Alexander Michael Bates (born 10 October 1990) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire. Bates is a right-handed batsman who plays as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Portsmouth Hampshire and was educated at Lord Wandsworth College Hook Hampshire.Bates has represented the England U-19 cricket team playing one Youth Test match and ten Youth One Day Internationals. Bates played for England in the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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