Alex Hughes (cricketer)
Alex Lloyd Hughes (born 29 September 1991) is an English cricketer. Hughes is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Wordsley.

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Full name | Alex Lloyd Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wordsley, West Midlands, England | 29 September 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–present | Derbyshire (squad no. 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 2 August 2013 Derbyshire v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 4 June 2012 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2019 |
Hughes played two matches for Staffordshire in the 2009 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk and Cumberland.[1] Having played for the Derbyshire Second XI since 2009,[2] Hughes made his full debut for Derbyshire in a Twenty20 match against Yorkshire in the 2011 Friends Provident t20,[3] scoring an unbeaten 11 runs and bowling three wicket-less overs.[4] Hughes did not feature in any further matches for Derbyshire in the 2011 season.
Hughes made his first-class debut against Sussex County Cricket Club at Hove in August 2013. He went on to hit his maiden first-class hundred against Northamptonshire in July 2015, scoring 111* in a first innings score of 361. Derbyshire went on to win the match by 7 wickets. At the start of the 2016 season, Hughes deputised as Derbyshire captain in the Natwest T20 blast in place of the injured Wes Durston. On 2 September 2016, Hughes scored his second first-class hundred against Gloucestershire, scoring 140 in the second innings of the match.
References
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alex Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- "Teams Alex Hughes played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- "Twenty20 Matches played by Alex Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- "Derbyshire v Yorkshire, 2011 Friends Provident t20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
External links
- Alex Hughes at ESPNcricinfo
- Alex Hughes at CricketArchive (subscription required)