Alexia Walker

Alexia Laurette Walker (born 26 November 1982) is an English international cricketer.[1]

Early life

She was born in 1982 at St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex, England.

Playing career

Walker played three one-day internationals for the England women's cricket team in August 2001. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman, she took one wicket for 29 runs and averaged 14 with the bat.

Management

In June 2009 Walker was appointed as the cricket director at Brighton College, a co-educational private school in Brighton, Sussex. She is the first woman cricket director at an English private school. Previously she was cricket performance manager at Loughborough University which is noted for its sports research and development.[2]

In January 2010 she became one of only three women to pass the ECB Level 4 Coaching Certificate and is believed to be the youngest candidate of either sex to gain the award.[3]

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References

  1. "Cricinfo data". Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. "Woman picked as cricket director". BBC News. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-events/news-archive/Alexia+Walker+earns+ECB+Level+4+Certificate/. Retrieved 5 January 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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