Alex Wakely
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Alex George Wakely (born 3 November 1988 in Hammersmith, London) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire and is the current captain of the England under-19s. He is a right-hand batsman and bowls off-breaks.
In 2004 Wakely scored 81* on his Northamptonshire Second XI debut aged just 15. During 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 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 [1]. 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.
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 [2].
[edit] References
- ^ Somerset v Northamptonshire, County Championship 2007, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 17 January 2008
- ^ Wakely to lead England Under-19 at World Cup, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 17 January 2008
