Bio

Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire and England. Woakes 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 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. He made his IPL debut in 2017, playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders after being bought for £504,140 (Rs. 4.2 crores) in the players auction for IPL 2017. He made his first Test century against India (137 not out) at the 2nd Test at Lord's in August 2018.