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Full name Matthew James Prior
Born February 26, 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Current age 26 years 266 days
Major teams England,England A,England Lions,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
30
29
2
632
52
23.40
849
74.44
0
1
78
5
38
3
T20Is
5
5
0
116
32
23.20
90
128.88
0
0
10
5
4
1
First-class
134
212
20
7563
201*
39.39
11333
66.73
18
41
312
21
List A
166
153
9
3904
144
27.11
4
21
145
25
Twenty20
42
39
2
863
73
23.32
661
130.55
0
5
105
16
29
2
Bowling averages
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Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
-
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-
-
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ODIs
30
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-
-
-
-
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T20Is
5
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
134
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
166
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Twenty20
42
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-
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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
Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Stanford Superstars v England at Coolidge, Nov 1, 2008 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
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2001 NBC Denis Compton Award 2002 NBC Denis Compton Award 2003
