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Greg Matthews

Greg Matthews
Personal information
Full name Gregory Richard John Matthews
Born (1959-12-15) 15 December 1959 (age 57)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Mo
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off-spinner
Role All Rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 322) 26 December 1983 v Pakistan
Last Test 6 January 1993 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 78) 8 January 1984 v West Indies
Last ODI 18 January 1993 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
1982-97 New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC LA
Matches 33 59 190 122
Runs scored 1,849 619 8,872 1,366
Batting average 41.08 16.72 38.91 18.71
100s/50s 4/12 -/1 13/49 -3
Top score 130 54 184 61*
Balls bowled 6,271 2,808 39,103 5,584
Wickets 61 57 516 119
Bowling average 48.22 35.15 31.80 31.85
5 wickets in innings 2 - 22 2
10 wickets in match 1 - 5 -
Best bowling 5/103 3/27 8/52 4/22
Catches/stumpings 17/- 23/- 149/- 42/-
Source: CricketArchive, 6 April 2010

Gregory Richard John "Mo" Matthews (born 15 December 1959 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a former New South Wales and Australian cricket all rounder (off spin bowler and left handed batsman) who is now a television cricket commentator.

When Australian cricket was in the doldrums in the mid-1980s "his dashing batsmanship and growing ability as a spin bowler suddenly elevated Matthews to a position of a national hero". He made centuries in times of crisis against New Zealand and India in 1985-86, took ten wickets in the Tied Test at Madras and batted well against England in 1986-87.

Thereafter his career declined as the "effervesent and unorthodox" Matthews did not fit in with the rest of the Australian Test team. As Australia rose to dominance in the 1990s Matthews proved to be "not good enough in either of the game's main departments to make a lasting impact as a Test all-rounder" and despite a century against England in 1990-91 he played only irregularly and was finally dropped in 1993. He continued to play with success for New South Wales until he retired in 1997.

During his youth Matthews attended Ermington Public School and played for the Rydalmere Cricket Club, where he won the Under 11s Northern Districts Cricket Association Cricketer of the Year Award in 1970-71 and 1971-72. Coach Gordon Nolan was crucial to his early development.


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