Full name Christopher Penn Name Chris Penn 1982–1994 Kent | Batting style Left-handed Role Cricket Player | |
Born 19 June 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-06-19 ) Dover, Kent, England First-class debut 29 May 1982 Kent v Somerset Last First-class 25 June 1994 Kent v South Africans | ||
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium | ||
Christopher Penn (born 19 June 1963, Dover, Kent) is a retired English cricketer. He was a left-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. He played for Kent from 1982 to 1994, when he was forced to retire through injury. He was subsequently awarded a testimonial in 1996.
He was made kent ccc player of the year in 1988 when Kent finished 2nd by one point to Worcestershire in the County Championship taking 88 first class wickets. After his retirement he worked for the ECB in facility development for 5 years before joining. St Edmund's School Canterbury as Head of Boy's Games in the Junior School. He also spent periods of time as specialist bowling coach to Kent ccc and the ECB women's cricket squad under coach Paul Farbrace.
Penn worked for the Transvaal Cricket Council under Dr Ali Bacher in the early 1980 s coaching cricket in the Johannesburg Townships and playing club cricket for Kohinore Crescents, and Wits University and Green Point Cricket Club in Cape Town . He was awarded a Whitbread Scholarship to Perth Western Australia in 1985 Penn also played two Tests and two One-Day matches for England under-19s in 1982 and was a schoolboy international at U15 and u17 level. His uncle Fred Durrant was a professional footballer for Queens Park Rangers, Brentford and Exeter City, later player-managing non-league side Dover.