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  Squad
Vikram Solanki (c)
Kabir Ali
James Anderson
Gareth Batty
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Alex Gidman
Will Jefferson
Ed Joyce
Paul Nixon (wk)
Owais Shah
Michael Yardy

Alex Gidman

England

Player profile

Full name Alexander Peter Richard Gidman
Born June 22, 1981, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Current age 27 years 17 days
Major teams England A, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire Cricket Board
Nickname Giddo
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education Wycliffe College
Relations Brother - WRS Gidman

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 92 161 19 5405 142 38.06 9560 56.53 11 33 52 0
List A 122 113 13 2658 105 26.58 2 15 39 0
Twenty20 39 33 7 540 61 20.76 451 119.73 0 2 44 17 9 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 92 6052 3811 83 4/47 45.91 3.77 72.9 1 0 0
List A 122 2362 2049 51 5/42 5/42 40.17 5.20 46.3 0 1 0
Twenty20 39 14 186 237 6 2/24 2/24 39.50 7.64 31.0 0 0 0

Career statistics
First-class debut 2002
Last First-class Warwickshire v Gloucestershire at Birmingham, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2001
Last List A Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire at Bristol, Jun 15, 2008 scorecard
 Profile

Alex Gidman only established himself in the Gloucestershire team in 2003, but was chosen by Rod Marsh to captain the England A tour of Malaysia and India the following winter. However, a hand injury forced him to return home early. Primarily a middle-order right-handed batsman, he also bowls steady medium pace, as he showed with a spell of 2 for 12 in seven overs in the 2003 C&G Trophy final against Worcestershire at Lord's, in which he also hit the winning runs. He again showed a liking for the big occasion at the Twenty20 Cup finals day at Trent Bridge, making 61 to carry his side tantalisingly close to victory over Surrey in the semi-final. After more consistent peformnances in the the 2004 season he was included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. He passed a thousand runs in first class cricket for the first time in the 2005 season including a career best 142 against Surrey. A powerful striker of the ball, Alex was named as Gloucestershire's vice-captain for the 2006 season, and won the county's Player-of-the-Season award that year after scoring 1244 runs in the Championship.
Freddie Auld September 2006


 Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2002
NBC Denis Compton Award 2003

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Jun 21, 2007

Alex Gidman pulls during his 34
Alex Gidman pulls during his 34
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Jun 21, 2007

Alex Gidman is stumped by Denesh Ramdin
Alex Gidman is stumped by Denesh Ramdin
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Apr 16, 2007

Carl Hopkinson fails to hold a catch offered by Alex Gidman
Carl Hopkinson fails to hold a catch offered by Alex Gidman
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