | 13/0 | 3/0 |
As of 27 March 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com |
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Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano (born 11 September 1975 in East London) is a South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, and yet a British
Great Britain
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national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player.
On Bassano's debut in 2001 for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
he hit an unbeaten 186 against Gloucester
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
, a match which also saw him hit a century in the second innings, a high point of his career.
However, after hitting a career-best average during the 2004 season, he managed a lacklustre 2005 and was released.
External links
- Chris Bassano at ECB