matthew elliott Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
matthew elliott is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Matthew Thomas Gray Elliott
Born
September 28, 1971, Chelsea, Victoria
Age
52 years old
Nicknames
Herb
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Height
1.88 m
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 21 | 1 | - | - |
Inn | 36 | 1 | - | - |
Runs | 1172 | 1 | - | - |
Avg | 32.56 | 1.0 | - | - |
SR | 44.44 | 16.67 | - | - |
HS | 199 | 1 | - | - |
NO | 0 | 0 | - | - |
100s | 3 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 4 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 155 | 0 | - | - |
6s | 4 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 21 | 1 | - | - |
Inn | 2 | - | - | - |
Balls | 12 | - | - | - |
Runs | 4 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 0 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 0 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 2.0 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- SM Elliott
- Australia
- Chandigarh Lions
- Glamorgan
- ICL World XI
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Yorkshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Elliott broke into the national team in the 1996-97 season, primarily for the Test team although he did play a solitary ODI for his country. The start was impressive although the consistency was lacking. His Ashes centuries later that season stamped his caliber as a player for the future. However, the issues with form and his inability to cope with the dressing room environment crippled his career in a big way. There would often be temporary exiles from the team, only for the southpaw to make a comeback later. After the 1998-99 season, it seemed like Elliott's career was done for good.
However, like earlier instances, he rose after a five-year hiatus to make a comeback to the national team. This return was a result of a record-breaking Pura Cup season and other heroics in the domestic front which forced the selectors to take notice of the ageing left-hander. The comeback Test was a disaster though and Elliott never made it to the side again. He continued to plough away on the domestic circuit with great returns in the 50-over format but with a national comeback nowhere to be seen, decided to retire in 2008. Like many retired players at that time, Elliott also was a part of the Indian Cricket League.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
He's Victorian, left-handed, technically watertight, big-beaked and bears a spooky resemblance to Bill Lawry. Where Lawry's international days finished with his sacking as both captain and opener, Matthew Elliott's Test career also had an unhappy ending. His triumphant summer of 2003-04 began with him proclaiming that, at age 32, he was "past it". It climaxed with 1381 Pura Cup runs - an all-time, all-comers record until eclipsed by Michael Bevan the following season - and his inclusion among Australia's 25 contracted players. Given a chance against Sri Lanka at Darwin that winter, he managed 1 and 0 and again slipped down the pecking order to finish with 21 Tests and a largely unfulfilled career. His entry in 1996-97 was startling and in his second Test, when not out on 78, he ploughed straight into Mark Waugh and mangled his knee. Two precocious, hook-laden centuries at Lord's and Headingley eased the pain, earmarking him as a surefooted, elegant yet powerful driver. Within two years he was on the sidelines again - this time, seemingly, for good. A naturally reserved character, the touring treadmill grated and he is rumoured to have had trouble fitting in with the dressing-room culture. Significantly, during his 2003-04 renaissance, he frequently led the Pura Cup-winning Victorians into their victory song. He put his success down to better relaxation and know-how. "I've sort of scunged a few runs," he said - enough, in fact, for him to be judged Pura Cup Player of the Year for a record third time. After 12 seasons with Victoria he lost motivation and fought a bitter battle for a move to South Australia as a player-coach at the end of 2004-05, succeeding only after winning a grievance tribunal appeal. His first year with the Redbacks was not happy either, a knee injury cutting into a season that finished with returns well below his lofty expectations. He was axed from the Pura Cup side in his second season at South Australia after a disastrous campaign that featured 193 runs at 13.78 from seven games, but his one-day form was superb. In 10 limited-overs appearances Elliott made 465 at 51.66, including two centuries, and he was named the Ford Ranger Cup Player of the Year. Elliott retired from Australian first-class cricket in February 2008 but signed up with the unofficial Indian Cricket League later in the month.
Cricinfo staff February 2008