Rohan Alexander

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Rohan Alexander
Personal information
Full name
Rohan Phillmore Alexander
Born (1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 51)
Jamaica
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Off spin
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  2)10 September 2004 v  New Zealand
Last ODI13 September 2004 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI LA ICCT
Matches21412
Runs scored34229278
Batting average 17.0019.0827.80
100s/50s0/00/21/0
Top score2655110*
Catches/stumpings 0/03/05/0
Source: CricketArchive, 11 October 2008

Rohan Phillmore Alexander (born 20 February 1973) is a Jamaican born American former cricketer. [1] A left-handed batsman and off spin bowler, [2] he played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the United States national cricket team in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. [3]

Biography

Born in Jamaica in 1973, [2] Rohan Alexander played his club cricket in New York City [1] and first played for the US in 1998 [4] when he made his List A debut against the Leeward Islands in the Red Stripe Bowl. He also played against his native Jamaica and Barbados in the tournament. [5]

He next played for the US in the Americas Championship, playing one match against the Cayman Islands at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City. [6] The following year, he played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario. [7]

In 2002, he played in the Americas Championship in Buenos Aires [6] and he returned to List A cricket in 2004 when he played in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates. [5] He made his ODI debut later that year, playing against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. [3]

His last matches for the USA came in the 2005 ICC Trophy [4] in Ireland. After a warm-up match against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI [6] he played four matches in the tournament proper against the UAE, Denmark, Uganda and Papua New Guinea. [7]

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