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Full name Craig Russell Matthews
Born February 15, 1965, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 43 years 277 days
Major teams South Africa,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Brother - BA Matthews
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
25
6
348
62*
18.31
776
44.84
0
1
47
2
4
0
ODIs
56
22
9
141
26
10.84
202
69.80
0
0
5
2
10
0
First-class
105
119
32
1734
105
19.93
1
4
57
0
List A
176
70
33
417
31*
11.27
0
0
43
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
33
3980
1502
52
5/42
8/140
28.88
2.26
76.5
1
2
0
ODIs
56
55
3003
1975
79
4/10
4/10
25.00
3.94
38.0
3
0
0
First-class
105
17662
7203
290
6/22
24.83
2.44
60.9
9
0
List A
176
8726
5523
243
5/11
5/11
22.72
3.79
35.9
7
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Nov 26-30, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-30, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Gwalior, Nov 12, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Jan 25, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1986/87 - 1999/00
List A span
1987/88 - 1999/00
Profile
As the level-headed "Captain Sensible" at Hansie Cronje's right hand for his first two years in charge, Craig Matthews played a crucial yet often unseen role in South Africa's success in the mid-1990s. Cool under pressure and calm in adversity, Matthews rescued the hot-headed young Cronje on several occasions in the early years of his tenure. Happy to play the unglamorous-workhorse role in the four-man pace attack around which the team was built, he would often bowl the most overs for the fewest runs running uphill, into the wind. His interests strayed beyond the field of play to the greater game and led to his appointment as Western Province's marketing manager upon retirement from first-class cricket. Neil Manthorp
