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{{Short description|Dutch cricketer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alexei Kervezee
| image =
| country = Netherlands
| full_name = Alexei Nicolaas Kervezee
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|9|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Walvis Bay]], [[South-West Africa]]
| heightft = 5
| heightinch = 8
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]], off-spin
| role = [[Batting (cricket)|Batsman]], occasional Wicket-Keeper
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2005–2012
| odidebutdate = 4 July
| odidebutyear = 2006
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| odicap = 26
| lastodidate = 31 March
| lastodiyear = 2012
| lastodiagainst = Afghanistan
| odishirt = 5 (previously 85)
| T20Idebutdate = 5 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2009
| T20Idebutagainst = England
| T20Icap = 14
| lastT20Idate = 23 March
| lastT20Iyear = 2012
| lastT20Iagainst = Ireland
| T20Ishirt = 5
| club1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year1 = 2008–2017
| clubnumber1 = 5
| club2 = [[Dhaka Gladiators]]
| year2 = 2012
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 39
| runs1 = 924
| bat avg1 = 28.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/4
| top score1 = 92
| deliveries1 = 24
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 10
| runs2 = 289
| bat avg2 = 32.11
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 58[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 97
| runs3 = 4,621
| bat avg3 = 29.81
| 100s/50s3 = 6/27
| top score3 = 155
| deliveries3 = 636
| wickets3 = 8
| bowl avg3 = 47.25
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/72
| catches/stumpings3 = 46/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 104
| runs4 = 2,632
| bat avg4 = 29.90
| 100s/50s4 = 2/13
| top score4 = 121[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 78
| wickets4 = 0
| bowl avg4 = –
| fivefor4 = –
| tenfor4 = –
| best bowling4 = –
| catches/stumpings4 = 38/–
| date = 1 August
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/netherlands/content/player/214695.html ESPNcricinfo
|club3=Shropshire|year3=2017-2019|club4=Buckinghamshire|year4=2019-|clubnumber4=42}}

'''Alexei Nicolaas Kervezee''' (born 11 September 1989) is a former Dutch [[first-class cricket]]er who was born in [[South West Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Sport - Cricket - Batsman Alexei Kervezee agrees new Worcestershire deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/8810133.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919132811/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/8810133.stm |archive-date=2016-09-19 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=news.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Domestic career ==

In late September 2006, [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club]] announced that they had signed Kervezee to play [[county cricket]] on a two-year contract. The county's chief executive Mark Newton called him "a very accomplished and exciting young talent", while Dutch bowling coach [[Ian Pont]] claimed that the youngster's story had "shades of [[Graeme Hick]]" about it. Kervezee himself said that he was "looking forward to learning from such great players and coaches".<ref name="Worcs signing">{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/260738.html | title=Worcestershire sign Alexei Kervezee | access-date=30 September 2006 | date=28 September 2006 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Kervezee was given several opportunities in the second half of the 2009 season and made an impression with some assured displays. He scored his first half-century for the club on 30 June 2009, making 66 in the second innings of the game against Durham.

Kervezee was a permanent fixture in the Worcestershire side throughout the 2010 season and consistently impressed with the bat, scoring quickly and showing stroke-making abilities of the highest order.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/8665606.stm "Leicestershire chase big Worcestershire target"], ''[[BBC Sport]]'', 6 May 2010. Retrieved on 2 June 2010.</ref> Having fallen one run short of his maiden first-class century in the game against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club]], he scored 130 in the following game against [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]] at [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] where his parents had travelled from [[Rotterdam]] to watch him play.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/8690549.stm "Kervezee ton helps Worcestershire dominate"], ''[[BBC Sport]]'', London, 18 May 2010. Retrieved on 2 June 2010.</ref> In the return fixture at Derby, he improved his highest score, hitting 155. He is only the fourth Dutch player to hit a first-class century in English cricket, following in the footsteps of [[Roland Lefebvre]], [[Bas Zuiderent]] and current [[Essex County Cricket Club]] and Netherlands international [[Ryan ten Doeschate]]. He signed a five-year contract with [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club]] in July 2010<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/8810133.stm BBC Sport – Cricket – Batsman Alexei Kervezee agrees new Worcestershire deal]</ref>

In 2012, Kervezee signed a deal worth $35,000 to play for [[Dhaka Gladiators]] in [[Bangladesh Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/550096.html|title = Afridi and Gayle fetch highest BPL prices}}</ref> He missed most of the [[2012–13 English County season]] due to a broken finger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/9820042.We___re_ready_to_face_Gladiators_challenge/|title = We're ready to face Gladiators challenge}}</ref> The injury occurred during [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club]]'s match in the Friends Life T20 cup, against [[Somerset County Cricket Club]].

==International career ==

Kervezee rose rapidly and smartly through age-group cricket in the Netherlands, and in late July 2005, aged only 15, he made his first-class debut for his national team against [[Scottish cricket team|Scotland]] in the [[2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]]. This game was badly affected by the weather and Kervezee did not get to bat, but the following month in the same competition he scored 46 [[not out]] against [[Irish cricket team|Ireland]]. He also played against [[Kenyan cricket team|Kenya]] in March 2006.

In April 2006, Kervezee played his first [[List A cricket|List A]] matches, for [[Netherlands A cricket team|Netherlands A]] against [[India A cricket team|India A]] and [[Pakistan A cricket team|Pakistan A]] cricket teams at [[Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]. The Netherlands A team were badly beaten in both games, but Kervezee's scores of 26 and 25 were among the highest in each Dutch innings. His bowling was singularly unsuccessful, however, with his four overs going for 39 runs.

On 4 July 2006 he made his [[One Day International]] debut against the [[Sri Lankan cricket team]] at [[Amstelveen]]'s [[VRA Ground]]. It was a chastening experience overall for the Dutch team as Sri Lanka piled up 443/9, a world record ODI score,
<ref name="SL record">{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/252357.html | title=Sri Lanka break one-day record | access-date=30 September 2006 | date=4 July 2006 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
but in the Netherlands' reply Kervezee played well for 47, putting on 69 (the highest partnership of the innings) with [[Tim de Leede]]. Two days later, against the same opponents, he made 18. Kervezee played several Under-17 and Under-19 matches over the following days, as well as one game against [[Italian cricket team|Italy]] in the [[European Cricket Championship]], then in early August he returned to ODI action with small scores against Scotland and Ireland.

In April 2013, Kervezee announced his decision to retire from the Dutch National Cricket Team. He stated his desire to focus on playing for his county Worcestershire and with a view to hopefully play for England internationally.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/630314.html Kervezee quits Netherlands to commit to Worcestershire]</ref> The hope to play for England did not come true.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=214695}}

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