Alex Wakely
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| Full name | Alex George Wakely | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1988 Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Batting style | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium / off spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle Order Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004– | Northamptonshire (squad no. 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 21 April 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alex George Wakely (born 3 November 1988) 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 pace bowling.
Personal life
Born 3 November 1988 in Hammersmith, London, Wakely attended Bedford School. While at the school Wakely was coached by former England batsman Derek Randall. After his A-levels Wakely chose to focus on playing cricket professionally.[1]
Career
Domestic
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.[2] 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 16 June that year, Wakely scored his maiden first class century against Glamorgan scoring 113*.[3] For the 2010 season, Wakely was given more of a first team role and began to realise his potential with a century against Middlesex at Lord's.[4]
For the 2013 season, Wakely captained the Northants team in limited overs cricket. This proved to be a successful move; the team finished second in their group in the 40 over league,[5] and won the T20 competition.[6] Wakely played in all of the T20 matches that season, and played a key role in the final, scoring 59 from 30 balls.[7]
Unfortunately, he missed the whole of the 2014 season, due to an Achilles tendon injury that he received during the club's pre-season tour of Barbados.[8]
He returned for the 2015 season recovered, and having been appointed captain in all forms of cricket.[9] He scored two first class centuries in the season, including a personal highest score of 123 against Leicestershire.[10] Nortants once again reached the final of the T20 competition, but this time lost to Lancashire.[11]
International
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[12]
References
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- ↑ Somerset v Northamptonshire, County Championship 2007 Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ↑ Wakely comes to Northants' rescue BBC Sport. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ↑ Stephen Peters and Alex Wakely's tons steady Northants BBC Sport. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
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- ↑ Wakely to lead England U19 at World Cup Cricinfo. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
External links
- Player profile: Alex Wakely from ESPNcricinfo
- Player profile: Alex Wakely from CricketArchive
- Player Profile: Alex Wakely from northantscricket.com
