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Full name Alexander Peter Richard Gidman
Born June 22, 1981, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Current age 27 years 17 days
Major teams England A,Gloucestershire,Gloucestershire Cricket Board
Nickname Giddo
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Wycliffe College
Relations Brother - WRS Gidman
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
92
161
19
5405
142
38.06
9560
56.53
11
33
52
0
List A
122
113
13
2658
105
26.58
2
15
39
0
Twenty20
39
33
7
540
61
20.76
451
119.73
0
2
44
17
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
92
6052
3811
83
4/47
45.91
3.77
72.9
1
0
0
List A
122
2362
2049
51
5/42
5/42
40.17
5.20
46.3
0
1
0
Twenty20
39
14
186
237
6
2/24
2/24
39.50
7.64
31.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2002
Last First-class
Warwickshire v Gloucestershire at Birmingham, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001
Last List A
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire at Bristol, Jun 15, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Alex Gidman only established himself in the Gloucestershire team in 2003, but was chosen by Rod Marsh to captain the England A tour of Malaysia and India the following winter. However, a hand injury forced him to return home early. Primarily a middle-order right-handed batsman, he also bowls steady medium pace, as he showed with a spell of 2 for 12 in seven overs in the 2003 C&G Trophy final against Worcestershire at Lord's, in which he also hit the winning runs. He again showed a liking for the big occasion at the Twenty20 Cup finals day at Trent Bridge, making 61 to carry his side tantalisingly close to victory over Surrey in the semi-final. After more consistent peformnances in the the 2004 season he was included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
He passed a thousand runs in first class cricket for the first time in the 2005 season including a career best 142 against Surrey. A powerful striker of the ball, Alex was named as Gloucestershire's vice-captain for the 2006 season, and won the county's Player-of-the-Season award that year after scoring 1244 runs in the Championship.
Freddie Auld September 2006
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2002
NBC Denis Compton Award 2003
