| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander George Wharf | |||
| Born | 4 June 1975 Bradford, England |
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| Nickname | Gangster | |||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| ODI debut (cap 183) | 1 September 2004 v India | |||
| Last ODI | 13 February 2005 v South Africa | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2000–2009 | Glamorgan (squad no. 16) | |||
| 1998–1999 | Nottinghamshire | |||
| 1994–1997 | Yorkshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | ODI | FC | LA | T20 |
| Matches | 13 | 121 | 155 | 33 |
| Runs scored | 19 | 3,570 | 1,411 | 157 |
| Batting average | 9.50 | 23.03 | 16.21 | 12.07 |
| 100s/50s | –/– | 6/14 | –/1 | –/– |
| Top score | 9 | 128* | 72 | 19 |
| Balls bowled | 584 | 16,825 | 6,497 | 644 |
| Wickets | 18 | 293 | 192 | 39 |
| Bowling average | 23.77 | 37.34 | 28.91 | 26.35 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 5 | 1 | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | 1 | – | – |
| Best bowling | 4/24 | 6/59 | 6/5 | 4/39 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 63/– | 42/– | 5/– |
| Source: [1], 1 October 2009 | ||||
Alex Wharf (born Alexander George Wharf on 4 June 1975)[1] is an English former first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler, who ended his career with the Welsh side, Glamorgan County Cricket Club.
Wharf commenced his first-class cricketing career with Yorkshire in 1994, and played seven such matches for the county until 1997.[1] He later joined Nottinghamshire, before moving to Glamorgan in 2000. He never played Test cricket, but made his England One Day International debut at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, against India in 2004.
Wharf announced his retirement from cricket during the 2009 County Championship, after failing to recover from a long-term injury. In 2010, Wharf played in the South Wales Premier Cricket League for Sully Centurians. In 2011, he was added to the England and Wales Cricket Board list of reserve umpires, alongside Russell Evans and Billy Taylor.[2]