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Alex Gidman

England

Full name Alexander Peter Richard Gidman

Born June 22, 1981, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Current age 30 years 235 days

Major teams England A, England Lions, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Gloucestershire Cricket Board, Marylebone Cricket Club, Otago

Nickname Giddo

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education Wycliffe College

Relation Brother - WRS Gidman

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	145	254	23	8251	176	35.71	14438	57.14	16	46			92
List A	166	157	16	3883	116	27.53			5	20			54
Twenty20	64	57	10	991	64	21.08	853	116.17	0	3	82	27	12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
First-class	145		7049	4378	99	4/47		44.22	3.72	71.2	1	0
List A	166		3046	2636	65	5/42	5/42	40.55	5.19	46.8	0	1
Twenty20	64	21	262	360	8	2/24	2/24	45.00	8.24	32.7	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	2002
Last First-class	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Northampton, Sep 12-14, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	2001
Last List A	Gloucestershire v Somerset at Bristol, Aug 24, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kent v Gloucestershire at Beckenham, Jun 15, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0, 27	Gloucs	v Northants	Northampton	12 Sep 2011	First-class
81	Gloucs	v Leics	Bristol	7 Sep 2011	First-class
6, 12*	Gloucs	v Glamorgan	Bristol	31 Aug 2011	First-class
0	Gloucs	v Somerset	Bristol	24 Aug 2011	List A
12	Gloucs	v Essex	Colchester	21 Aug 2011	List A
29, 18	Gloucs	v Essex	Colchester	17 Aug 2011	First-class
106*	Gloucs	v Unicorns	Exmouth	14 Aug 2011	List A
20, 54	Gloucs	v Derbyshire	Derby	10 Aug 2011	First-class
22	Gloucs	v Lancashire	Manchester	5 Aug 2011	List A
76	Gloucs	v Lancashire	Cheltenham	31 Jul 2011	List A

Profile

Alex Gidman only established himself in the Gloucestershire team in 2003, but was chosen by Rod Marsh to captain the England A tour of Malaysia and India the following winter. However, a hand injury forced him to return home early. Primarily a middle-order batsman, he also bowls steady medium pace, as he showed with a spell of 2 for 12 in seven overs in the 2003 C&G Trophy final against Worcestershire at Lord's, in which he also hit the winning runs. He again showed a liking for the big occasion at the Twenty20 Cup finals day at Trent Bridge, making 61 to carry his side tantalisingly close to victory over Surrey in the semi-final. After more consistent performances in the the 2004 season he was included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. He passed a thousand runs in first class cricket for the first time in 2005 including a career best 142 against Surrey. A powerful striker of the ball, Gidman has been mentioned in dispatches as an England candidate without ever quite pushing on. He was almost tempting away to a new county in 2008, but stayed at Gloucestershire and was rewarded with the captaincy in 2009 after Jon Lewis stepped down.
Cricinfo staff January 2009