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Full name Matthew James Prior
Born February 26, 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Current age 26 years 81 days
Major teams England, England A, Sussex, Sussex Cricket Board
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 11 in
Education Brighton College, East Sussex

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	10	17	3	562	126*	40.14	1001	56.14	1	4	70	4	28	0
ODIs	22	22	0	469	52	21.31	643	72.93	0	1	58	2	23	2
T20Is	5	5	0	116	32	23.20	90	128.88	0	0	10	5	4	1
First-class	124	197	19	6909	201*	38.81	10426	66.26	16	37			283	21
List A	150	139	7	3421	144	25.91			3	20			121	24
Twenty20	29	27	2	663	73	26.52	488	135.86	0	4	85	12	26	2

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	124	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	150	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	England v West Indies at Lord's, May 17-21, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo, Dec 5, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	England v India at Lord's, Sep 8, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v England at Cape Town, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2001
Last First-class	England Lions v New Zealanders at Southampton, May 8-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2000
Last List A	Sussex v Middlesex at Hove, May 5, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	South Africa v England at Cape Town, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Matthew Prior moved to England from South Africa and represented England at all ages, up to and including the Under-19 squad, making his Sussex debut in 2001. An aggressive batsman whose wicketkeeping development has been slightly hampered by having to share county duties with Tim Ambrose, he toured India with the England A side in 2003-04. He was selected to tour Zimbabwe as part of England's one-day squad in November 2004 and played in just one match, striking 35. He rejoined the A team for their series against United Arab Emirates and, after an unconvincing first match - he made 0 - he went on hit 84, 56 and 122 not out. He had less success in the subsequent triangular tournament against Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A. Prior earned selection for the England winter tours of Pakistan and India in 2005-06, but playing mostly as a batsman he failed to make any real impact. This lack of form resulted in him missing out of the Champions Trophy in October 2006, but he was named in the Academy squad to be stationed in Perth during the 2006-07 Ashes series. Two fifties in England A's 2-1 win over Bangladesh A wasn't enough to book him a World Cup berth, but his chance arrived when he was named in the squad for the first Test against West Indies. He began in thrilling fashion, becoming the first England wicketkeeper to score a century on debut with an unbeaten 126 at Lord's, followed by 75 at Headingley. The new Alec Stewart, England hoped, had arrived. However, a poor subsequent series against India and a disappointing tour to Sri Lanka exposed flaws with his keeping, as his star diminished and he was dropped for England's tour of New Zealand in 2008.
Will Luke January 2008

May 14, 2008

Ollie Rayner and Matt Prior celebrate running out Neil Edwards for 99
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Apr 23, 2008

Matt Prior drives during his half century
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Apr 16, 2008

Matt Prior drives during his 62
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