Christopher Mays

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Christopher Sean Mays

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|5|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brighton, Sussex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1987–1988

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Sussex

| year2 = 1986

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 12

| runs1 = 39

| bat avg1 = 7.80

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 13*

| deliveries1 = 1,763

| wickets1 = 16

| bowl avg1 = 63.06

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/77

| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| date = 12 March

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17190.html Cricinfo

}}

Christopher Sean Mays (born 11 May 1966) is an English former cricketer. Mays was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Brighton, Sussex.

Prior to appearing in first-class cricket, Mays played for England Young Cricketers, playing two Youth Test matches and a single Youth One Day International against West Indies Young Cricketers in 1985.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12074/Under-19_Test_Matches.html|title=Youth Test Matches played by Christopher Mays|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12074/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|title=Youth One-Day International Matches played by Christopher Mays|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 February 2024}} Mays later made his first-class debut for Sussex against Glamorgan in the 1986 County Championship. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county in that season, the last of which came against Somerset.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12074/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Christopher Mays|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} In what was his only season with his home county, Mays took 13 wickets in his eight first-class appearances, which came at an average of 54.30, with best figures of 3/77.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12074/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Christopher Mays|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} A tailend batsman, with the bat, Mays scored just 19 runs at an average of 4.75, with a high score of 8 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12074/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Christopher Mays|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}}

He left Sussex at the end of the 1986 season to join Surrey. He made his debut for his new county against Sussex in the 1987 County Championship. Mays was unable to establish himself in the Surrey starting eleven, making a further first-class appearance in 1987 against Lancashire, and two more in the 1988 County Championship against Essex and Yorkshire. At the end of the 1988 season Mays qualified as a doctor of medicine and retired from county cricket to pursue a career in medicine.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}