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Full name Gregory Richard John Matthews
Born December 15, 1959, Newcastle, New South Wales
Current age 48 years 297 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales
Also known as Mo
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
33
53
8
1849
130
41.08
4178
44.25
4
12
166
5
17
0
ODIs
59
50
13
619
54
16.72
911
67.94
0
1
23
3
23
0
First-class
190
279
51
8872
184
38.91
13
49
149
0
List A
122
99
26
1366
61*
18.71
0
3
42
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
33
47
6271
2942
61
5/103
10/249
48.22
2.81
102.8
3
2
1
ODIs
59
54
2808
2004
57
3/27
3/27
35.15
4.28
49.2
0
0
0
First-class
190
39103
16413
516
8/52
31.80
2.51
75.7
22
5
List A
122
5584
3791
119
4/22
4/22
31.85
4.07
46.9
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 8, 1984 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 18, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1982/83 - 1997/98
List A span
1982/83 - 1997/98
Profile
Wisden overview Greg Matthews's extravagant affectations, cool lingo and dogged fighting spirit briefly made him the most hip player in the country, though rarely in the corridors of power, the Australian dressing-room or the estimation of Allan Border. Matthews was picked for Australia as a hard-working offspinner, but lacked penetration and averaged 48. Yet as a courageous if inelegant left-hand batsman he made four centuries and averaged 41. He was nothing if not a paradox. His high point was his ten-wicket Man of the Match performance in the Madras tied Test, in which he played throughout in a sweater while others nearly died of heatstroke. He holds New South Wales's appearance and wicket records, and was once proclaimed by his friend Geoff Lawson as NSW's best-ever player. Greg Baum
