Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart

OBE
Personal information
Full name
Alec James Stewart
Born (1963-04-08) 8 April 1963 (age 61)
Merton Park, England
NicknameThe Gaffer
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman, Wicket-keeper
RelationsMicky Stewart (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 543)24 February 1990 v West Indies
Last Test8 September 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 104)15 October 1989 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI2 March 2003 v Australia
ODI shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1981–2003Surrey
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.

  1. ^ Records/England/Test Matches/Most Matches, stats.espncricinfo.com Retrieved on 3 September 2011
  2. ^ "Alec Stewart: 133 and out". The Guardian. London. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2024.