About Chris Tavaré
Christopher James Tavaré is a retired English international cricketer who played in 31 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1989. His style of play was characterised by long periods at the crease and a relatively slow rate of run-scoring. Tavaré's runs however played an important role as England won the test and clinched the series and retained the Ashes. This was the first of 26 consecutive tests for Tavaré, including tours of India, Sri Lanka and Australia, during which tests he made two test centuries and again achieved some notable feats of slow scoring. He is the uncle of former Gloucestershire player William Tavaré, and first cousin of comedian Jim Tavaré. He was part of the Kent sides which shared the 1977 County Championship with Middlesex, and won the Championship outright in 1978, as well as the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup.
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