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Full name Alexander Guy Rushworth Loudon
Born September 6, 1980, Westminster, London
Current age 27 years 304 days
Major teams England,Durham UCCE,Kent,Kent Cricket Board,Marylebone Cricket Club,Warwickshire
Nickname Noisy, Minor, A-Lo, Minotaur
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Eton College, Durham University.
Relations Brother - HJH Loudon
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
1
1
0
0
0
0.00
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
76
122
7
3594
172
31.25
7125
50.44
5
20
52
0
List A
77
67
11
1312
73*
23.42
0
8
29
0
Twenty20
25
21
0
222
27
10.57
230
96.52
0
0
21
3
12
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
1
1
36
36
0
-
-
-
6.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
76
8381
4611
116
6/47
39.75
3.30
72.2
2
7
0
List A
77
2199
1779
44
4/48
4/48
40.43
4.85
49.9
1
0
0
Twenty20
25
17
270
327
20
5/33
5/33
16.35
7.26
13.5
1
1
0
Career statistics
Only ODI
England v Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street, Jun 24, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2001
Last First-class
Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester, Sep 11-13, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2002
Last List A
Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Warwickshire v Lancashire at Birmingham, Jul 18, 2007 scorecard
Profile
When Alex Loudon was named in England's Test squad for their tour to Pakistan in 2005-06, it was the culmination of an effortless progression through the ranks that has had him earmarked for years as a future England captain. A prodigious player in his schooldays at Eton College, he moved steadily from public school to university to county cricket in the smooth fashion that was once common-place but is now most unusual. After captaining England in the Under-19 World Cup in 1999-2000, he went to Durham University. His 317 runs there in 2003, boosted by 172 against Durham, was the most in a single season by a UCCE player. While his batting might not have pushed on since then quite as expected, he has developed his offspin impressively, adding a fledgling doosra to his armoury, and in his last outing for Kent in 2004, he took 6 for 47 to complete a Championship win over Middlesex. To general surprise (and displeasure) in Canterbury, he signed a two-year contract with Warwickshire three weeks later.
2006 proved a disappointing year for Loudon. It started well when he scored a hundred for the MCC against Nottinghamshire in the traditional curtain-raiser to the season, and he was subsequently selected for England A and the full England squad for the ODIs against Sri Lanka. However, he played just once, was run-out without facing a ball, and lost out comprehensively to Jamie Dalrymple in the fight for the vacant spinner's spot. While Dalrymple went from strength to strength, Loudon's summer became a tailspin of injury and loss of form, and by the end he was struggling to justify his place in the Warwickshire team. After another mediocre summer in 2007 he decided not to accept a new contract and retired to pursue a business career, starting with studying for exams he hoped would get him into business school.
Debashish Biswas November 2007
