Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart

OBE

Personal information
Full name	Alec James Stewart
Born	(1963-04-08) 8 April 1963 (age 61) Merton Park, England
Nickname	The Gaffer
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman, Wicket-keeper
Relations	Micky Stewart (father)
International information
National side	England (1989–2003)
Test debut (cap 543)	24 February 1990 v West Indies
Last Test	8 September 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 104)	15 October 1989 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	2 March 2003 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	4
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981–2003	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 133 170 447 504 Runs scored 8,463 4,677 26,165 14,771 Batting average 39.54 31.60 40.06 35.08 100s/50s 15/45 4/28 48/148 19/94 Top score 190 116 271* 167* Balls bowled 20 0 502 4 Wickets 0 – 3 0 Bowling average – – 148.66 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/7 – Catches/stumpings 263/14 159/15 721/32 442/48
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  England ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 1992 Australia and New Zealand
Source: Cricinfo, 14 October 2007

Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963) is an English former cricketer, and former captain of the England cricket team, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman. He is the fifth-most-capped English cricketer ever in Test matches^[1] and third-most-capped in One Day Internationals (ODIs), having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs. An attacking batsman in tests against the new ball, Stewart is regarded as one of England's greatest openers. Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram considers him one of the most difficult batsmen he ever bowled to.^[2] He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.