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- ↑ "Player profile: Alex Sears" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Alex Sears" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Cambridge University, University Match 2014" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2022.