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Alex Hughes (cricketer)

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Alex Hughes
Personal information
Full name
Alex Lloyd Hughes
Born (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 33)
Wordsley, West Midlands, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009Staffordshire
2011–2022Derbyshire (squad no. 18)
First-class debut2 August 2013 Derbyshire v Sussex
List A debut4 June 2012 Derbyshire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 79 73 100
Runs scored 3,483 937 957
Batting average 27.64 21.79 16.78
100s/50s 6/13 0/3 0/0
Top score 142 96* 43*
Balls bowled 3,753 2,045 1,595
Wickets 37 43 60
Bowling average 52.45 44.55 36.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/46 3/21 4/42
Catches/stumpings 55/– 30/– 39/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 October 2022

Alex Lloyd Hughes (born 29 September 1991) is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Born in Wordsley, West Midlands, he played county cricket for Derbyshire between 2011 and 2022.

Career

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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.

Hughes retired from cricket at the end of the 2022 season, after an eleven-year career with Derbyshire, to take a up an analyst and support coaching role with the club.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alex Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Teams Alex Hughes played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Alex Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Derbyshire v Yorkshire, 2011 Friends Provident t20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  5. ^ Friend, Nick (15 November 2022). "Alex Hughes retires from playing to take up Derbyshire coaching position | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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