Tim Tweats

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.

Tim Tweats
Personal information
Full name
Timothy Andrew Tweats
Born (1974-04-18) 18 April 1974
Stoke-on-Trent, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992–1999Derbyshire
1992, 2000Staffordshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 33 35
Runs scored 1405 315
Batting average 24.64 13.69
100s/50s 2/4 0/0
Top score 189 42*
Balls bowled 298 24
Wickets 4 0
Bowling average 59.25 -
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/23 0/27
Catches/stumpings 29/- 10/-

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
  1. Hewitt, Peter (18 July 1990). "A bruising experience for Tim". Evening Sentinel. p. 47. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. Hewitt, Peter (3 November 1990). "Tweats family cricketers". Evening Sentinel. p. 29. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. Carey, Mike (22 September 1997). "Barnett and Tweats still standing firm at finish". The Independent. p. 61. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. "Tweats is target for Staffs". Birmingham Mail. 9 December 1999. p. 85.
  5. Bright, Richard (7 September 1999). "Hamilton in the clear". The Daily Telegraph. p. 35. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  • Tim Tweats at Cricket Archive (subscription required)
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