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He is a left-handed batsman who bowls occasionally.[1] Blake was born in Farnborough in Bromley and attended Hayes School before studying at Leeds Metropolitan University.[1] Blake is known as a “brutal limited-overs batsman” and an “athletic” fielder.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Cricket career[edit]Blake was a member of the Kent Cricket Academy and played for the county at age group level before making his debut for the Kent Second XI in 2005.[2][3][4] He was part of the England under-19 team which played in an invitational tri-series in January and February 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. Blake made four under-19 One Day International appearances during the tournament against Malaysia under-19s and Sri Lanka under-19s.[5]Blake made his List A cricket debut for Kent in the 2007 NatWest Pro40 against Surrey in September 2007,[6] before going on to make his first-class cricket debut for Kent against the touring New Zealanders in April 2008.[1][7] He broke into the County Championship side in 2010 and scored his maiden County Championship century against Yorkshire in the final Championship match of the season.[1][8][9]In 2015 he scored three half-centuries in Twenty 20 matches,[10] including his best score of 71 not out, scored in 30 balls against Hampshire.[1] Blake scored another two half-centuries in the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup and recorded a batting average of 62 in the competition.[10] After attracting attention from Sussex,[11] he was awarded a new contract at the end of the 2015 season[1][2][10] and won Kent’s One-Day Player of the Year award at the end of the season.[12][13]After only making one first-class appearance during 2015, Blake returned to the Kent County Championship side during the 2016 season, making eight appearances.[14] He hit three sixes from the only balls he faced to complete a Championship win against Derbyshire in May and hit 66 not out against Surrey in the One-Day Cup, scoring a six from the penultimate ball of the match to secure the win for Kent.[15][16]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In January 2020, Blake signed a new white-ball contract with Kent, becoming the first homegrown player to sign such a deal with county.[17]References[edit]^ a b c d e f g Reid J (ed) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, Kent County Cricket Club, pp.23\u201324.^ a b Hoad A (2015) Kent Cricket white ball star Alex Blake agrees new contract at club following speculation about Sussex switch, Kent Online, 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ Teams Alex Blake played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ Kent Cricket Academy Scholars (archived). Retrieved 2007-09-06.^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Alex Blake, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ List A matches played by Alex Blake, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ First-class matches played by Alex Blake, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ Kent on the brink as Yorkshire battle for title, BBC Sport, 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ Alex Blake signs new three-year contract with Kent, BBC Sport, 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ a b c Alex Blake: Kent batsman signs new contract, BBC Sport, 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ Hollis S (2015) Sussex chase Kent batsman Blake, The Argus, 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ ‘Coles named Kent player of the year for 2015’ in Reid J (2015) Op. cit., pp.82\u201383.^ Beckenham and Bexley stars recognised at Kent cricket awards night, News Shopper, 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ First-class batting and fielding in each season by Alex Blake, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ County Championship: Kent win after Derbyshire collapse, BBC Sport, 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ One-Day Cup: Alex Blake gives Kent victory over Surrey off penultimate ball, BBC Sport, 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-11-20.^ “Alex Blake: Kent batsman signs new white-ball deal until 2022”. BBC Sport. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.External links[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/alex-blake-cricketer-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Alex Blake (cricketer) – Wikipedia"}}]}]