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Alex Carey is one of the 15 players who have been named in the Australia squad to play the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. Alex Carey, who made his one-day international debut on 19-Jan-18, had played 19 ODI matches until the 2019 World Cup. In the 17 innings he batted in, he had scored a total of 429 runs, having faced 514 balls, at an average of 30.64 and a strike rate of 83.46. He was unbeaten in 3 of those innings. His highest score in an innings was 55. He had 0 centuries and 1 half-century to his name.

Alex Carey is an Australian cricketer and is currently the co vice-captain of the Australia national team in ODI and T20 International cricket. He is a wicket-keeper who plays for South Australia and Adelaide Strikers in Australian domestic cricket.
 
Carey initially made his debut as a specialist top-order batsman in 2013, but was unsuccessful and dropped after just three first-class matches. 
 
 
International ODI and T20 career
 
In January 2018, Carey, batting for the Adelaide Strikers, hit his first Big Bash century when he opened the batting against the Hobart Hurricanes at his home ground, the Adelaide Oval. Just two days later, he was selected for Australia's One Day International squad. Later the same month, he made his T20I debut for Australia against New Zealand on 3 February 2018. On 8 May 2018 he was named vice-captain of the Australia T20 team. In April 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

 

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