- Alex Gidman
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Alex Gidman
female =
country = England
fullname = Alexander Peter Richard Gidman
nickname = Gidders
living = true
dayofbirth = 22
monthofbirth = 06
yearofbirth = 1981
placeofbirth =High Wycombe
countryofbirth =England
heightft = 6
heightinch = 2
heightm =
batting = Right-hand
bowling = Right-arm medium
role =Batsman
club1 = Gloucestershire
year1 = 2001–present
club2 = Otago
year2 = 2007–2008deliveries = balls
columns = 3
column1 = FC
matches1 = 85
runs1 = 5114
bat avg1 = 38.45
100s/50s1 = 11/31
top score1 = 142
deliveries1 = 5673
wickets1 = 74
bowl avg1 = 48.72
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 4/47
catches/stumpings1 = 52/–
column2 = List A
matches2 = 104
runs2 = 2178
bat avg2 = 25.92
100s/50s2 = 0/13
top score2 = 88*
deliveries2 = 1810
wickets2 = 44
bowl avg2 = 36.06
fivefor2 = 1
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 5/42
catches/stumpings2 = 38/–
column3 =Twenty20
matches3 = 31
runs3 = 446
bat avg3 = 24.77
100s/50s3 = 0/2
top score3 = 61
deliveries3 = 126
wickets3 = 4
bowl avg3 = 42.25
fivefor3 = 0
tenfor3 = n/a
best bowling3 = 1/2
catches/stumpings3 = 8/–
date = 23 October
year = 2007
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13956.html cricinfo.comAlexander Peter Richard Gidman (born
June 22 ,1981 inHigh Wycombe ,Buckinghamshire ) is an Englishcricket er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who currently plays for Gloucestershire.Gidman worked his way through the youth ranks as a Gloucestershire player, starting in the Under-17s County Championship tournaments of 1997 and 1998. Gidman's first-class cricketing career began with limited overs cricket in 2001 in the C&G Trophy. He played his first County Championship match a year later, and while Gloucestershire failed to impress in that year's competition, they were promoted the following year, with Gidman establishing himself in the middle-order and averaging over 40 with the bat.
Gidman was appointed England A captain for their 2003-04 tour to India, but had to leave the tour with a hand injury before he played a game. Gloucestershire finished in mid-table that year, with Gidman scoring 869 runs, for which he was rewarded with a new contract. [ [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/141401.html Alex Gidman stays with Gloucestershire] ] While 2005 saw Gloucestershire relegated to the second division in the Championship, Gidman hit three centuries, including a career-topping high score of 142 against Surrey.
The following season, Gloucestershire struggled in the second division, though Gidman hit four centuries in the season, finishing with an average of just below 50. In 2007, he averaged 39.65 and was Gloucestershire's top scorer.
He has signed to play for Otago in the 2007-08 New Zealand cricket season. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/316676.html Gidman joins Otago] ]
References
External links
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35609/35609.html Alex Gidman] at Cricket Archive
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1600.html Alex Gidman - future England all-rounder?] at Cricket Archive
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