Phil Tufnell
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Test debut (cap 547) | 26 December 1990 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 23 August 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 111) | 7 December 1990 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 20 February 1997 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 3 January 2008 |
Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English international
Following his retirement from playing cricket in 2002, Tufnell has built on his popularity with several television appearances, including They Think It's All Over, A Question of Sport, Strictly Come Dancing,[2] and winning I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2003.
Early life
Tufnell was educated at Highgate School where his cricketing prowess was recognised and he was appointed captain of the Junior School's First XI before reaching the top year. On leaving Highgate, he attended and played cricket for Southgate School.[3] He then trained in quantity surveying and was faced with the decision of whether to play cricket professionally or to work as a quantity surveyor. He chose to do the former.[4]
Cricket career
As a slow
According to
During his career spanning 16 years with Middlesex, Tufnell took 1,057 first-class wickets in the English game at an average of 29.35.
Tufnell received an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University on 20 July 2011 in recognition of his achievements in sport and the media.[10]
Broadcasting career
Radio
Since 2003, Tufnell has appeared as a summariser on BBC Radio's Test Match Special. He has also hosted The Phil Tufnell Cricket Show and Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show on BBC Radio 5.
Television
Tufnell retired from professional cricket before the 2003 season in order to participate in the second series of the reality television show
Tufnell was a team captain on the BBC One panel show A Question of Sport. He also made regular appearances as a reporter on the BBC One magazine show The One Show.[13]
On 12 April 2008, Tufnell and his wife Dawn appeared on the
Personal life
Tufnell is married to Dawn Brown, having had two previous marriages. He has two daughters, one with former girlfriend Jane McElvoy and one with his second wife Lisa Bar.[21] Tufnell's personal life hit the headlines in 1994 when he was fined £800 after admitting assaulting McEvoy, after she ended their relationship.[22][23]
In 1997, while on a tour of New Zealand, allegations emerged that he left a toilet cubicle of a restaurant trailing the scent of cannabis but he was exonerated with the incident being a publicity stunt.[24]
Tufnell was the president of a cricket charity – The Change Foundation (formerly Cricket for Change) up to 2022.[25][26] He is an ambassador of UK children's charity The Children's Trust for children with brain injury and neurodisability.[27][28]
Tufnell is a fan of Arsenal Football Club.[29]
Bibliography
His autobiography What Now?
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Phil Tufnell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ^ Strictly Come Dancing: Phil Tufnell out, Ronnie Corbett in and Jade Johnson injured. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2010
- ^ "Phil Tufnell - Biography". IMDb.com.
- BBC1.
- ^ "West Indies tour of England, 5th Test: England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 8–12, 1991". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ISBN 0-7322-7492-3.
- ^ "Chart:Analysis of Wickets Taken". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ISBN 0-340-82508-1.
- ^ Atherton, Mike (8 July 2007). "Smoking ban a drag for changing-room addicts". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Middlesex University honours former cricketer Phil Tufnell". Times-series.co.uk. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ISBN 978-0593073483.
- Challenge.
- ^ "Long Live Britain - Phil Tufnell". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Chater, David (12 April 2008). "TV Choice". The Times. Retrieved 8 May 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Strictly Come Dancing". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Limited, GipsyMedia. "Draw it! on Channel 4 at 4:30pm May 12th, 2014". Digiguide.tv.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ Daly, Emma (1 February 2015). "The Jump's Dom and Phil: going out was a "game plan"". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Manning, James (23 November 2018). "Seven releases details of cricket commentary teams & schedule". Mediaweek. Mediaweek. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "I'm A Celebrity Unveils Line-Up For Upcoming All Stars Series In South Africa". HuffPost UK. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Phil Tufnell - The Best & Worst of..." Daily Telegraph. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Newsbank.
- ^ "Tufnell fined pounds 800". The Independent. 24 June 1994. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Newsbank.
- ^ Goodbody, John (24 June 1994). "Cricket star locked his girlfriend in cupboard". The Times. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Newsbank.
- ^ Smellie, Patrick (20 February 1997). "Tufnell bar claims title of best joint". The Times. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Newsbank.
- ^ "Cricket for change". Cricket for change. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Heslop, Anna (22 December 2022). "Introducing Theo Sergiou as our new president". thechangefoundation.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Our ambassadors | The Children's Trust". Thechildrenstrust.org.uk.
- ^ The Children's Trust Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 June 2010
- ^ "MY CLUB - Former cricketer Phil Tufnell on Arsenal's dramatic league and cup wins". The Sunday Times. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Newsbank.
- ISBN 1-899807-17-9Retrieved 21 April 2008
External links
- Phil Tufnell at IMDb
- Phil Tufnell at ESPNcricinfo