Matt Mason (cricketer)
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| Full name | Matthew Sean Mason | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 March 1974 Claremont, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2011 | Worcestershire (squad no. 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 14 February 1997 Western Australia v Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 8 February 1997 Western Australia v Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 24 July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Sean Mason (born 20 March 1974 in Claremont, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer, although he holds an Irish passport and is thus not considered an overseas player at his current English county, Worcestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who benefits from his 6-foot 6-inch (1.98 m) height, and a lower-order right-handed batsman.
Mason started his career with Western Australia in 1996-97, and made his senior debut in a February List A win over Tasmania, taking the wicket of Michael di Venuto. Six days later he made his first appearance in first-class cricket in a drawn Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, but could manage only 1-72. He batted as a nightwatchman in his team's second innings, but made just 3 before being bowled by Michael Kasprowicz.
He played another three first-class games and one List A match in 1997-98, but never took more than two wickets in an innings and drifted out of the side. A few years later, Worcestershire coach Tom Moody, who had known Mason since the bowler was a teenager, tried to entice him to New Road to play county cricket, but was turned down; however, a second approach was accepted and Mason became a Worcestershire player in time for the 2002 season.
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