In the world of cinema, Alex Carey could be the ideal superhero, considering the set of skills he has at his disposal. The man from South Australia was a budding player in Australian Rules Football, having also captained a side in 2010 but his career went downhill over the next couple years. Eventually, he was left out of the side in 2012 which saw him return to his home in South Australia. It's from then that his cricketing career starting to take off.

In his initial cricketing days, Carey was a specialist batsman by design in grade cricket but had a dismal start to his dreams in the new sport. That didn't prevent him from getting a rookie contract for the 2013-14 season with South Australia. It was then that he realized the need for having multiple skills. Carey started to shoulder wicket-keeping duties and slowly got a hang of being a gloveman. This also opened up more opportunities for him to feature in the playing XI. He started batting in the lower middle order.