Christopher Batt (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1976
Place of Birth: Taplow, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Christopher Batt (cricketer)
- Christopher James Batt (born 22 September 1976) is a former English cricketer.
- Batt was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast.
- He was born at Taplow, Buckinghamshire and educated at Cox Green School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Batt played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Berkshire in 1997 against Herefordshire.
- He also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy for the county by playing a single match against Buckinghamshire.
- During that same season he played a single first-class match for Sussex against Oxford University.
- This was his only representative match for Sussex. In 1998, he joined Middlesex, where he made his first-class debut for the county against Oxford University.
- From 1998 to 2000, he represented the county 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the 2000 County Championship.
- In his 12 first-class matches, he scored 177 runs at a batting average of 11.80, with a high score of 43.
- With the ball he took 37 wickets at a bowling average of 29.51, with 2 five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/101.
- His best figures were achieved on debut while opening the attack with Angus Fraser.
- Batt also made his debut in List-A cricket for Middlesex, playing his first List-A match against Yorkshire in 1998.
- Between 1998 and 2000 he represented the county in 7 List-A matches, the last of which came against Derbyshire.
- Unable to sustain his consistency, he was released by Middlesex at the end of the 2000 season. For 2001 he rejoined Berkshire, where he played just a single Minor Counties Championship match for the county against Shropshire.
- Batt played 4 further MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for the county in the 2001 season, culminating in his final match Trophy match against the Hampshire Cricket Board.
- During the 2001 season, he also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches against the Middlesex Cricket Board and Essex.
- In his combined List-A career, he took 14 wickets at an average of 19.00, with best figures of 3/26. In 2005, he joined Buckinghamshire, where he made his debut for the county in the Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire.
- During the 2005 season, he represented the county in 4 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk.
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