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Alex Wharf

England

Full name Alexander George Wharf

Born June 4, 1975, Bradford, Yorkshire

Current age 34 years 38 days

Major teams England, Glamorgan, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire

Nickname Gangster

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 6 ft 4 in

Education Thomas Danby College

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	13	5	3	19	9	9.50	28	67.85	0	0	0	1	1
First-class	121	184	29	3570	128*	23.03			6	14			63
List A	154	109	22	1411	72	16.21			0	1			42
Twenty20	33	20	7	157	19	12.07	130	120.76	0	0	12	6	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	13	13	584	428	18	4/24	4/24	23.77	4.39	32.4	1	0	0
First-class	121		16825	10941	293	6/59		37.34	3.90	57.4		5	1
List A	154		6497	5552	192	6/5	6/5	28.91	5.12	33.8	7	1	0
Twenty20	33	32	644	1028	39	4/39	4/39	26.35	9.57	16.5	2	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	England v India at Nottingham, Sep 1, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v England at Centurion, Feb 13, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1994
Last First-class	Derbyshire v Glamorgan at Derby, Sep 2-5, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1994
Last List A	Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Sep 21, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Northamptonshire v Glamorgan at Northampton, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Bristol, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Alex Wharf had his first taste of county cricket with Yorkshire in 1994. As a youngster, Wharf was a member of the Yorkshire Academy, but found his first-team opportunities restricted, and joined Nottinghamshire in 1997. In his opening match for their 2nd XI, he confirmed his abilities as a batsman with an unbeaten century. Despite several useful performances, Wharf was released by Nottinghamshire in 1999, and moved to Glamorgan. He proved to be a very shrewd signing, and deservedly won his county cap towards the end of the 2000 season. He marked his Glamorgan debut with a hundred against Oxford University, and his 101 not out against Northants was a vital ingredient in Glamorgan's 144-run victory. That same season he picked up 37 wickets, including a career-best 5 for 68, at an average of just over 25, and would have taken even more had he not been hampered by injury. He also bowled several important spells in one-day games, most notably in the Benson & Hedges Cup semi-final against Surrey, and was chosen as Glamorgan's Young Player of the Year. A persistent heel injury restricted his appearances for a while, but after successful seasons in 2003 and 2004, Wharf was called up to the England one-day side - and made an immediate mark against India at Trent Bridge, taking the wicket of Sourav Ganguly with his fifth ball and striking twice more in an impressive opening spell. After this Wharf faded from the international scene due to a combination of injuries, loss of form and not being good enough. He toured the West Indies with England A in 2005-06 but had a poor domestic season and was not named in England's provisional squad for the World Cup in 2007.
CricInfo Staff October 2006