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Squad


	Nicky Boje (c)

	Jason Brown

	Richard Browning

	Andrew Crook

	Steven Crook

	Ben Howgego

	Lance Klusener

	Richard Logan

	Johann Louw

	David Lucas

	Mark Nelson

	Niall O'Brien (wk)

	Monty Panesar

	Stephen Peters

	David Sales

	Alex Wakely

	Riki Wessels

	Graeme White

	Robert White

	David Wigley

Riki Wessels

England

Player profile

Full name Matthew Hendrik Wessels
Born November 12, 1985, Australia
Current age 22 years 192 days
Major teams Marylebone Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Northamptonshire 2nd XI
Nickname Blood
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 11 in
Relations Father - KC Wessels

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

First-class 42 71 6 1712 107 26.33 2890 59.23 3 8 92 10

List A 50 46 6 1059 83 26.47 1119 94.63 0 6 41 0

Twenty20 22 16 4 264 49* 22.00 206 128.15 0 0 17 9 8 9

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

First-class 42 - - - - - - - - - - - -

List A 50 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Twenty20 22 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career statistics
First-class debut 2004

Last First-class Leicestershire v Northamptonshire at Leicester, May 13-16, 2008 scorecard

List A debut 2005

Last List A Warwickshire v Northamptonshire at Birmingham, May 11, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard

Last Twenty20 Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Rikki Wessels is the son of the former Australia and South Africa player and former Northants coach Kepler Wessels. He is an extremely talented gloveman who also possesses a decent range of strokes. Northamptonshire have high hopes for him, and he scored his maiden first-class century for them in 2005 against Somerset. He played ten times in the Championship in 2006, consolidating his position in the side.
September 2006