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Full name Matthew Guy Newman Windows
Born April 5, 1973, Bristol
Current age 35 years 189 days
Major teams Gloucestershire
Nickname Steamy, Bedos, Boat
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
5 ft 7 in
Education Clifton College; Durham University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
170
302
21
9103
184
32.39
16
47
92
0
List A
225
211
28
4936
117
26.97
3
25
74
0
Twenty20
10
7
1
69
29
11.50
83
83.13
0
0
4
1
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
170
137
131
2
1/6
65.50
5.73
68.5
0
0
List A
225
48
49
0
-
-
-
6.12
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
1992
Last First-class
Gloucestershire v Essex at Bristol, Jul 13-16, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1993
Last List A
Derbyshire v Gloucestershire at Derby, Aug 15, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Gloucestershire v Somerset at Bristol, Jul 7, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Matt Windows started his career as an opener, but soon switched to a middle-order role where he established himself as a largely defensive player, although on occasion he showed he could hit the ball when the occasion demanded. He toured Pakistan with England U-19 in 1991-92 and Zimbabwe and South Africa with England A in 1998-99, but realistically he was never close no national selection. After scoring 1173 runs at 43.44 (which led to his England A call-up) his form rather fell away and thereafter his returns were solid rather than spectacular and from 2004 he was struggling to hold down a place as his form fell away. Nevertheless, he was a key part of the Gloucestershire side which enjoyed so much one-day success between 1999 and 2003, and he was on the winning side in five of six Lord's finals. He retired from the game at the end of the 2006 season after playing only five Championship games that summer.
Cricinfo staff September 2006
