Timothy Andrew Tweats (born 18 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire between 1992 and 1999, and for Staffordshire in 2000.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Timothy Andrew Tweats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1974 Stoke-on-Trent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1999 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992, 2000 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As a youth, Tweats was a promising footballer, spending time in Port Vale's youth system.[1][2]
He made his debut for Derbyshire in a loss against Glamorgan, though, playing as a lower-middle order batsman, he barely disgraced himself, being caught at 24.
He did not play first-class cricket again until the 1995 season, spending all of 1993 and a significant portion of 1994 in the Second XI. A slow starter upon his return, he excelled in the 1997 season, where he hit his debut first-class century, before making a career-best score of 189, and finishing high in the batting averages for the season. During his high-scoring innings, Kim Barnett partnered him to a county record second-wicket stand of 417, a record which stands to this day.[3]
Tweats retired from First-class cricket at the end of the 1999 season to focus on higher education.[4][5]
In 2000 Tweats played for Staffordshire.
References edit
- ^ Hewitt, Peter (18 July 1990). "A bruising experience for Tim". Evening Sentinel. p. 47. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Hewitt, Peter (3 November 1990). "Tweats family cricketers". Evening Sentinel. p. 29. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Carey, Mike (22 September 1997). "Barnett and Tweats still standing firm at finish". The Independent. p. 61. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Tweats is target for Staffs". Birmingham Mail. 9 December 1999. p. 85.
- ^ Bright, Richard (7 September 1999). "Hamilton in the clear". The Daily Telegraph. p. 35. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
External links edit
- Tim Tweats at Cricket Archive (subscription required)