Alex Wakely

Alex George Wakely (born 3 November 1988) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire and is a former captain of the England under-19s. He is a right-hand batsman, bowls off-breaks and sometimes medium pace bowling.

Alex Wakely
Personal information
Full nameAlex George Wakely
Born (1988-11-03) 3 November 1988
Hammersmith, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
Right-arm off break
RoleMiddle Order Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2009Bedfordshire (squad no. 8)
2004–presentNorthamptonshire
FC debut13 July 2007 Northants v Somerset
LA debut4 May 2005 Bedfordshire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 147 90 133
Runs scored 6,876 2,532 2,597
Batting average 31.39 32.88 26.23
100s/50s 9/37 2/18 0/14
Top score 123 109* 64
Balls bowled 509 136 12
Wickets 6 5 0
Bowling average 71.00 26.20 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 0 –
Best bowling 2/62 2/14 –
Catches/stumpings 97/– 32/– 42/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 September 2020

Personal life

Born 3 November 1988 in Hammersmith, London, Wakely attended Bedford School. While at the school Wakely was coached by the former England batsman Derek Randall. After his A-levels, Wakely chose to focus on playing cricket professionally.[1]

Career

Domestic

In 2004, Wakely joined the staff of Northamptonshire whilst still in full-time education. He scored 81* on his Northamptonshire Second XI debut aged just 15. 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.[2] 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. After that poor run of form, he had a spell in the second XI before returning to the first XI in 2009. On 16 June that year, Wakely scored his maiden first-class century against Glamorgan, scoring 113*.[3] For the 2010 season, Wakely was given more of a first team role and began to realise his potential with a century against Middlesex at Lord's.[4]

For the 2013 season, Wakely captained the Northants team in limited overs cricket. This proved to be a successful move; the team finished second in its group in the 40 over league,[5] and won the T20 competition.[6] Wakely played in all of the T20 matches that season and played a key role in the final, scoring 59 from 30 balls.[7]

He missed the whole of the 2014 season because of an Achilles tendon injury that he received during the club's pre-season tour of Barbados.[8]

He returned for the 2015 season recovered, and having been appointed captain in all forms of cricket.[9] He scored two first-class centuries in the season, including a personal highest score of 123 against Leicestershire.[10] Northants once again reached the final of the T20 competition, but this time lost to Lancashire.[11] The next year, Northants returned to Twenty20 finals day with Wakely again captain, and were this time victorious. He was involved in century partnerships in both the semi-final and the final. In the semi, against Notts he and Ben Duckett took Northants from 15/3 to 138/4, himself scoring 53 from 45 balls.[12] The final was versus Durham, and Wakely came in to bat with the score at 9/3, and shared in a partnership of 120 with Josh Cobb.[13]

International

Wakely was picked for the 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 August, he scored a century on his 'Test' debut for England under-19s against Pakistan. On 1 October 2007, he was selected as the England under-19s captain for the 2008 World Cup[14]

References
  1. Coyne, James (July 2007), "Rising stars: Alex Wakeley", ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 15 August 2011
  2. Somerset v Northamptonshire, County Championship 2007 Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  3. "Wakely comes to Northants' rescue", BBC Sport, 18 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  4. "Stephen Peters and Alex Wakely's tons steady Northants", BBC Sport, 6 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  5. "YORKSHIRE BANK 40 Points Table". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. "Northamptonshire's David Willey's treble sees off Surrey in t20 final". The Guardian. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. Dobell, George. "Willey seals Northants' first trophy since 1992". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. "Northamptonshire one day skipper Alex Wakely set to miss entire 2014 season with achilles injury". Northampton Herald & Post. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  9. "Wakely handed full Northants captaincy". Cricinfo. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  10. "Wakely century revives Northants". Cricinfo. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. Rae, Richard (29 August 2015). "Lancashire clinch T20 title by holding nerve against Northamptonshire". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. Dobell, George (20 August 2016). "Duckett stars as Northants reach final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  13. Macpherson, Will (20 August 2016). "Josh Cobb steers Northants over line to win NatWest T20 Blast against Durham". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  14. Wakely to lead England U19 at World Cup, Cricinfo, 1 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
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