NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Phil Tufnell

Philip ("Phil") Clive Roderick "Tuffers" Tufnell (born April 29, 1966 in Barnet) is a television personality and former English cricketer. is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a town in the London Borough of Barnet. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ...

Early life

Tufnell went to Highgate School where his cricketing prowess was recognised and he was appointed captain of the Junior School's First XI despite the fact he was not yet in the top year. On leaving Highgate he attended, and played cricket for, Southgate School. Highgate School is a British Independent School in London, England. ... Southgate School is a secondary school in the London Borough of Enfield. ...

Cricket career

As a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler he played 42 Tests and 20 One-Day Internationals for England between 1990 and 2001, and 316 first-class matches, mainly for Middlesex. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 410 pixelsFull resolution (1180 Ã— 605 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) A graph that shows Phil Tufnells test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 410 pixelsFull resolution (1180 Ã— 605 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) A graph that shows Phil Tufnells test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time. ... Animation of a slow left arm delivery. ... Muttiah Muralitharan bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex in which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ...

Tufnell was occasionally inspired with the ball, taking 11-93 against Australia at the Oval in 1997 (for which he won the Man of the Match award after England won by 19 runs) and seven wickets in an innings against the West Indies at the Oval in 1990, but he took his 121 Test wickets with a bowling average of 37.68 across his whole Test career. Mark Waugh theorised that "if you attack him, he can go on the defensive, and it puts him off his game." ^[1] According to Michael Parkinson, a British talk show host, "at the age of nine he was opening the bowling and the batting for his club's junior team." It can be assumed that his bowling developed much more than his batting [he averaged 5.09 in Test cricket]. His batting might have been better had he not developed the habit of moving his back foot away from the wicket as the ball was bowled, making it harder for him to get in line with the ball (this was pointed out by Cricket commentator Simon Hughes on Channel 4). Parkinson also believes that his "ordinary fielding made him a luxury in the view of the...[English cricket] management [circa August 1996]." ^[2] However his fielding did improve during his career. He was nicknamed "The Cat" due to his propensity to be found sleeping in the dressing room. He also acquired the nickname "Two Sugars" due to his well known love of tea. According to England teammate Michael Atherton, Tufnell smoked more than occasionally ^[3] The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... In sport, a man of the match or player of the game or man of the series award is given to the outstanding player in a particular match or series. ... The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ... Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket. ... Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965 in Sydney) is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his one-day international debut in 1988. ... Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. ... Simon Peter Hughes (born 20 December 1959) is an English cricketer and journalist. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ...

During his illustrious career spanning over a decade with Middlesex, Tufnell took more than 1,000 first class wickets in the English game, a feat only achieved in the modern era by Phillip DeFreitas and Martin Bicknell. Phillip Anthony Jason Daffy DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966 in Scotts Head, Dominica) was an England cricketer. ... Martin Paul Bicknell (born 14 January 1969 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English cricketer. ...

Television and radio career

Tufnell retired from professional cricket before the 2003 season in order to participate in the "reality television" show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and was a team captain on the sports quiz show They Think It's All Over until 2005. In 2004, he made two guest appearances in UK Soap opera Family Affairs. He also co-presented the game show Simply the Best that year. Tufnell also co-authored a humorous book called 'Phil Tufnell's' A To Z of Cricket' with cricket journalist Adam Hathaway. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. ... Im a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! is a UK reality television show in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. ... They Think Its All Over (1995-2006) is the name of a British satirical game show with a sporting theme produced by TalkbackTHAMES and shown on BBC One. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ... Contestants from Glasgow Simply the Best was a game show broadcast on the UK terrestrial channel ITV1 in 2004. ...

In 2006, at the Allan Border Medal ceremony, Tufnell made an appearance and gave a long, humorous speech aimed at poking fun at the Aussies after their recent loss in the 2005 Ashes series. Unfortunately, these digs were taken a little too seriously by Ricky Ponting, who failed to see the fun in Tufnell's speech. The Allan Border Medal is considered to be the biggest individual prize in Australian cricket. ... The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The 2005 Ashes series started on 21 July 2005. ... Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australia national cricket team (for both One-Day International and Test cricket). ...

Tufnell makes occasional appearances as a summariser on BBC Radio's Test Match Special Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world, including Englands winter tours to Sri Lanka and New Zealand...

Controversy

Parkinson admits that "the prejudice against Phil Tufnell [was] deep seated." ^[2] Tufnell's sporadic appearances during the mid-1990s may have also been due to his "tantrums on the field". ^[2]

Notes

James Knight (c. ... Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. ...

External links

Categories: 1966 births | Living people | People from Barnet | English ODI cricketers | English Test cricketers | English cricketers | Middlesex cricketers | Old Cholmeleians | Reality show winners | Participants in British reality television series | Doping cases in cricket The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... The Cricket World Cup in 1992 (aka Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth edition of the tournament and was won by Pakistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... The captain of a cricket team is a player who, during the course of a match, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player. ... Ian Terence Botham OBE, (born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire) (nicknamed Both, Beefy, Beef or Guy the Gorilla) is a retired England Test cricketer. ... Phillip Anthony Jason Daffy DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966 in Scotts Head, Dominica) was an England cricketer. ... Neil Fairbrother is a former cricket player. ... Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a former England cricketer. ... Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963, Bradford, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer. ... Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former English cricketer. ... Christopher Clairmonte Lewis (born February 14, 1968 in Georgetown, Guyana) is an English cricket player who played for Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Leicestershire in the 1990s. ... Derek Pringle (born 18 September 1958) is a British cricketer. ... Dermot Alexander Reeve (born Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2 April 1963) was an England cricketer, known as an unorthodox all-rounder. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Robin Arnold Smith (born 13 September 1963, Durban, South Africa) was a cricketer for Hampshire and England. ... Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963 in Merton, Surrey) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the English cricket team. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ...

Contents