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Alex Morris
Personal information
Full nameAlexander Corfield Morris
Born (1976-10-04) 4 October 1976 (age 48)
Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsZac Morris (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–1997Yorkshire
1998–2003Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 62 42
Runs scored 1,392 285
Batting average 20.17 17.81
100s/50s –/7 –/–
Top score 65 48*
Balls bowled 7,867 1,169
Wickets 156 39
Bowling average 26.40 26.23
5 wickets in innings 5 1
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 5/39 5/32
Catches/stumpings 34/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2022

Alex Morris (born Alexander Corfield Morris, 4 October 1977 in Barnsley, West Yorkshire, England) is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, who, during his eight years in first-class cricket played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Hampshire.

Between 1994 and 1996, Morris played in thirteen Youth Test matches for England Under-19s, for whom he scored a half-century in his debut innings. Following his final Youth Test Match against New Zealand in 1996, he started playing County Championship cricket on a regular basis for Yorkshire, having made his debut the previous year. He left Yorkshire in 1997 and joined Hampshire. More recently Morris played for Nottinghamshire's Second XI.

Morris' brother, Zachary also played first-class cricket for Hampshire.

In 2010, Morris became the captain of the Hoylandswaine Cricket Club, who play in the Huddersfield Drakes Cricket League.

References

  1. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. Player Profile, Cricinfo, Retrieved 21 September 2009
  3. Player Oracle: AC Morris, CricketArchive, Retrieved 21 September 2009
  4. Player Profile, CricketArchive, Retrieved 21 September 2009


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