{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Chris Malton | image = | country = England | fullname = Christopher Jon Malton | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|1|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicketkeeper | family = | club1 = Huntingdonshire | year1 = 2000–2005 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Cambridgeshire | year2 = 1993/4 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 1 | column1 = LA | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 128 | bat avg1 = 32.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/- | top score1 = 37 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 1/- | date = 5 June | year = 2010 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17206.html Cricinfo }}
'''Christopher John Malton''' (born 1 January 1969) is a former English cricketer. Malton was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
In 1993, Malton played 2 Minor Counties Championship matches for Cambridgeshire against Staffordshire and Suffolk.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15496/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Chris Malton]</ref>
Malton made his List-A debut for Huntingdonshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against a Hampshire Cricket Board side<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15496/List_A_Matches.html List-A Matches played by Chris Malton]</ref> and also played against a Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. He played 3 further List-A matches for Huntingdonshire, against Oxfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and a further game against Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. His final List-A match for the county came against a Gloucestershire Cricket Board side in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which Huntingdonshire lost.
In his 5 List-A matches, he scored 128 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 37.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15496/a_Batting_by_Team.html List-A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Chris Malton]</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17206.html Chris Malton] at Cricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15496/15496.html Chris Malton] at CricketArchive
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