Alex Kemp (cricketer)

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Alex Kemp
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Born (1988-12-02) 2 December 1988 (age 32)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Source: Cricinfo, 3 October 2020

Alex Kemp (born 2 December 1988) is an Australian cricketer. He played in six first-class matches for Queensland in 2012. [1]

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Cricket career

Kemp began playing in Brisbane Grade Cricket in 5th Grade when he was fourteen for Easts-Redlands District Cricket Club, who he eventually captained, and he played for Queensland junior sides from Under-15's to Under-19's. [2] He received a rookie deal with Queensland ahead of the 2009/10 season, [3] which he retained for the next two seasons, [4] [5] playing First-class cricket in the 2011/12 season in which Queensland won the Sheffield Shield. [6] He scored 59 runs at an average of 14.75 in his three games. [7]

Kemp was named a Brisbane Heat supplementary player for the 2012/13 Big Bash League, [8] but he was delisted by Queensland prior to the 2012/13 season. [9] In September 2012 he was recalled by the State due to a strong performance in a Futures League 2nd XI game, [10] and he played three First-class games before the end of 2012 scoring 76 runs at an average of 15.20. [11] In May 2013 he received a full Queensland State contract, [12] and in August 2013 he was named a supplementary player for the Brisbane Heat in the Champion's League Trophy. [13]

Kemp's Queensland contract was not renewed in 2014, [14] and he moved to New South Wales where he joined the Randwick-Petersham club in Sydney Grade cricket during the 2014/15 season and scored 1000 1st Grade runs for the club during the remainder of the season and the 2015/16 season. He was appointed Captain of the club ahead of the 2016/17 season but handed over the Captaincy a few games into the 2017/18 season due to a loss in form. [15]

In 2017 Kemp spent three months as a Cricket New South Wales ACA intern as a Pathway Coach and was then appointed as a youth pathway coach responsible for assisting elite young players in Metropolitan North East for Cricket New South Wales. [16] In 2019 he served as assistant coach for the ACT/NSW Country Comets side, [17] and as of 2020 he was working for Cricket NSW as a Coach and Talent Specialist responsible for developing coaches and players. [18]

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  2. ↑ "Tigers Tales - 1st Grade Captain Alex Kemp 'Cap 617'". Stump to Stump. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Symonds decides against Queensland contract". Cricinfo. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Symonds signs Twenty20 contract with Queensland". ESPN. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Carseldine, Simpson cut by Queensland". ESPN. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Players celebrate Shield win with supporters". ABC News. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "RECORDS / SHEFFIELD SHIELD, 2011/12 - QUEENSLAND / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". Cricinfo. 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Batty on Supplementary List". BrisbaneHeat.com.au. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "A look at the ins and outs for all six states ahead of the 2012-2013 domestic cricket season". FoxSports. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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  12. ↑ "Queensland sign another McDermott". Cricinfo. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "HEAT SQUAD FOR CLT20 RELEASED". BrisbaneHeat.com.au. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Hauritz axed from Queensland". Cricket Australia. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "The First Graders: Alex Kemp" (PDF). Randwick-Petersham Cricket. 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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  17. ↑ "Comets name 13-player squad for T20 series". Cricket ACT. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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