Ian Chivers

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ian Chivers

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Ian James Chivers

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1985–1987}}

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 20

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 20*

| deliveries1 = 150

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 38.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/4

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 12 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10725.html Cricinfo

}}

Ian James Chivers (born 5 November 1964) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Chivers was born in November 1964 at Southampton. A club cricketer for Old Tauntonians,{{cite web|url=https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/a-z-c6/|title=A–Z (C6)|website=www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com|access-date=14 June 2024}} Chivers was an off break bowler who was engaged by Hampshire at a time when they possessed the spin bowling options of Nigel Cowley and Rajesh Maru, which limited his appearances to mostly Second XI matches. He made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire, against Oxford University at Oxford in 1985, and against Glamorgan at Swansea in the 1987 County Championship;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6534/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ian Chivers|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} He took two wickets in these matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6534/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Ian Chivers|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} He later played club cricket for Calmore Sports and Winchester Krakatoa Simmarians.{{cite web|url=https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/LEAGUES/SPCL/CLUB_DIRECTORY/DIVISION_ONE/CALMORE.html|title=Southern Premier League|work=ESPNcricinfo|year=2002|access-date=14 June 2024}}