Alex Wyatt

Squad Number - 16

Player Sponsor - Premier Inn - Oadby Leicester

Born - 23 July, 1990

Joined - Leicestershire Young Cricketers 2000, Academy 2007, Full Staff 2009

Role - Right Arm Fast-Medium Bowler, Right Hand Batsman

Family -

Teams Represented - Leicestershire Second XI

Honours -

Highlight of Career - Making Second XI debut, making first-class debut, taking the wicket of Ramnaresh Sarwan in tour game

Players Admired - Glenn McGrath

Relaxations - Golf, Cards, Travelling

A tall, accurate pace bowler who shapes the ball away nicely, Alex Wyatt made a big impression in his appearances for Leicestershire during the 2009 season.

Unfortunately, they were quite few and far between due to injury, but Wyatt is slowly getting over a stress fracture and will bounce back in 2010.

A bowler who extracts good pace and bounce, Wyatt had a great first-class debut against West Indies by removing Ramnaresh Sarwan – the batsman England could not seem to remove during their 2009 tour to the Caribbean.

He also showed up well during his only Championship appearance against Gloucestershire at Bristol, and was brilliant on Twnety20 debut at the Riverside.

Not fazed by Durham Dynamos’ batting line-up which comprised many international batsmen, Wyatt took 3-14 from four overs – including a maiden – and took the scalps of current England player Paul Collingwood and former Australia ODI batsman Michael di Venuto.

Unfortunately, injury curtailed his season just when it was taking off. After a hard winter, the former Oakham School pupil will hope to stay injury-free for 2010.

Wyatt's career record at Leics (up to end of 2009 season):

ACF Wyatt 2009 (74.52 kB)