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Alex Wakely

England

Player profile

Full name Alex George Wakely
Born November 3, 1988, London
Current age 19 years 344 days
Major teams Bedfordshire, England Under-19s, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire 2nd XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Education Bedford School

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	9	16	1	287	66	19.13	923	31.09	0	3	41	0	5	0
List A	4	4	0	18	14	4.50	48	37.50	0	0	0	0	1	0

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	9	3	180	131	3	2/62	2/62	43.66	4.36	60.0	0	0	0
List A	4		18	14	2	2/14	2/14	7.00	4.66	9.0	0	0	0

Career statistics
First-class debut	Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 13-16, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class	Derbyshire v Northamptonshire at Chesterfield, Jul 30-Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2005
Last List A	Northamptonshire v Glamorgan at Northampton, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Alex Wakely made two fifties for Northants 2nd XI as a 15-year-old and went on to impress on the England Under-19 trip to Malaysia in 2006-07, making 108 off 140 balls against Sri Lanka - and then followed with two wickets, and also made a brace of fifties against Malaysia. "Alex has all the talent in the world," said his coach at Bedford School, Derek Randall. "He's got every shot in the book. His signature stroke is the straight drive off the back foot - head steady, standing tall. Like Greg Chappell. But he needs to develop that inner steel. Learn to tough it out when the chips are down so you can cash in when the going's good." He was appointed England's captain for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup.
Cricinfo staff February 2008

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