Chris Matthews (cricketer)

Chris Matthews

Personal information

Full name

Christopher Darrell Matthews

Born

22 September 1962 (age 61)
Cunderdin, Western Australia

Batting

Left-handed

Bowling

Left-arm fast

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 338)

14 November 1986 v England

Last Test

21 November 1988 v West Indies

Career statistics

Competition	Test	First-class
Matches	3	100
Runs scored	54	2,146
Batting average	10.80	20.24
100s/50s	0/0	0/9
Top score	32	75
Balls bowled	750	21,058
Wickets	6	380
Bowling average	52.16	28.10
5 wickets in innings	0	22
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	3/106	8/101
Catches/stumpings	1/–	31/–

Source: CricInfo, 25 May 2020

Christopher Darrell Matthews (born 22 September 1962) is a former Australian cricketer, who played for the Australian national cricket team, Western Australia, Lancashire County Cricket Club, and Tasmania.

Matthews was a talented^{[citation needed]} left arm fast bowler, who generated lively pace^{[citation needed]}, and performed moderately^{[citation needed]} in the Test arena. He was overshadowed by the emergence of young Queensland bowler Craig McDermott.

Matthews signed for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1988, but only managed three matches for them. He returned to Western Australia, but failed to hold down a regular spot, and so moved to the Tasmanian Tigers in 1990, where he became highly successful^{[citation needed]}, taking 119 wickets for them before retiring at the end of the 1994–95 season.