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{{short description|South African-Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Chris Green
| image = Cricketer Chris Green Oran Park 26 October 2025.jpg
| country = Australia
| full_name = Christopher James Green
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Durban]], [[Natal Province]], South Africa
| height = 193 cm
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]
| role = Bowling [[all-rounder]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2023
| oneT20I = true
| T20Idebutdate = 1 December
| T20Idebutyear = 2023
| T20Idebutagainst = India
| T20Icap = 108
| lastT20Idate =
| lastT20Iyear =
| lastT20Iagainst =
| T20Ishirt =
| club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2014/15–present}}
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Sydney Thunder]]
| year2 = 2014/15–present
| clubnumber2 = 93
| club3 = [[Lahore Qalandars]]
| year3 = 2017
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[Guyana Amazon Warriors]]
| year4 = 2018–2020
| clubnumber4 =
| club5 = [[Multan Sultans]]
| year5 = 2019
| clubnumber5 =
| club6 = [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
| year6 = 2019
| clubnumber6 =
| club7 = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| year7 = 2020
| clubnumber7 =
| club8 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
| year8 = 2021–2022
| clubnumber8 =
| club9 = [[Jamaica Tallawahs]]
| year9 = 2021–2022
| clubnumber9 =
| club10 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
| year10 = 2024–present
| clubnumber10 =
| club11 = [[Trent Rockets]]
| year11 = 2024
| clubnumber11 =
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 2
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 2[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 24
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 27
| runs2 = 1,146
| bat avg2 = 39.51
| 100s/50s2 = 2/6
| top score2 = 160
| deliveries2 = 5,269
| wickets2 = 68
| bowl avg2 = 33.73
| fivefor2 = 3
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/82
| catches/stumpings2 = 13/–
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 38
| runs3 = 628
| bat avg3 = 25.12
| 100s/50s3 = 1/2
| top score3 = 100
| deliveries3 = 1,624
| wickets3 = 40
| bowl avg3 = 33.15
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/53
| catches/stumpings3 = 25/–
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 292
| runs4 = 2,227
| bat avg4 = 17.53
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score4 = 50
| deliveries4 = 5,787
| wickets4 = 262
| bowl avg4 = 26.49
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/32
| catches/stumpings4 = 164/–
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/chris-green-787073 ESPNcricinfo
| date = 21 June
| year = 2026
|club12=[[Antigua & Barbuda Falcons]]|year12=2024|club13=[[Welsh Fire]]|year13=2025|clubnumber13=93|caption=Green in October 2025}}

'''Christopher James Green''' (born 1 October 1993) is a South African-Australian [[cricket]]er.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/british-passport-gives-chris-green-options-but-sydney-thunder-tyro-says-focus-is-australia-20160126-gme6uc.html|title=British passport gives Chris Green options, but Sydney Thunder tyro says focus is Australia|first=Chris|last=Barrett|date=26 January 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Green bowls right-arm [[off-break]] and bats right-handed, playing as an [[All-rounder]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/787073.html |title=Chris Green |access-date=19 December 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He plays for [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] and the [[Sydney Thunder]] in the [[Big Bash League]].<ref name="Bio"/> He also plays [[Sydney Grade Cricket]] for [[Northern District Cricket Club]]. Green made his Thunder debut in the final round of the [[BBL04]]. He made his international debut for the [[Australian national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-01 |title=India spin claims T20 series against new-look Aussies. cricket.com.au |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3802986 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=www.cricket.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

==T20 career==
Ahead of the [[2018 Caribbean Premier League]], he was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24312006/after-rashid-another-afghan-leggie-cpl |title=After Rashid, another Afghan leggie at the CPL |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the [[2019 Global T20 Canada]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadacricket.com/?p=12755 |title=Global T20 draft streamed live |work=Canada Cricket Online |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> In the [[List of 2020 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2020 IPL auction]], he was bought by the [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] ahead of the [[2020 Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28338426/ipl-auction-analysis-do-eight-teams-their-best-xis-place? |title=IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place? |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>

Green received a 90-day suspension for bowling with an illegal action commencing 8 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/chris-green-suspect-bowling-action-big-bash-league-sydney-thunder-bbl-spinner-t20/2020-01-08|title=Green banned due to an illegal bowling action|website=cricket.com.au|language=en|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> In July 2020, Green was named as the captain of the [[Guyana Amazon Warriors]] side ahead of the [[2020 Caribbean Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohammad Nabi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ben Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mohammad-nabi-sandeep-lamichhane-ben-dunk-earn-big-in-cpl-2020-draft-1226284|access-date=20 April 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TEAMS SELECTED FOR HERO CPL 2020. Windies Cricket news|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/teams-selected-hero-cpl-2020/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Windies}}</ref> On 11 June 2021, in the [[2021 T20 Blast]] in England, Green took a [[hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] and a [[five-wicket haul]] for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/vitality-blast-2021-1250122/kent-vs-middlesex-south-group-1250245/match-report |title=Jack Leaning, Jordan Cox set course for Kent despite Chris Green hat-trick |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> In July 2022, he was signed by the [[Kandy Falcons]] for the [[2022 Lanka Premier League|third edition]] of the [[Lanka Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lpl-2022-draft-kandy-falcons-sign-wanindu-hasaranga-bhanuka-rajapaksa-to-turn-out-for-dambulla-giants-1323338 |title=LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref> In November 2023, Green was named the captain of [[Sydney Thunder]] for the [[2023–24 Big Bash League season|2023–24 Big Bash League]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Experienced Green appointed Thunder skipper for BBL{{!}}13. cricket.com.au |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3774247 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=www.cricket.com.au |language=en}}</ref> Green was signed by Lancashire Lightning for the [[2024 T20 Blast]] competition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/68771065|title=Chris Green: Lancashire recruit Australia all-rounder to replace Nathan Lyon for T20 Blast|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2024-news/lancashire-sign-chris-green-for-the-vitality-blast|title=Lancashire sign Chris Green for the Vitality Blast|publisher=Lancashire County Cricket Club|accessdate=3 October 2024}}</ref> and later agreed a further two-year contract for the [[2025 T20 Blast|2025]] and [[2026 T20 Blast|2026]] editions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris green extends blast deal with lancashire |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/vitality-t20-blast-chris-green-agrees-lancashire-deal-for-2025-2026-1453582}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cyvy88jn9rno|title=Lancashire re-sign Green on two-year T20 deal|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2024-news/chris-green-re-signs-for-lancashire-cricket/|title=Chris Green re-signs for Lancashire Cricket|publisher=Lancashire County Cricket Club|accessdate=3 October 2024}}</ref> He captained [[Antigua & Barbuda Falcons]] in [[2024 Caribbean Premier League|2024 Caribbean Premier league]].

==Personal life==
Green is South African on his father's side and British on his mother's side. His parents [[Warren Green (tennis)|Warren]] and [[Lisa Gould|Lisa Green (Gould)]], were both professional tennis players.<ref>{{cite news |title=State Push on For All-rounder Chris Green |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/former-knox-grammar-and-northern-district-allrounder-chris-green-chosen-for-sydney-thunder-for-t20-big-bash-league/news-story/e9582d4d11ef0ede1cfa656c18d47a7c |work=[[Daily Telegraph (Australia)|Daily Telegraph]] |date=22 December 2014}}</ref> Green holds a British passport.<ref name="auto"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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