Alex Blake (cricketer)

Alex Blake

Personal information
Full name	Alexander James Blake
Born	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 28) Farnborough, London
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	Kent (squad no. 10)
FC debut	28 April 2008 Kent v New Zealanders
LA debut	4 September 2007 Kent v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 38 77 78 Runs scored 1,343 1,435 1,120 Batting average 24.87 29.28 21.96 100s/50s 1/6 1/8 0/5 Top score 105* 116 71* Balls bowled 204 84 – Wickets 3 3 – Bowling average 43.00 24.66 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 2/9 2/13 – Catches/stumpings 23/– 39/– 39/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 May 2017

Alexander James Blake (born 25 January 1989) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast occasionally. Blake was born in Farnborough in Bromley and attended Hayes School before studying at Leeds Metropolitan University. Blake is known as a "brutal limited-overs batsman" and an "athletic" fielder.

Blake was a member of the Kent Cricket Academy and played for the county at age group level before making his debut for the Kent Second XI in 2005. He was part of the England under-19 team which played in an invitational tri-series in January and February 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. Blake made four under-19 One Day International appearances during the tournament against Malaysia under-19s and Sri Lanka under-19s.

Blake made his List A cricket debut for Kent in the 2007 NatWest Pro40 against Surrey in September 2007, before going on to make his first-class cricket debut for Kent against the touring New Zealanders in April 2008. He broke into the County Championship side in 2010 and scored his maiden County Championship century against Yorkshire in the final Championship match of the season.