- Alex Barnett
Alexander Anthony Barnett, born at
Málaga, Spain on11 September 1970 , is an Englishcricketer .He represented Middlesex, Lancashire and Surrey as an
left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a right-handed batsman. In 50 first-class matches between 1988 and 1994, he took 113 wickets at an average of 45.93. [cite web
url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4204/4204.html
title = Alexander Barnett at CricketArchive.com
publisher =CricketArchive
accessdate = 2008-03-24] He also played club cricket for Hampstead.Barnett made his debut as a 17-year-old for Middlesex in 1988, but it was three years before he played another first-class match, and then he only made two further appearances for Middlesex in the 1991 season. In the mean time, he had represented England in
Youth Tests in Australia and at home against Pakistan. [cite web
url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4204/Youth_Test_Matches.html
title = Youth Test matches played by Alexander Barnett
publisher =CricketArchive
accessdate = 2008-03-24]With opportunities limited at Middlesex because of the presence of
Phil Tufnell , he joined Lancashire in 1992 and was a regular member of the first-class side there for both the 1992 and 1993 seasons, taking 46 and 47 wickets in those seasons respectively, but at the cost of more than 40 runs per wicket.. [cite web
url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4204/First-Class_Matches.html
title = First-Class matches played by Alexander Barnett
publisher =CricketArchive
accessdate = 2008-03-24] In 1994, he was supplanted as the regular spin bowler in the Lancashire side byGary Yates , an off-spinner, and the county recruitedGary Keedy as a slow left-arm bowler at the end of the season and Barnett was released.He played one List A match for Surrey in 1995 and also appeared in
Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire.His great-uncle
Charles Barnett opened the batting for Gloucestershire and England.After cricket, Barnett moved into Internet work. He currently holds the position of Vice President, Community at
Bungee Labs , a startup based inOrem ,Utah . Prior to joining Bungee Labs, Alex worked as the Community Program Manager for Data Programmability forMicrosoft in Redmond, WA, USA. Before working for Microsoft in the US he managed Microsoft.com/uk for Microsoft's United Kingdom subsidiary.References
ee also
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8999.html Cricinfo profile]
* [http://alexbarnett.net/blog Alex Barnett's Blog]
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