Alex Wharf

Alex Wharf

Personal information
Full name	Alexander George Wharf
Born	(1975-06-04) 4 June 1975 Bradford, England
Nickname	Gangster
Height
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

Alexander George "Alex" Wharf (born 4 June 1975) 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. 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.

External links

• Alex Wharf at Cricinfo