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English all-rounder who has earned more than 200 first-class wickets with Warwickshire. Internationally, he has represented England at tournaments like the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and 2015 Cricket World Cup. Chris Woakes is a well known Cricket Player. Chris was born on March 2, 1989 in England..Chris is one of the famous and trending celeb who is popular for being a Cricket Player. As of 2018 Chris Woakes is 29 years years old. Chris Woakes is a member of famous Cricket Player list.

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Nothing much is known about Chris Education Background & Childhood. We will update you soon.Christopher Roger Woakes is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler who found success at Warwickshire to the extent that he topped Warwickshire's 2008 county bowling averages and was selected for the England Lions squad as well as the preliminary 2009 ICC World Twenty20 championship. He made his Test debut against Australia in the fifth Ashes Test in 2013.Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 January 2022

Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. He made his Test match debut against Australia in the fifth Ashes Test in 2013. He is one of only ten players in Test cricket history to have his name on both major honours boards at Lord's, for scoring a century and taking five wickets in an innings in a Test on the ground. As a young player at Warwickshire Ashley Giles commented, "if you wanted to clone a young cricketer, it would be Woakes."Woakes was born in March 1989 in Birmingham, and attended Barr Beacon Language College in Walsall from 2000 to 2007. He began playing cricket when he was seven years old with Aston Manor Cricket Club. He played three games in the 2006 Minor Counties Trophy for Herefordshire County Cricket Club, and played for Warwickshire's under-15, under-17, Academy and Second XI teams between 2004 and 2007. Woakes is an avid supporter of local football club Aston Villa F.C. He was a trainee footballer with Walsall F.C. as a winger until the age of 14.Woakes represented Warwickshire in one match during the 2006 season, during a West Indian tour of England. Woakes picked up three wickets in the match. He has since represented Warwickshire in the Second XI Championship.

He was a regular for the Warwickshire First XI in 2008. He took 42 wickets at an average of 20.57 runs per wicket over the course of the County Championship season, topping Warwickshire's bowling averages.

On 6 April 2009, Woakes was called up to the England Lions squad. Woakes made is Lions debut against the West Indies, taking of 6/43 in the first innings of the match. During the same season he scored 131 not out against Hampshire, his maiden first-cl* century, batting at number nine and sharing a 222-run partnership with Jonathan Trott.

Woakes claimed his 200th first-cl* wicket in Warwickshire's victory over Sussex in the County Championship in July 2011.

In the 2017 Indian Premier League auction, Woakes was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders, going on to take 17 wickets in 13 matches, with best figures of 3/6. In the 2018 IPL auction, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore, playing in five matches and taking eight wickets in the 2018 IPL. He was released by RCB ahead of the 2019 IPL auction, where he went unsold.

In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League, but pulled out of the tournament. Chris Woakes has pulled out of IPL 2020 to keep himself fresh for England Test season. He was retained by Delhi for the 2021 season. Woakes made his Delhi Capitals debut vs CSK in match 2 of IPL 2021.

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