Phil Tufnell

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Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English cricketer and television presenter.

He appeared in 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team, as well as playing for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1986 to 2002. He was a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1986 to 2002.

Tufnell took 121 Test wickets across all first-class cricket, with his temperament, trademark behaviour, and "strong control of flight" when playing made him a well-known sports celebrity. In 2003, a new one appeared.

Early life

Tufnell was educated at Highgate School, where his cricketing prowess was recognized, and he was appointed captain of the Junior School's First XI before reaching the top class. He played cricket for Southgate School before leaving Highgate. He then began working in quantity surveying and was faced with the difficult choice of whether to play cricket or work as a quantity surveyor. He wanted to do the former.

Personal life

He has been married three times, including Alison Squires (married 1986, divorced 1989), Lisa Bar (married 1994, divorced 1998), and Dawn Brown (married 2005).

In 1989, Tufnell's first marriage to Alison Squires came to an end. He has two children, one with ex-girlfriend Jane McElvoy and the other with former wife Lisa Bar. Tufnell's personal life made news in 1994 when he was fined £800 for admitting to assaulting his ex girlfriend McElvoy after she broke up with him.

He left a toilet cubicle trailing the stench of cannabis in 1997, but this time he was exonerated. Bar submitted legal evidence alleging Tufnell of causing her to suffer with 'anxiety, stress, and an eating disorder.' She also said he had regularly threatened her and assaulted her. He is now married to Dawn and has a step daughter.

Tufnell is the president of a cricket charity called Cricket for Change. He is also an ambassador for the Children's Trust in the United Kingdom for children with brain injury and neurodisability.

Tufnell is a fan of Arsenal Football Club.

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Cricket career

As a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, Tufnell played 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for England between 1990 and 2001, and 316 first-class matches, mainly for Middlesex. Tufnell occasionally produced remarkable performance, for example taking 11–93 against Australia at the Oval in 1997 (for which he won the Man of the Match award after England won by 19 runs) and seven wickets in the match (6-25 in the first innings) against the West Indies at the Oval in 1991,. He took his 121 Test wickets with a bowling average of 37.68 across his whole Test career. Mark Waugh theorised that "if you attack him, he can go on the defensive, and it puts him off his game", although Waugh was Tufnell's most frequent test victim, being dismissed a total of seven times by him, three of them bowled.

According to Michael Parkinson, a British talk show host, "at the age of nine he was opening the bowling and the batting for his club's junior team". Parkinson also believes that his "ordinary fielding made him a luxury in the view of the ... (English cricket) management (circa August 1996)". He was not at all an accomplished or confident batsman, often appearing particularly nervous and awkward at Test level, where he became regarded as the ultimate 'rabbit' number 11, Tufnell's fielding improved during his career. He was nicknamed "The Cat" due to his propensity to be found sleeping in the corner of dressing room. He also acquired the nickname "Two Sugars" due to his well-known love of tea. According to England teammate Mike Atherton, Tufnell smoked very heavily.

During his career spanning 16 years with Middlesex, Tufnell took 1,057 first-class wickets in the English game at an average of 29.35. His autobiography What Now ? ISBN 0-00-218816-3 was published in 1999.

Tufnell received an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University on 20 July 2011 in recognition of his achievements in sport and the media.

Broadcasting career

Since 2003, Tufnell has appeared as a summariser on BBC Radio's Test Match Special. He has also hosted The Phil Tufnell Cricket Show and Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show on BBC Radio 5.

Tufnell retired from professional cricket before the 2003 season in order to participate in the second series of the reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! which he won. Prior to this, he had appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. He was a team captain on sports quiz show They Think It's All Over until 2005. In 2004, he made two guest appearances on British soap opera Family Affairs and co-presented the ITV game show Simply the Best with Kirsty Gallacher.

Tufnell was a team captain on the BBC One panel show A Question of Sport. He also makes regular appearances as a reporter on the BBC One magazine show The One Show.

On 12 April 2008, Tufnell and his wife Dawn appeared on the ITV game show All Star Mr & Mrs.

On 4 October and 1 November 2008, Tufnell appeared on the game show Hole in the Wall. In 2009, Tufnell competed in the seventh series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, partnering professional dancer Katya Virshilas. The couple were eliminated in the ninth week.

On 7 October 2011, he appeared on the BBC One panel show Would I Lie To You?, where he claimed to have recurring dreams in which he is a potato, being chased by a pitchfork.

On 19 November 2011, Tufnell appeared on a celebrity edition of ITV quiz show The Chase.

In 2012, he co-presented The Flowerpot Gang with Anneka Rice and Joe Swift.

During the week of 12 to 16 May 2014, Tufnell appeared on the daytime Channel 4 game show Draw It!

On 1 February 2015, Tufnell competed in Get Your Act Together on ITV and The Jump on Channel 4.

In December 2018, Tufnell joined Australia's Seven Network as a guest commentator for their coverage of the BBL and Sri Lankan Test matches.

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