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	Richard Browning

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	Andrew Hall

	Ben Howgego

	Lance Klusener

	Richard Logan

	Johann Louw

	David Lucas

	Mark Nelson

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	Monty Panesar

	Stephen Peters

	David Sales

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	Riki Wessels

	Graeme White

	Rob White

	David Wigley

Riki Wessels

England

Player profile

Full name Matthew Hendrik Wessels
Born November 12, 1985, Australia
Current age 22 years 251 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	44	73	6	1735	107	25.89	2967	58.47	3	8			95	10
List A	51	47	6	1095	83	26.70	1157	94.64	0	6			42	0
Twenty20	33	26	6	407	49*	20.35	308	132.14	0	0	29	16	9	9

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
First-class debut	2004
Last First-class	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire at Worcester, Jul 10-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2005
Last List A	Ireland v Northamptonshire at Dublin, May 28, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Essex v Northamptonshire at Chelmsford, Jul 7, 2008 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