Full Name

Alexander Guy Rushworth Loudon

Born

September 06, 1980, Westminster, London

Age

43y 204d

Nicknames

Noisy, Minor, A-Lo, Minotaur

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Height

6ft 3in

Education

Eton College, Durham University.

RELATIONS

(brother)

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

Alex Loudon Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs110000.000-000000
FC761227359417231.25712550.44520--520
List A776711131273*23.42--08--290
T20s252102222710.5723096.5200213120

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs1136360---6.00-000
FC76-838146111166/47-39.753.3072.2270
List A77-21991779444/484/4840.434.8549.9100
T20s2517270327205/335/3316.357.2613.5110
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A dumbfounded Alex Loudon is bowled by Andrew Caddick
Alex Loudon drives during his stand with Chris Read
Alex Loudon turns his arm over in the Twenty20
Alex Loudon in action
Alex Loudon in England kit
England's new boys - Alex Loudon, Tim Bresnan and Glen Chapple - in the nets at Belfast