Full name Alexander Ian Ross
Born April 17, 1992, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 26 years 9 days
Major teams Adelaide Strikers, Australian Capital Territory Under-17s, Australian Capital Territory Under-19s, Brisbane Heat, Eastlake, Jamaica Tallawahs, Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers, South Australia, South Australia Under-23s
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Father - A Ross
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 18 | 33 | 2 | 868 | 92* | 28.00 | 1479 | 58.68 | 0 | 6 | 112 | 5 | 22 | 0 |
List A | 42 | 38 | 6 | 930 | 110 | 29.06 | 1120 | 83.03 | 1 | 5 | 88 | 20 | 21 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
40 | 33 | 5 | 707 | 65 | 25.25 | 579 | 122.10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 13 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 18 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20s ![]() |
40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class debut | Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Feb 7-10, 2015 scorecard |
Last First-class | South Australia v Western Australia at Adelaide, Mar 14-17, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Oct 14, 2012 scorecard |
Last List A | Western Australia v South Australia at Hobart, Oct 21, 2017 scorecard |
T20s debut | Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars at Adelaide, Dec 18, 2014 scorecard |
Last T20s | Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades at Brisbane, Jan 27, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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4, 0/6, 10 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 14 Mar 2018 | FC |
4, 100 | S Aust U23s | v Tas U23s | Hobart | 5 Mar 2018 | Other |
17 | South Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 16 Feb 2018 | FC |
21, 49 | South Aust | v Victoria | Adelaide | 8 Feb 2018 | FC |
36 | Heat | v Melb Reneg | Brisbane | 27 Jan 2018 | T20 |
15 | Heat | v Syd Sixers | Sydney | 18 Jan 2018 | T20 |
4 | Heat | v Hurricanes | Hobart | 15 Jan 2018 | T20 |
27 | Heat | v Hurricanes | Brisbane | 10 Jan 2018 | T20 |
3 | Heat | v Scorchers | Brisbane | 5 Jan 2018 | T20 |
- | Heat | v Melb Stars | Melbourne | 2 Jan 2018 | T20 |
A young batsman who enjoyed a breakout season in 2015-16, Alex Ross was rewarded with the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award at the Allan Border Medal night in January 2016. He had made his first-class debut the previous summer, having first appeared for South Australia in the domestic one-day competition in 2012, but in 2015-16 posted 642 Sheffield Shield runs at 35.66, including six fifties, and was second only to captain Travis Head on the Redbacks' run list. He also impressed in the BBL, where his proclivity for the sweep shot earned him the nickname "Sweepologist" from TV commentators. His liking for the shot had partially come from a childhood playing hockey in New Zealand. Born in Melbourne, Ross spent much of his childhood in Christchurch, where his father Ashley was a cricket coach - at one stage the assistant coach of New Zealand.
Brydon Coverdale
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year - 2016