Alex Rackow
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| Full name | Alexander Joseph William Rackow | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1996 Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 2017-2019 | Oxford MCCU | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Alexander Joseph William Rackow (born 25 December 1996) is an English former first-class cricketer. He made 4 First Class appearances between 2017 and 2019.
Early life and career
[edit]Rackow was born at Wandsworth in December 1996. He was educated at Dulwich College (2010-15),[1] before going up to St Hilda's College, Oxford (2016-19).[2] While studying at Oxford, Rackow made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Cambridge University in The University Matches of 2017, 2018 and 2019.[3] He scored 218 runs in his three matches, averaging 54.50. He made two half centuries, with a high score of 95.[4] He gained three cricketing blues, captaining the blues in his final year and was the first Old Alleynian since Bill Mitchell to gain an Oxford blue in cricket.[1] In addition to playing for Oxford University, Rackow also made a single first-class appearance for Oxford MCCU against Kent in 2018 at Canterbury.[3][notes 1]
Rackow is currently training to become a solicitor.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Oxford MCCU differed from Oxford University Cricket Club in that it was open to students at Oxford Brookes University, whereas Oxford University Cricket Club is exclusively for students of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.
- ^ a b "Alleyn Club Yearbook 2018" (PDF). www.dulwich.org.uk. p. 62. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Fast Facts". www.sthildas.ox.ac.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Alex Rackow". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alex Rackow". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2020.