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Chris Old: Career, Test cricketer & First-class career

Chris Old (born Christopher Middleton Old, 22 December 1948) is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order left-handed batsman, Old was a key feature of the Yorkshire side between 1969 and 1983, before finishing his career at Warwickshire in 1985. As a Test bowler for…

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Chris Old topic overview

The analysis highlights Career, Test cricketer and First-class career as prominent areas in the source structure around Chris Old.

Related topics: 72
Source areas: 7
Connected nodes: 79
Extracted relationships: 57
Concept neighborhoods: 21
Bridge connections: 79

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Test cricketer · 36 topics

Overview · 9 topics

First-class career · 8 topics

Post cricket · 8 topics

Early life · 5 topics

Injury problems · 3 topics

One-day international cricketer · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

10 wickets in match: 0
100s/50s: 0/2
1966–1982: Yorkshire
1981/82–1982/83: Northern Transvaal
1983–1985: Warwickshire
5 wickets in innings: 4

Suggested research paths

A focused starting point derived from the topic graph, ranked independently of the source article order.

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Less obvious directions

One-day international cricketer

World cups One-day international cricket West Indies

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Cricketer Cricket
Tests Test cricket
ODIs One Day International
Yorkshire Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire Warwickshire County Cricket Club
1981 Ashes series
Headingley Headingley Cricket Ground
Runners-up 1979 Cricket World Cup final
1979 Cricket World Cup

Early life

Durham Durham, England
Yorkshire Yorkshire CCC
Alan Alan Old
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
First-class cricket

First-class career

Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year Young Cricketer of the Year
Edgbaston Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Walter Lawrence Trophy
Ray Illingworth
Northern Transvaal Northern Transvaal cricket team
South Africa
Northumberland
Chester-le-Street

Test cricketer

India
Calcutta
Sunil Gavaskar
Derek Underwood
Pakistan Pakistan cricket team
No-ball
Wasim Raja
Wicket-keeper
Bob Taylor Bob Taylor (cricketer)
Wasim Bari
Iqbal Qasim
Sikander Bakht Sikander Bakht (cricketer)
Graham Roope
Maurice Allom
Lancaster Park
Christchurch
Wasim Akram
Ian Botham
Ashes The Ashes
Allan Border
Duck Duck (cricket)
Centenary Test
Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Lord's
Greg Chappell
Dennis Lillee
Rodney Marsh Rod Marsh
Australia
Tony Greig
Kerry Packer
World Series Cricket
Benefit season Benefit (sports)
South African Breweries
English touring side South African rebel tours
Derek Randall
Trent Bridge

One-day international cricketer

One-day international cricket ODI cricket
World cups Cricket World Cup
West Indies West Indies cricket team

Injury problems

Post cricket

Praa Sands
Cornwall
Sainsbury's
Falmouth Falmouth, Cornwall
England England national rugby union team
Rugby union
Cambridge University Cambridge University Cricket Club
Durham Durham County Cricket Club

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How Chris Old connects Entity context

The extracted context around Chris Old shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Chris Old → Alan, Arthur Mitchell, August, Durham, England, Grimsby, Hampshire, He, In, Lincolnshire, Malcolm, Middlesbrough, That, The, XI, Yorkshire Another extracted example is Chris Old → Despite, England, He, His, Ian Botham, India, Lord's, Mike Brearley, Pakistan, Test, Tests, There. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Chris Old

Top relations

related to Early life · 16

Chris Old → Alan, Arthur Mitchell, August, Durham, England, Grimsby, Hampshire, He, In, Lincolnshire, Malcolm, Middlesbrough, That, The, XI, Yorkshire

related to Injury problems · 12

Chris Old → Despite, England, He, His, Ian Botham, India, Lord's, Mike Brearley, Pakistan, Test, Tests, There

10 wickets in match · 1

Chris Old → 0

100s/50s · 1

Chris Old → 0/2

1966–1982 · 1

Chris Old → Yorkshire

1981/82–1982/83 · 1

Chris Old → Northern Transvaal

1983–1985 · 1

Chris Old → Warwickshire

5 wickets in innings · 1

Chris Old → 4

Balls bowled · 1

Chris Old → 8,858

Batting · 1

Chris Old → Left-handed

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Important terminology

england old cricket test yorkshire wickets runs india second 1981 first played bowler career bowling matches chris side taking took

Chris Old relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 57 structured relationships around Chris Old. Examples in this analysis include Chris Old → 10 wickets in match → 0 and Chris Old → 100s/50s → 0/2. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Chris Old	10 wickets in match	0	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	100s/50s	0/2	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	1966–1982	Yorkshire	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	1981/82–1982/83	Northern Transvaal	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	1983–1985	Warwickshire	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	5 wickets in innings	4	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Balls bowled	8,858	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Batting	Left-handed	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Batting average	14.82	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Best bowling	7/50	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Born	(1948-12-22) 22 December 1948 (age 77) Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Bowling	Right arm fast-medium	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Bowling average	28.11	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Catches/stumpings	22/–	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Competition	Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 46 32 379 314 Runs scored 845 338 7,756 3,492 Batting average 14.82 18.77 20.84 19.72 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 6/27 0/13 Top score 65 51* 116 82* Ball…	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Full name	Christopher Middleton Old	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Last ODI	4 February 1981 v West Indies	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Last Test	2 August 1981 v Australia	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Matches	46	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	National side	England	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Nickname	Chilly	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	ODI debut (cap 23)	5 September 1973 v Australia	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Role	Bowler	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Runs scored	845	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Test debut (cap 455)	30 December 1972 v India	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Top score	65	1.00	infobox
Chris Old	Wickets	143	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Chris Old bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Old, First and Cricketer. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Chris Old
- Old
- First
- Cricketer
- Innings
- Made
- Yorkshire
- Bowling
- India
- Cricket
- Played
- Test
- Second
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- Yorkshire
- Balls
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- India
- International
- Warwickshire
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- Australia
- Matches
- Yorkshire
- English
- Left-handed
- Scored
- Test
- Balls
- Batsman
- Innings
- International
- Match
yorkshire
- Batsman
- Debut
- Made
- Bowling
- First
- Old
- Left-handed
- Cricketer
- Innings
- Warwickshire
- Bowler
- Subsequently
1979 cricket world cup
- International
- World
- First-class
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- Side
- Matches
- Old
- Yorkshire
- Test
- English
- Cricketer
- Match
first-class cricket
- International
- Matches
- Scored
- World
- First-class
- Match
- Warwickshire
- Side
- Played
- Old
- Yorkshire
- Runs
cricket writer's club young cricketer of the year
- Australia
- International
- World
- First-class
- Matches
- Side
- Yorkshire
- Played
- Old
- English
- Left-handed
- Scored
centenary test
- Wickets
- Balls
- Debut
- Made
- India
- Matches
- Runs
- Australia
- Scored
- Innings
- International
- Match

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Chris Old, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Chris Old with Test cricketer. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Chris Old — Test cricketer · splits 43 ⟂ 37

Chris Old — Overview · splits 70 ⟂ 10

Chris Old — First-class career · splits 71 ⟂ 9

Chris Old — Post cricket · splits 71 ⟂ 9

Chris Old — Early life · splits 74 ⟂ 6

Chris Old — One-day international cricketer · splits 76 ⟂ 4

Chris Old — Injury problems · splits 76 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Chris Old

Nodes80

Edges79

Triples57

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.025

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Chris Old to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Career, Test cricketer & First-class career, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Chris Old · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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