Alexander Kenneth Lindsay Glegg (born 9 August 1971) is a Canadian former

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er. He represented the Canadian national side in several competitions during the 1990s. Born in

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(present-day

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), Glegg made his

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debut for Canada in October 1996, during the 1996–97 Shell/Sandals Trophy (the West Indian domestic one-day competition).List A matches played by Alex Glegg
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2015. The tournament featured teams outside the scope of the

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(WICB) for the first time, with Canada and

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participating as invitational teams. Glegg, a right-handed

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, featured in the last four of Canada's six games, missing out on the first two matches (against

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and

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). However, he was only wicket-keeper for the final match, against the

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, with Shiv Seeram instead used as the team's primary keeper. Glegg opened the batting in every match he played, with his opening partners including

Latchman Bhansingh Latchman Bhansingh (born 26 November 1966) is a former Canadian international cricketer. He was born in Guyana, and began his career in Guyanese domestic cricket, playing two first-class games for Berbice. After emigrating to Canada, he represen ...

(one game), the team's captain

Ingleton Liburd Ingleton Liburd (born 27 April 1961, in Trinidad) is a former Canadian cricket player. He was a top-order batsman who made his name playing for St Kitts and Leeward Islands Under-19s, but his career in the Caribbean ended when he moved to Canada ...

(two games), and

Brian Rajadurai Brian Rajadurai (born 24 August 1965) is a Canadian and Sri Lankan cricket player. He started his career playing first-class cricket in his native Sri Lanka and eventually emigrated to Canada. He has represented Canada in the 1997 ICC Trophy an ...

(one game). His best performance came against Trinidad and Tobago, when he scored 37 before being bowled by West Indies international

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. Against Jamaica, he and Liburd put on a 69-run opening stand, while on debut against the Leeward Islands he was the only Canadian top-order batsman to pass double figures, with the side bowled out for 74. Glegg's next appearances for Canada came at the

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, played in

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in March and April. With

Danny Ramnarais Kacamchand "Danny" Ramnarais (born 20 June 1964 in Guyana) was a Guyanese and Canadian cricket player. He played three first-class cricket, first-class matches in the mid-1980s, and later played for the Canadian cricket team, Canadian national te ...

preferred as wicket-keeper, he played in only two matches, against East and Central Africa in the group stages and against

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in the seventh-place playoff. Glegg's batting performances (opening with Latchman Bhasingh and

Desmond Chumney Desmond Randolph Chumney (born 8 January 1968) is a Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. He played 13 One Day Internationals for Canada, including the 2003 World Cup. When Canada beat Bangladesh ...

) were lacklustre, but he recorded three dismissals in each game, with three stumpings effected (off three different bowlers). One of the batsmen he stumped was Hong Kong's

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, an ex-

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and future ODI player. Glegg's last recorded matches for Canada came in October 1997, at the

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(the renamed Shell/Sandals Trophy). Featuring in all four of Canada's matches, he twice recorded

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, against

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and the Leeward Islands. However, against Guyana in the quarter-final (in what was to be his last list-A match), he scored 47 runs coming in fifth in the batting order, his highest list-A score. This included a 105-run fourth-wicket partnership with

Paul Prashad Paul Prashad (born 23 September 1967) was a Canadian cricketer, who played his last international game on 17 October 2000. He was a right-handed batsman. His first known game for Canada was on 11 June 1986 against the USA in the 1986 ICC Trophy ...

. Canada's wicket-keeper at its next international tournament, the

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, was Danny Ramnrais. Glegg remained involved in Canadian cricket after finishing his playing career, as evidenced by his role as match referee at a 2006 international fixture between the Bermudian and Canadian women's national sides, played in

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. His club cricket was played for the Meraloma Cricket Club, based in

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.(17 July 2014)
"Meraloma Cricket Club 25th anniversary"
– Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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