Matthew Elliott (cricketer) explained

Matthew Elliott
Fullname:Matthew Thomas Gray Elliott
Birth Date:1971 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Chelsea, Victoria, Australia
Nickname:Herb
Family:Sam Elliott (son)
Country:Australia
International:true
Internationalspan:1996–2004
Testdebutagainst:West Indies
Testdebutdate:22 November
Testdebutyear:1996
Lasttestdate:1 July
Lasttestyear:2004
Lasttestagainst:Sri Lanka
Testcap:368
Odidebutdate:25 May
Odidebutyear:1997
Odidebutagainst:England
Oneodi:true
Odicap:164
Batting:Left-handed
Bowling:Left-arm medium
Role:Opening batsman
Columns:4
Matches1:21
Runs1:1,172
Bat Avg1:33.48
100S/50S1:3/4
Top Score1:199
Deliveries1:12
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:14/–
Matches2:1
Runs2:1
Bat Avg2:1.00
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:1
Deliveries2:
Wickets2:
Bowl Avg2:
Fivefor2:
Tenfor2:
Best Bowling2:
Catches/Stumpings2:0/–
Column3:FC
Matches3:214
Runs3:17,521
Bat Avg3:47.00
100S/50S3:50/84
Top Score3:203
Deliveries3:1,242
Wickets3:13
Bowl Avg3:58.00
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:3/68
Catches/Stumpings3:230/–
Column4:LA
Matches4:162
Runs4:6,211
Bat Avg4:46.00
100S/50S4:17/35
Top Score4:156
Deliveries4:92
Wickets4:0
Bowl Avg4:
Fivefor4:
Tenfor4:
Best Bowling4:
Catches/Stumpings4:61/–
Club1:Victoria
Club2:Glamorgan
Year2:2000
Club3:Yorkshire
Year3:2002
Club4:Glamorgan
Year4:2004–2007
Club5:South Australia
Year5:2005/06–2007/08
Date:6 January
Year:2023
Source:http://content.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5130.html ESPNcricinfo

Matthew Thomas Gray Elliott (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian former cricketer, who played as a left-handed opening batsman.

Beginnings with Victoria

After he made his debut for Victoria in the 1992–93 season, he soon established himself as one of the top opening batsmen in Australian domestic cricket, before progressing his way through to the Bendigo and District Cricket Association playing for the Bendigo Cricket Club in his role as an opening batsman.

Test career

Elliott was called up to the Australian national team in the 1996–97 season, making his Test debut against the West Indies in November 1996. Unfortunately for Elliott, in just his second Test match he was injured in a mid-pitch collision with teammate Mark Waugh, resulting in the need for knee surgery.

Elliott returned for the 1996–97 tour of South Africa. He retained his place for the 1997 tour of England, scoring two centuries in the Ashes series, including a career-best 199. He also made his One Day International debut in 1997 in the Texaco Trophy, but scored 1, making it his only appearance in a limited overs international. Elliott was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 1998, although this wasn't enough for him to hold down a regular spot in the Australian side, and due to inconsistent performances after the Ashes series he slipped out of the national team in 1999. Steve Waugh, in his autobiography, described Elliott as "technically gifted but temperamentally flawed" and "prone to serious bouts of self-doubt and a tendency to let injuries rule his thought processes." Waugh stated that "[Elliott] would have been a perfect candidate...[for] a sports psychologist."[1]

Elliott continued to perform at domestic level for Victoria and on the English county scene, and in the 2003–04 season scored a remarkable 1381 runs in the Pura Cup, overtaking Graham Yallop's previous record (which was succeeded the very next year in 2004–05 by Michael Bevan).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Waugh, Steve . Steve Waugh

    . Steve Waugh . Steve Waugh: Out of my comfort zone - the autobiography . 2005 . Penguin Group (Australia) . Victoria . 0-670-04198-X . 418 - 419.