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Alex Loudon

England

Full name Alexander Guy Rushworth Loudon

Born September 6, 1980, Westminster, London

Current age 29 years 77 days

Major teams England, Durham UCCE, Kent, Kent Cricket Board, Marylebone Cricket Club, Warwickshire

Nickname Noisy, Minor, A-Lo, Minotaur

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 6 ft 3 in

Education Eton College, Durham University.

Relation Brother - HJH Loudon

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	76	122	7	3594	172	31.25	7125	50.44	5	20			52
List A	77	67	11	1312	73*	23.42			0	8			29
Twenty20	25	21	0	222	27	10.57	230	96.52	0	0	21	3	12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	1	1	36	36	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0
First-class	76		8381	4611	116	6/47		39.75	3.30	72.2	2	7
List A	77		2199	1779	44	4/48	4/48	40.43	4.85	49.9	1	0
Twenty20	25	17	270	327	20	5/33	5/33	16.35	7.26	13.5	1	1

Career statistics

Only ODI	England v Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street, Jun 24, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2001
Last First-class	Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester, Sep 11-13, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	2002
Last List A	Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Warwickshire v Lancashire at Birmingham, Jul 18, 2007 scorecard

Profile

When Alex Loudon was named in England's Test squad for their tour to Pakistan in 2005-06, it was the culmination of an effortless progression through the ranks that has had him earmarked for years as a future England captain. A prodigious player in his schooldays at Eton College, he moved steadily from public school to university to county cricket in the smooth fashion that was once common-place but is now most unusual. After captaining England in the Under-19 World Cup in 1999-2000, he went to Durham University. His 317 runs there in 2003, boosted by 172 against Durham, was the most in a single season by a UCCE player. While his batting might not have pushed on since then quite as expected, he has developed his offspin impressively, adding a fledgling doosra to his armoury, and in his last outing for Kent in 2004, he took 6 for 47 to complete a Championship win over Middlesex. To general surprise (and displeasure) in Canterbury, he signed a two-year contract with Warwickshire three weeks later.

2006 proved a disappointing year for Loudon. It started well when he scored a hundred for the MCC against Nottinghamshire in the traditional curtain-raiser to the season, and he was subsequently selected for England A and the full England squad for the ODIs against Sri Lanka. However, he played just once, was run-out without facing a ball, and lost out comprehensively to Jamie Dalrymple in the fight for the vacant spinner's spot. While Dalrymple went from strength to strength, Loudon's summer became a tailspin of injury and loss of form, and by the end he was struggling to justify his place in the Warwickshire team. After another mediocre summer in 2007 he decided not to accept a new contract and retired to pursue a business career, starting with studying for exams he hoped would get him into business school.
Debashish Biswas November 2007

Notes

NBC Denis Compton Award 1999