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"Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He 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 made his Test match debut against Australia in the fifth Ashes Test in 2013. He made his first Test century against India (137 not out) at Lord's in August 2018. Early life Woakes was born in March 1989 in Birmingham, and attended Barr Beacon Language College in Walsall from 2000 to 2007. He began playing cricket when he was seven years old with Aston Manor Cricket Club. He played three games in the 2006 Minor Counties Trophy for Herefordshire County Cricket Club, and played for Warwickshire's under-15, under-17, Academy and Second XI teams between 2004 and 2007. He was a trainee footballer with Walsall F.C. as a winger until the age of 14. Career Woakes represented Warwickshire in one match during the 2006 season, during a West Indian tour of England. Woakes picked up three wickets in the match. He has since represented Warwickshire in the Second XI Championship. He was a regular for the Warwickshire First XI in 2008. He took 42 wickets at an average of 20.57 runs per wicket over the course of the County Championship season, topping Warwickshire's bowling averages. On 6 April 2009, Woakes was called up to the England Cricket squad for the World Twenty20 in June. Allan Donald tipped Woakes as a future England international cricketer. Woakes was then chosen to play for the England Lions in a warm-up match against the West Indies. In the first innings, he achieved bowling figures of 6–43 (including the wickets of Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul) as the West Indies were bowled out for 203. During the same season he scored 131 not out against Hampshire, his maiden first-class century, batting at number nine and sharing a 222-run partnership with Jonathan Trott. In an England Lions game against Australia Woakes was able to pick up the wickets of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey. Woakes claimed his 200th first-class wicket in Warwickshire's victory over Sussex in the County Championship in July 2011. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. However he pulled out of the 2020 IPL to keep himself up and running for the English summer.He was replaced by South African seamer Anrich Nortje. England =2011–2012: Australia, Sri Lanka and South Africa= Woakes made his International Twenty20 debut on 12 January 2011 against Australia in Adelaide. Opening the bowling, he took figures of 1/34, taking the wicket of Australian captain Cameron White with his final delivery. He later scored the winning runs, as England won off the last ball with just one wicket left and one run required. In the second match he made 11 not out and took 1–29 with the ball. He featured in the third ODI, taking 1–31 as England lost by 4 wickets. In just his second ODI Woakes took figures of 6–45, although England went on to lose the game by 45 runs. He kept his place for the next game, but was less impressive, finishing with 0–73. He was selected for the T20 against Sri Lanka, although he managed only 7 runs and finished wicketless. Woakes returned to the England set up in 2012 for the 2nd ODI against South Africa, although the match was rained off. He returned for the fifth ODI, scoring an unbeaten 33 as England lost by 7 wickets. =2012–2013: India, New Zealand and Australia= Woakes was unimpressive in the two games he played against India in the ODI series. In the two matches he played, he failed to score a run (although he did not bat in one match) and took figures of 2–105 over the two games. Despite his poor showings, Woakes was given an extended run in the side against New Zealand. He made 17 and took 2–52 in the first match, and took 3–68 in the second as England won by 8 wickets. In the third game he took figures of 1–54. This proved to be his final wicket of the series, although he made 36 in the fourth match in a 5 wicket defeat. He scored 13 in the final match as England again lost, this time by 86 runs. Woakes played his first Test match against Australia in the final Test of the 2013 Ashes series. He took figures of 1–96 in the first innings, before making 25 with the bat. He made an unbeaten 17 in the final innings of the match as England closed down on their target, although bad light meant that the match eventually ended in a draw. =2014: Sri Lanka and India= After being named in squads against Sri Lanka and India, Woakes played his first Test of the 2014 summer in the third Test against India. He was wicket less in the first game, although he did make an unbeaten seven with the bat as England won the game to level the series. In the following match Woakes made 25 not out in the first innings, but struggled with the ball, taking match figures of 1–80. In the final match of the series Woakes took figures of 3–30 as England won the Test to win the series 3–1. Woakes was an integral part of England's ODI side, playing all four matches. He took figures of 4–52 in the second ODI, after the first had been abandoned. In the second match of higher series he took 1–43 and made 15 runs. He did not take a wicket in the fourth game of the series as England went 3–0 down. He made nine in the final match as England won their first game of the series. He bowled the final over in the T20 International against India, closing out the game and finishing with figures of 1–43. Woakes was selected in the ODI squad that toured Sri Lanka towards the end of 2014. England toured without injured senior bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, meaning Woakes was trusted with the new ball. In the first match he took 2–68 and followed this up with 0–23 in the next match as England went 2–0 down in the series. He took 3–41 in the third match of the series as England won their first match of the tour. After England lost the fourth game, Woakes took figures of 6–47 in the fifth match of the series. His spell was nominated to be one of the best ODI bowling performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.http://www.espncricinfo.com/awards2014/content/story/819265.html Woakes was less effective with the ball in the final two matches of the series, although he did make scores of 41 and 34 with the bat. Despite this, England lost the series 5–2. Woakes was considered as one of the stand out performers of the tour. =2015: Tri-series= Woakes was the pick of England's bowlers in the opening game of the tri-series against Australia, taking figures of 4–40, although England lost the game. In the next match against India he did not take a wicket but England won the game comfortably. He took two wickets in the next game against Australia, but England lost the match meaning they would have to beat India to qualify for the final. They did so, with Woakes taking 2–47 and hitting the winning runs to set up and England versus Australia final. Woakes had a poor game in the final, finishing with figures of 0–89 and being dismissed for a duck. =2015: World Cup= Woakes was expensive in England's first game against Australia, finishing with figures of 1–65, although he did make 37 with the bat as England lost their first game. He took figures of 2–8 in the next match against New Zealand, but England performed poorly and were beaten by eight wickets. He picked up another two wickets against Scotland in the next match as England won their first match of the tournament. In the next match against Sri Lanka, Woakes failed to pick up a wicket as England lost by nine wickets. This left England having to beat Bangladesh to have any chance of qualifying. Woakes took figures of 0–64 as Bangladesh posted 275. He was left stranded on 42 as England were bowled out and lost the match to be eliminated from the tournament.Woakes suffered a left third metatarsal stress reaction injury, ruling out of England's final game against Afghanistan. =2015: Australia and Pakistan= After an injury lay-off, Woakes returned for the ODI series against Australia. He failed to take a wicket in any of the three matches he played. After finishing with figures of 0–57 and 0–37 in the first two matches, he made his first significant contribution of the series in the third match, scoring an unbeaten 14 to help England to 300 and a victory. However, Woakes was dropped for the final two matches of the series. Woakes was part of the side that played Pakistan in the ODI series. He finished with figures of 0–40 in the first match, meaning he had gone six straight matches without taking a wicket. Despite this, Woakes made a useful contribution with the bat, scoring 33. However, he returned to form in the second match, taking figures of 4–33. He followed this up with 4–40 in the third match of the series as England recorded a six wicket victory. In the final match, he finished with figures of 0–40, although England went on to win the match by 84 runs. =2015/16: South Africa= Woakes played in the first Test against South Africa, although he only managed to take one wicket in the match, as England secured a win. He didn't play in the next two matches, but returned for the final match of the series. After taking −91 in the first innings, he failed to take a wicket in the second as South Africa secured an emphatic win, although England won the series 2–1. Woakes played in the final two ODI matches of the series against South Africa. He scored 33 in the first match and took figures of 1–42 as England suffered a narrow defeat, while he failed to pick up a wicket in the final match of the series, which England lost 3–2. =2016: Sri Lanka= Woakes returned to the Test side in the second Test against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Ben Stokes. He took 3–9 in the first innings and contributed 39 with the bat. He took 2–103 in the second as England won the match by nine wickets. In the third Test he scored 66 with the bat, before taking figures of 3–31 in Sri Lanka's first innings to restrict them to 288. However, England were unable to force a win due to rain and had to settle for a 2–0 series win. On 21 June 2016, he scored his highest ODI score of unbeaten 95 runs in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. His score is the highest ODI score by number eight or lower in ODI history. Finally the match was ended with a tie and Woakes adjudged man of the match. In the second ODI he did not take a wicket but bowled economically as England won by ten wickets. He took 3–34 in the third match of the series, which was eventually abandoned due to rain. He did not take wicket in the fourth match of the series, finishing with figures of 0–65, although England went on to win the game. In the final game of the series he scored an unbeaten 17 to help England to 324/7, and they went on to win the match by 122 runs to win the series 3–0. =2016: Pakistan= Woakes took figures of 6–70 in Pakistan's first innings of the first Test. He followed this up with 5–32 in Pakistan's second innings, although England lost the match by 75 runs. In the second Test he made 58 with the bat in England's first innings and then took 4–67 with the ball as England found themselves in a strong position. He took 3–41 in Pakistan's second innings as England won by 330 runs. In the third Test Woakes took 3–79 in Pakistan's first innings and 2–53 in their second as England won by 141 runs. In the final Test of the series he made 45 in England's first innings as they reached 328 in their first innings. He took three wickets in Pakistan's first innings as they built a big first innings lead. Woakes made just four in England's second innings as Pakistan won by ten wickets. He played in the first ODI against Pakistan, taking figures of 1–43. He took figures of 3–42 and 4–41 in England's next two matches as they went 3–0 up in the series. Having been rotated for the fourth ODI, Woakes returned for the final match of the series and took figures of 1–47 as England lost the match by four wickets, although they won the series 4–1. =2016: Bangladesh= In the first ODI against Bangladesh Woakes made 16 with the bat and then took figures of 0–38 as England won the opening match of the series. England lost the second match, with Woakes taking 2–40, although it wasn't enough to prevent a 34 run defeat. In the final game of the series, Woakes did not take a wicket but made 27 to help guide England to victory. In the Test series between the two sides, Woakes made 36 in England's first innings total of 293. He bowled economically in the second innings but failed to take a wicket. He made an unbeaten 19 in England's second innings and again helped to build pressure in the second innings, despite not taking a wicket. England won the match by 22 runs. Woakes took 3–30 in the first innings of the second Test. He made 46 with the bat to help England to a first innings lead. However, England collapsed in their second innings in their second innings, with Woakes making 9, as England lost the match. =2016–17: India= Woakes played in the first Test against India, taking figures of 0–57 in India's first innings. He took −16 in their second innings, as the match ended in a draw. After missing the second Test, Woakes returned for the third Test and made 25 in England's first innings total of 283. He did not pick up a wicket in India's innings, but scored another 30 runs in England's second innings. He finished with figures of 1–16 in India's second innings as they won by eight wickets. In the fourth game, he took figures of 1–79 in India's first innings as they scored 631. He was dismissed for a duck in England's second innings as they lost by an innings and 36 runs to go 3–0 down in the series. He did not play in the final Test, which England lost. Woakes took 0–44 in the first ODI as England lost by three wickets. He took 4–60 in the second ODI as India made 381/6 as England lost the match 15 runs. In the third ODI he made 34 with the bat as England 321/8. He took figures of 2–75 as England won by five runs. =2017: West Indies= In the first ODI against the West Indies Woakes took figures of 4–47 as England won by 45 runs. He took 0–28 in the second ODI and then made an unbeaten 68 with the bat as England won by four wickets. In the final match of the series Woakes made 13 and then took figures of 3–16 as England won by 186 runs. He was also named in the ODI XI of the year 2018 by Cricinfo. =2019: Cricket World Cup and beyond= In April 2019, he was named in England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He won Man of the Match in the 2019 World Cup semi-final against Australia taking 3 wickets to see England through to the World Cup Final against New Zealand for the first time since 1992. Woakes again took 3 wickets in the final as England would go on to win the World Cup. On 29 May 2020, Woakes was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 June 2020, Woakes was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies. On 4 July 2020, Woakes was named in England's thirteen-man squad for the first Test match of the series. In the second Test, Woakes took his 100th wicket in Test matches. References External links Chris Woakes at Warwickshire County Cricket Club Category:1989 births Category:English cricketers Category:England One Day International cricketers Category:England Test cricketers Category:England Twenty20 International cricketers Category:Herefordshire cricketers Category:Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers Category:Living people Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:Warwickshire cricketers Category:Wellington cricketers Category:Sydney Thunder cricketers Category:Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Category:Wisden Cricketers of the Year Category:Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Category:Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup Category:Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands Category:English cricketers of the 21st century "
"Roman Slobodjan Roman Slobodjan (born January 1, 1975) is a German chess grandmaster since 1996, and an International master since 1993. Slobodjan won the 1995 World Junior Chess Championship (under 20). He was twice the Under-20 German Champion- in 1992 in Augsburg, and in 1994 in Herborn. In the July 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2534. His highest rating was 2575 (in July 1998). References External links Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Chess grandmasters Category:German chess players Category:World Junior Chess Champions "
"Leslie Ruthven Pym (24 May 1884 - 17 July 1945) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. The son of the Right Reverend Walter Ruthven Pym, Bishop of Bombay, Pym was educated at Bedford School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.The Peerage He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1939. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5 July 1945. Pym died 12 days later, but nine days before the declaration of the result. He was declared posthumously elected on 26 July 1945, provoking a by-election in his Monmouth constituency. That contest was won by Peter Thorneycroft. Leslie Pym died on 17 July 1945, three days before his brother, Revd Canon Thomas Wentworth Pym, and, coincidentally, on the same day as Sir Edward Campbell, the member for Bromley, who was also posthumously elected. In the war-time coalition government, he was a government whip. Pym was not a descendant of the 17th century Parliamentarian John Pym. His son Francis (1922–2008) was later a Conservative MP and Cabinet minister. References External links * Category:1884 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Category:Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 Category:People educated at Bedford School Category:Politicians elected posthumously Category:UK MPs 1935–1945 Category:UK MPs 1945–1950 Category:Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 "