Phil Tufnell
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Slow Left Arm | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 42 | 20 |
| Runs scored | 153 | 15 |
| Batting average | 5.09 | 15.00 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 22* | 5* |
| Overs bowled | 1881.2 | 170 |
| Wickets | 121 | 19 |
| Bowling average | 37.68 | 36.78 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 5 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 2 | N/A |
| Best bowling | 7/47 | 4/22 |
| Catches/stumpings | 12/0 | 4/0 |
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As of 3 October 2005 |
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Philip ("Phil") Clive Roderick Tufnell (born April 29, 1966 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is a former English cricketer and television personality.
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[edit] 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. However in the Senior School he could be violent and when he was about 13 was suspended for an indefinite period for hitting a boy who refused to share his drinks flask. He never returned.
[edit] 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.
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. It is said that Tufnell opened both the bowling and batting for his club side, however, it is assumed that he developed his bowling far more, since his batting at international level was truly atrocious. His fielding was also renowned for being ordinary, although commentators did praise him for improving his fielding as his career progressed. Tufnell was accused of smoking cannabis while on tour with England, and has had a stormy personal life, being twice divorced, and once fined for assaulting a girlfriend. 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.
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.
His autobiography "What now?" was published in 1999.
[edit] Television 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 a cricket journalist called Adam Hathaway.
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.
Domestic abuse In 1994 Tufnell was charged with assualting his girlfriend.reference.
