Riki Wessels      

Full name Matthew Hendrik Wessels

Born November 12, 1985, Australia

Current age 27 years 193 days

Major teams Khulna Royal Bengals, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mid West Rhinos, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire 2nd XI

Nickname Blood

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Height 5 ft 11 in

Relation Father - KC Wessels

Matthew Hendrik Wessels
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 115 190 15 6044 199 34.53 9272 65.18 14 29 201 14
List A 114 107 12 2672 100 28.12 2672 100.00 1 15 79 0
Twenty20 98 87 15 1930 86* 26.80 1430 134.96 0 8 182 58 29 15
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 115 180 96 3 1/10 1/10 32.00 3.20 60.0 0 0 0
List A 114 49 48 1 1/0 1/0 48.00 5.87 49.0 0 0 0
Twenty20 98 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
First-class debut Marylebone Cricket Club v West Indians at Arundel, Jul 13-15, 2004 scorecard
Last First-class Nottinghamshire v Surrey at Nottingham, May 15-18, 2013 scorecard
List A debut Denmark v Northamptonshire at Brondby, May 3, 2005 scorecard
Last List A Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire at Birmingham, May 23, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Khulna Royal Bengals v Sylhet Royals at Dhaka, Feb 12, 2013 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
12* Notts v Warwickshire Birmingham 23 May 2013 LA
1, 2c/1s, 0, 3c/0s Notts v Surrey Nottingham 15 May 2013 FC
28 Notts v Worcs Worcester 12 May 2013 LA
37* Notts v Kent Nottingham 8 May 2013 LA
17* Notts v Northants Northampton 5 May 2013 LA
8, 0/11 Notts v Derbyshire Derby 24 Apr 2013 FC
43, 56 Notts 2nd XI v Essex 2nd XI Southend-on-Sea 16 Apr 2013 Other
30, 0 Notts v Middlesex Nottingham 10 Apr 2013 FC
14 Notts v Yorkshire Bridgetown 17 Mar 2013 Other T20
5* Notts v Derbyshire Bridgetown 17 Mar 2013 Other T20
Profile

Riki Wessels is the son of the former Australia and South Africa player and former Northants coach Kepler Wessels. He established himself at Wantage Road as a talented wicketkeeper-batsman after scoring a maiden first-class century in 2005 against Somerset.

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Apr 10, 2013

Riki Wessels made 30 before being run out, Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge, 1st day, April 10, 2013

Riki Wessels made 30 before being run out

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Jul 27, 2012

Riki Wessels began brightly with seven fours, Nottinghamshire v Sussex, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 1st day, July, 27, 2012

Riki Wessels began brightly with seven fours

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Apr 6, 2012

Riki Wessels cuts as Ben Scott looks on, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 2nd day, April 6, 2012

Riki Wessels cuts as Ben Scott looks on

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Leics v Glamorgan at Leicester - May 21-24
Glamorgan 442/9d Leics 142 & 133/1 (f/o)
Durham v Middlesex at Chester-le-Street - May 22-25
Durham 259 & 37/0 Middlesex 196
Essex v Kent at Chelmsford - May 22-25
Essex 212 Kent 214/5
Worcs v Gloucs at Worcester - May 22-25
Gloucs 234 Worcs 302/3
Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton - May 23-26
Lancashire 252/9
2nd Test: England v New Zealand at Leeds
May 24-28, 2013 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
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