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Mark Chilton

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Full name Mark James Chilton
Born October 2, 1976, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Current age 32 years 64 days
Major teams Lancashire
Nickname Chilly, Jimmy Chill, Rodney Trotter
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education Manchester Grammar School; Durham University

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	150	245	17	7268	131	31.87			18	26			111
List A	159	151	20	3885	115	29.65			4	19			49
Twenty20	32	22	8	236	38	16.85	267	88.38	0	0	14	1	13

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	150		1311	664	10	1/1		66.40	3.03	131.1		0	0
List A	159		1082	992	41	5/26	5/26	24.19	5.50	26.3	1	1	0
Twenty20	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
First-class debut	1997
Last First-class	Somerset v Lancashire at Taunton, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1997
Last List A	Scotland v Lancashire at Edinburgh, Apr 27, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Gloucestershire v Lancashire at Birmingham, Aug 4, 2007 scorecard

Profile

A solid opening batsman who hits the ball cleanly, Mark Chilton moved seamlessly from Manchester Grammar School, where Michael Atherton and John Crawley were pupils, to Durham University, where his mild medium pace helped them win the British Universities tournament in 1997. He made his first-team debut for Lancashire in the same year, aged 19, having previously captained their youth sides. He was capped in 2002 after scoring 761 runs at 27.17, and topped 1000 runs the following year. The only ever-present player in the troubled season of 2004, he was appointed Lancashire captain when, in October, Warren Hegg resigned. He led the club to promotion in the Championship in 2005 but has been unable to break Lancashire's run without silverware. In 2006 they were runners-up to Sussex in the C&G final and finished second to them in the Championship in successive seasons, the near miss in 2007 leaving Chilton in tears at The Oval. He struggled for runs, his form sliding each summer, and despite his popularity around Old Trafford stood down at the end of 2007.
Andrew McGlashan October 2007

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