Alex Barrow
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Alexander William R Barrow (born 6 May 1992) is an English cricket
er who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club
. He made his debut for the county in the 2011 County Championship
against Hampshire
.
Alex has risen through the ranks of the Somerset Youth sides representing the county from U11 to U17 and joining the county academy in 2008.Alex attended King's College Taunton, where his school career was prolific, culminating in 2010, when he was the leading Wisden schoolboy batsman, scoring 803 runs with an average of 160.60.The same year saw him called up to represent England U19s in their one day and T20 series versus Sri Lanka.He scored 50 on debut to help England win the first one day international at Fenners.Alex featured in all four remaining matches, the series ending drawn with two wins each and one 'no result'.A shoulder operation was necessary at the end of the 2010 season but Alex recovered strongly and the start of the 2011 season saw him score heavily for Somerset 2nd XI which resulted in his call up to the senior side and his 1st class debut against Hampshire at The Rose Bowl.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
. He made his debut for the county in the 2011 County Championship
2011 County Championship
The 2011 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the 112th cricket County Championship season. It is contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away...
against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
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Alex has risen through the ranks of the Somerset Youth sides representing the county from U11 to U17 and joining the county academy in 2008.Alex attended King's College Taunton, where his school career was prolific, culminating in 2010, when he was the leading Wisden schoolboy batsman, scoring 803 runs with an average of 160.60.The same year saw him called up to represent England U19s in their one day and T20 series versus Sri Lanka.He scored 50 on debut to help England win the first one day international at Fenners.Alex featured in all four remaining matches, the series ending drawn with two wins each and one 'no result'.A shoulder operation was necessary at the end of the 2010 season but Alex recovered strongly and the start of the 2011 season saw him score heavily for Somerset 2nd XI which resulted in his call up to the senior side and his 1st class debut against Hampshire at The Rose Bowl.