Charles William James Allison (born 2 March 2005) is an English cricketer who plays for

Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex. Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 when ...

. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.

Early and personal life

Born in Colchester and the younger brother of Essex cricketer Ben Allison, Charlie started playing at the Essex academy at nine years-old. An Essex fan from a young age, Allison had gone

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in 2012 when a video of him playing cricket shots was posted on YouTube and led to praise from his favourite Essex cricketer at the time, Graham Napier. He attended Royal Hospital School in Holbrook, Suffolk.

Career

Allison signed a rookie contract with

in July 2023. He made his List-A cricket debut for Essex on 1 August 2023, against Lancashire in the

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, in a match abandoned due to rain. Allison scored his first half-century for the county when he scored 70 against Middlesex on 12 August 2023. He hit a new top score of 85 on 15 August 2023, against

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. He was singled out for praise by Essex head coach

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for how he has assimilated into the first team.

References

2005 births Living people English cricketers Essex cricketers Cricketers from Colchester People educated at the Royal Hospital School {{England-cricket-bio-2000s-stub