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| Full name | Alex George Wakely | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right Arm Medium / Off Spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle Order Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 - | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex George Wakely (born 3 November 1988 in Hammersmith, London) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire and is a former captain of the England under-19s. He is a right-hand batsman, bowls off-breaks and sometimes medium bowling.
Domestic Career
Northamptonshire
In 2004, Alex joined the staff of Northants whilst still in full time education at Bedford School. He scored 81* on his Northamptonshire Second XI debut aged just 15. In July 2007 he made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Somerset. He made scores of 38 and 66, as well as taking two wickets including that of Marcus Trescothick [1]. He played three more first-class matches in 2007 but after scoring 55 against Nottinghamshire he managed only single figure scores in his last five innings. After that poor run of form, he had a spell in the second XI before returning to the first eleven in 2009. On the 16 June that year, Wakely scored his maiden first class century against Glamorgan scoring 113*.[2] He signed a 2 year contract extension on the 2 September, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season.[3]
International Career
Wakely was picked for England under-19s tour of Sri Lanka in 2006/07, he scored England's only century of the tri-nation series with 108 from 140 balls against Sri Lanka. In August he scored a century on his 'Test' debut for England under-19s against Pakistan. On 1 October 2007 he was selected as England under-19s captain for the 2008 World Cup[4]
References
- ^ Somerset v Northamptonshire, County Championship 2007 Cricket Archive
- ^ Wakely comes to Northants' rescue BBC Sport
- ^ Brooks and Wakely sign new deals BBC Sport
- ^ Wakely to lead England U19 at World Cup Cricinfo