Alex Gidman

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Personal information
Alex Gidman
England
Full name	Alexander Peter Richard Gidman
Nickname	Gidders
Born	22 June 1981 (1981-06-22) (age 26)
	High Wycombe, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Role	Batsman
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–present	Gloucestershire
2007–2008	Otago
Career statistics
	FC	List A	Twenty20
Matches	85	104	31
Runs scored	5114	2178	446
Batting average	38.45	25.92	24.77
100s/50s	11/31	0/13	0/2
Top score	142	88*	61

Balls bowled	5673	1810	126
Wickets	74	44	4
Bowling average	48.72	36.06	42.25
5 wickets in innings	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	4/47	5/42	1/2
Catches/stumpings	52/–	38/–	8/–
As of 23 October 2007 Source: cricinfo.com

Alex Gidman (born June 22, 1981 in High Wycombe) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who currently plays for Gloucestershire.

Gidman worked his way through the youth ranks as a Gloucestershire player, starting in the Under-17s County Championship tournaments of 1997 and 1998. Gidman's first-class cricketing career began with limited overs cricket in 2001 in the C&G Trophy. He played his first County Championship match a year later, and while Gloucestershire failed to impress in that year's competition, they were promoted the following year, with Gidman establishing himself in the middle-order and averaging over 40 with the bat.

Gidman was appointed England A captain for their 2003-04 tour to India, but had to leave the tour with a hand injury before he played a game. Gloucestershire finished in mid-table that year, with Gidman scoring 869 runs, for which he was rewarded with a new contract.^[1] While 2005 saw Gloucestershire relegated to the second division in the Championship, Gidman hit three centuries, including a career-topping high score of 142 against Surrey.

The following season, Gloucestershire struggled in the second division, though Gidman hit four centuries in the season, finishing with an average of just below 50. In 2007, he averaged 39.65 and was Gloucestershire's top scorer.

He has signed to play for Otago in the 2007-08 New Zealand cricket season.^[2]