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Alex Lloyd Hughes (born 29 September 1991) is an English cricketer. Hughes is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Wordsley.

Alex Hughes

Personal information
Full name	Alex Lloyd Hughes
Born	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 31) Wordsley, West Midlands, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009	Staffordshire
2011–present	Derbyshire (squad no. 18)
First-class debut	2 August 2013 Derbyshire v Sussex
List A debut	4 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

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.

References

External links

• Alex Hughes at ESPNcricinfo
• Alex Hughes at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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