Father: Gordon Carey, Mother: Andrea Carey, Sister: Ashley Carey, Wife: Eloise Carey, Son: Louis, Daughter: Clementine
Alex Carey is Australia’s first-choice wicketkeeper batter, known for his calm head and reliable hands behind the stumps. Before cricket, he had a unique career path. He was the first ever captain of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL. But when his football journey ended around age 20, he turned fully to cricket. Carey made his Test debut during the 2021-22 Ashes, taking eight catches in his very first match. He scored his maiden Test century in December 2022 against South Africa, a stylish 111. That was the first Test hundred by an Australian wicketkeeper in nearly ten years. He is also a key player for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League, where he holds the record for most wicketkeeping dismissals in the team’s history.
| Batting & Fielding | ||||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
| Tests | 48 | 73 | 8 | 2333 | 156 | 35.89 | 3581 | 65.14 | 3 | 13 | 248 | 17 | 186 | 19 |
| ODIs | 85 | 77 | 13 | 2245 | 106 | 35.07 | 2476 | 90.67 | 1 | 13 | 212 | 24 | 95 | 9 |
| T20Is | 42 | 29 | 5 | 267 | 37* | 11.12 | 243 | 109.87 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 10 |
| FC | 110 | 183 | 19 | 6270 | 156 | 38.23 | 9770 | 64.17 | 12 | 34 | 694 | 54 | 426 | 25 |
| List A | 139 | 131 | 16 | 4095 | 128* | 35.60 | 4558 | 89.84 | 3 | 27 | 422 | 50 | 157 | 13 |
| T20s | 118 | 103 | 10 | 2570 | 101 | 27.63 | 1982 | 129.66 | 2 | 14 | 249 | 70 | 84 | 17 |
Alex Carey is a wicketkeeper batter. He keeps wickets for the team and also bats, usually in the middle order.
Yes, he played Australian rules football. He was the first ever captain of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL before switching fully to cricket.
He made his Test debut during the 2021-22 Ashes series against England. He took eight catches in his first match.
Yes, he has scored two Test centuries. His first was a stylish 111 against South Africa in December 2022. His second came in 2025 against Sri Lanka.
He plays for the Adelaide Strikers and has been a key player for them since 2016-17. He helped them win their first title in 2017-18.
In the 2016-17 Sheffield Shield season, he took 57 catches and made two stumpings. That was the most dismissals by any wicketkeeper in a single season of the competition.
He was born on August 27, 1991, which makes him 34 years old.
