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Full name Alexander George Wharf
Born June 4, 1975, Bradford, Yorkshire
Current age 33 years 130 days
Major teams England,Glamorgan,Nottinghamshire,Yorkshire
Nickname Gangster
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Thomas Danby College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
13
5
3
19
9
9.50
28
67.85
0
0
0
1
1
0
First-class
121
184
29
3570
128*
23.03
6
14
63
0
List A
154
109
22
1411
72
16.21
0
1
42
0
Twenty20
28
16
7
137
19
15.22
100
137.00
0
0
11
5
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
13
13
584
428
18
4/24
4/24
23.77
4.39
32.4
1
0
0
First-class
121
16825
10941
293
6/59
37.34
3.90
57.4
5
1
List A
154
6497
5552
192
6/5
6/5
28.91
5.12
33.8
7
1
0
Twenty20
28
27
561
913
36
4/39
4/39
25.36
9.76
15.5
2
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
England v India at Nottingham, Sep 1, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v England at Centurion, Feb 13, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1994
Last First-class
Derbyshire v Glamorgan at Derby, Sep 2-5, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1994
Last List A
Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Sep 21, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan at Northampton, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street, Jul 22, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Alex Wharf had his first taste of county cricket with Yorkshire in 1994. As a youngster, Wharf was a member of the Yorkshire Academy, but found his first-team opportunities restricted, and joined Nottinghamshire in 1997. In his opening match for their 2nd XI, he confirmed his abilities as a batsman with an unbeaten century. Despite several useful performances, Wharf was released by Nottinghamshire in 1999, and moved to Glamorgan. He proved to be a very shrewd signing, and deservedly won his county cap towards the end of the 2000 season. He marked his Glamorgan debut with a hundred against Oxford University, and his 101 not out against Northants was a vital ingredient in Glamorgan's 144-run victory. That same season he picked up 37 wickets, including a career-best 5 for 68, at an average of just over 25, and would have taken even more had he not been hampered by injury. He also bowled several important spells in one-day games, most notably in the Benson & Hedges Cup semi-final against Surrey, and was chosen as Glamorgan's Young Player of the Year. A persistent heel injury restricted his appearances for a while, but after successful seasons in 2003 and 2004, Wharf was called up to the England one-day side - and made an immediate mark against India at Trent Bridge, taking the wicket of Sourav Ganguly with his fifth ball and striking twice more in an impressive opening spell. After this Wharf faded from the international scene due to a combination of injuries, loss of form and not being good enough. He toured the West Indies with England A in 2005-06 but had a poor domestic season and was not named in England's provisional squad for the World Cup in 2007. CricInfo Staff October 2006
