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Alex Carey

AlexCarey

Australia

Australia

Wicket Keeper

Alex Carey

Personal Details

  • Full Name Alex Tyson Carey
  • Age 33
  • Date of Birth 27 August 1991
  • Birthplace Loxton, South Australia
  • Height 182cm
  • Batting Style Left Handed Bat
  • Bowling Style Right-Arm Fast Seam

Career Debuts

  • ODI Debut 19 January 2018
  • T20I Debut 03 February 2018
  • Test Debut 08 December 2021

Player Story

After starting out as a cricketer, Carey decided to pursue a career in Australian Rules football and as an 18-year-old was the inaugural captain and Best and Fairest Award winner for the newly formed Greater Western Sydney Giants in his first season. But Carey was axed by the club as they prepared to enter the top tier AFL competition in 2012, and was soon lured back to cricket by the South Australian Redbacks. There has been no looking back ever since.

Carey had long been highly regarded by South Australia, having played under-age cricket for the state. Having returned to the state set-up he soon switched from full-time batter to wicketkeeper-batter and found form, taking the gloves full-time for the state in the 2015-16 summer. 

The left-hander played a big role in securing Adelaide Strikers' BBL|07 title win in 2017-18 – his incredible ton against the Hobart Hurricanes being a standout performance, and had narrowly missed out on Test selection for that summer's Ashes series. But his terrific run of form earned him his ODI & T20I debuts early in 2018, with the wicketkeeper soon donning the role of vice-captain in both formats, including at the 2019 ODI World Cup in England where he epitomised Aussie grit to bat on, bloodied and bandaged, after being struck on the chin during the semi-final. 

His Test call up came in the 2021-22 summer to replace Tim Paine as Australia's gloveman, receiving Baggy Green cap No.461 from Adam Gilchrist at the Gabba, with a maiden ton coming following summer at the Boxing Day Test against South Africa. A mainstay of the Test team, even as he was usurped as Australia's first-choice gloveman in the white-ball formats, he famously stumped Jonny Bairstow during the 2023 Ashes Test at Lord's when the Englishman wandered out of his crease.

Batting and Fielding

Matches
M
Innings Batted
Inn
Runs Scored
Runs
Highest Score
HS
Batting Average
Avg
50s Scored
50s
100s Scored
100s
Strike Rate
SR
Not Outs
NO
4s Hit
4s
6s Hit
6s
Catches
Ct
Stumpings
St
ODI 76 69 1,978 106 34.7 10 1 89.66 12 182 22 84 8
T20I 38 26 233 37 11.1 0 0 108.37 5 19 7 19 9
Test 32 47 1,339 111 31.88 8 1 59.41 5 152 7 121 12

M: Matches

Inn: Innings Batted

Runs: Runs Scored

HS: Highest Score

Avg: Batting Average

50s: 50s Scored

100s: 100s Scored

SR: Strike Rate

NO: Not Outs

4s: 4s Hit

6s: 6s Hit

Ct: Catches

St: Stumpings

Batting and Fielding

Matches
M
Innings Batted
Inn
Runs Scored
Runs
Highest Score
HS
Batting Average
Avg
50s Scored
50s
100s Scored
100s
Strike Rate
SR
Not Outs
NO
4s Hit
4s
6s Hit
6s
Catches
Ct
Stumpings
St
BBL 56 56 1,837 101 34.66 11 2 128.91 3 182 47 53 6

M: Matches

Inn: Innings Batted

Runs: Runs Scored

HS: Highest Score

Avg: Batting Average

50s: 50s Scored

100s: 100s Scored

SR: Strike Rate

NO: Not Outs

4s: 4s Hit

6s: 6s Hit

Ct: Catches

St: Stumpings