Alex Hughes (cricketer)

Alex Lloyd Hughes (born 29 September 1991) is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Born in Wordsley, West Midlands, he played county cricket for Derbyshire between 2011 and 2022.

Alex Hughes
Personal information
Full name
Alex Lloyd Hughes
Born (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991
Wordsley, West Midlands, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009Staffordshire
2011–2022Derbyshire (squad no. 18)
First-class debut2 August 2013 Derbyshire v Sussex
List A debut4 June 2012 Derbyshire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 79 73 100
Runs scored 3,483 937 957
Batting average 27.64 21.79 16.78
100s/50s 6/13 0/3 0/0
Top score 142 96* 43*
Balls bowled 3,753 2,045 1,595
Wickets 37 43 60
Bowling average 52.45 44.55 36.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/46 3/21 4/42
Catches/stumpings 55/– 30/– 39/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 October 2022

Career

Hughes played two matches for Staffordshire in the 2009 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk and Cumberland.[1] Having played for the Derbyshire Second XI since 2009,[2] Hughes made his full debut for Derbyshire in a Twenty20 match against Yorkshire in the 2011 Friends Provident t20,[3] scoring an unbeaten 11 runs and bowling three wicket-less overs.[4] Hughes did not feature in any further matches for Derbyshire in the 2011 season.

Hughes made his first-class debut against Sussex County Cricket Club at Hove in August 2013. He went on to hit his maiden first-class hundred against Northamptonshire in July 2015, scoring 111* in a first innings score of 361. Derbyshire went on to win the match by 7 wickets. At the start of the 2016 season, Hughes deputised as Derbyshire captain in the Natwest T20 blast in place of the injured Wes Durston. On 2 September 2016, Hughes scored his second first-class hundred against Gloucestershire, scoring 140 in the second innings of the match.

Hughes retired from cricket at the end of the 2022 season, after an eleven-year career with Derbyshire, to take a up an analyst and support coaching role with the club.[5]

References
  1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alex Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "Teams Alex Hughes played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. "Twenty20 Matches played by Alex Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. "Derbyshire v Yorkshire, 2011 Friends Provident t20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  5. Friend, Nick (15 November 2022). "Alex Hughes retires from playing to take up Derbyshire coaching position | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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