Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays as a right-handed all-rounder and bowls right-arm fast-medium. He has represented Warwickshire in domestic cricket and played for the England national cricket team across all three international formats from 2011 until his retirement from international cricket in September 2025.
| Full name | Christopher Roger Woakes |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 March 1989 |
| Nationality | English |
| Role | All-rounder |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Domestic team | Warwickshire |
| ODI debut | 2011 |
| T20I debut | 2011 |
| Test debut | 2013 |
| International retirement | September 2025 |
Woakes has spent his domestic career with Warwickshire, the county based at Edgbaston in Birmingham. He made his international debut for England in the limited-overs formats in 2011, playing his first One Day International and Twenty20 International in that year. He was subsequently selected in the Test side, making his Test debut in 2013.
Over the course of his international career, Woakes established himself as a frontline fast-medium bowler and a useful lower-order batter, fulfilling the all-rounder's role across formats for England.
Woakes was a member of two England squads that won global limited-overs titles:
Woakes is regarded as one of England's leading multi-format all-rounders of his generation, having featured in two ICC global trophy-winning squads and serving Warwickshire as a long-standing player in the English county system.