Country: | England |
Fullname: | Alexander Corfield Morris |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1976 |
Birth Place: | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
Family: | Zac Morris (brother) |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Yorkshire |
Year1: | 1995 - 1997 |
Club2: | Hampshire |
Year2: | 1998 - 2003 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 62 |
Runs1: | 1,392 |
Bat Avg1: | 20.17 |
100S/50S1: | –/7 |
Top Score1: | 65 |
Deliveries1: | 7,867 |
Wickets1: | 156 |
Bowl Avg1: | 26.40 |
Fivefor1: | 5 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 5/39 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 34/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 42 |
Runs2: | 285 |
Bat Avg2: | 17.81 |
100S/50S2: | –/– |
Top Score2: | 48 |
Deliveries2: | 1,169 |
Wickets2: | 39 |
Bowl Avg2: | 26.23 |
Fivefor2: | 1 |
Tenfor2: | – |
Best Bowling2: | 5/32 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 8/– |
Date: | 17 June |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/alex-morris-17096 Cricinfo |
Alex Morris (born Alexander Corfield Morris, 4 October 1977[1] in Barnsley, West Yorkshire, England) is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, who, during his eight years in first-class cricket played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Hampshire.[2]
Between 1994 and 1996, Morris played in thirteen Youth Test matches for England Under-19s, for whom he scored a half-century in his debut innings. Following his final Youth Test Match against New Zealand in 1996, he started playing County Championship cricket on a regular basis for Yorkshire, having made his debut the previous year.[1] He left Yorkshire in 1997 and joined Hampshire.[1] More recently Morris played for Nottinghamshire's Second XI.[3]
Morris' brother, Zachary also played first-class cricket for Hampshire.[4]
In 2010, Morris became the captain of the Hoylandswaine Cricket Club, who play in the Huddersfield Drakes Cricket League.