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Full name | Alexander David Hugh Grimes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Beirut, Lebanon | 8 January 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Skander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1984–1985 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,3 September 2019 |
Alexander David Hugh Grimes (born 8 January 1965) is an English former cricketer.
Grimes was educated at Tonbridge School,before going up to Pembroke College,Cambridge. [1] While studying at Cambridge,he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Hampshire at Fenner's in 1984. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1985,making thirteen appearances. [2] Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler,Grimes was ineffective in his thirteen matches for Cambridge,taking 12 wickets at an expensive average of 75.58 and best figures of 3 for 99. [3] Additionally,with the bat,he scored 101 runs with a high score of 22 not out. [4] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge,he also made six List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team,making three appearances apiece in the 1984 and 1985 Benson &Hedges Cup. [5] Grimes was a more effective bowler in one-day cricket,taking 13 wickets at an average of 19.00, [6] which included a five-wicket haul when he took figures of 5 for 36 against Sussex. [7]
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