Chris Rushworth

Christopher Rushworth (born 11 July 1986) is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire. Rushworth is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. His cousin is the former Durham wicket-keeper and captain, Phil Mustard.

Chris Rushworth

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Rushworth
Born	(1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 39) Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004; 2010–2022	Durham (squad no. 22)
2023–present	Warwickshire
FC debut	27 April 2010 Durham v Yorkshire
LA debut	5 July 2004 Durham v Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 176 87 85 Runs scored 1,788 215 20 Batting average 11.68 11.31 3.33 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 57 38* 5 Balls bowled 30,831 3,959 1,623 Wickets 676 140 78 Bowling average 22.48 24.40 27.19 5 wickets in innings 32 2 0 10 wickets in match 6 0 0 Best bowling 9/52 5/31 3/14 Catches/stumpings 37/– 19/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 July 2025

Career

Rushworth made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland against Suffolk in 2004 Minor Counties Championship. He played a further Minor Counties Championship match for the county against Norfolk in 2005.^[1]

In 2004, he also made his debut for Durham in a List A match against Sri Lanka A.^[2] He wouldn't feature for Durham again following this match until the 2010 season, when he made his first-class debut against Yorkshire in the County Championship.^[3] He featured in further List A matches in the Clydesdale Bank 40.^[2] In the 2011 season, he made his Twenty20 debut against Warwickshire in the Friends Provident t20.^[4]

On 17 September 2014 against Northamptonshire, Rushworth took 9 for 52 and total match figures of 15 for 95, all taken in just one day of play, the best ever match figures by a Durham bowler in the County Championship.^[5] He also did it while keeping himself sober for a year for charity.^[6]

In August 2020, in the opening round of fixtures in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy, Rushworth took his 500th first-class wicket.^[7] In April 2021, in the 2021 County Championship, Rushworth took his 500th wicket in the County Championship.^[8] The following month in the Championship, in the match against Worcestershire, Rushworth became the leading wicket-taker for Durham, taking his 528th first-class wicket.^[9] In July 2022, in the County Championship match against Middlesex, Rushworth took his 600th first-class wicket.^[10]