Full name Mattheus Hendrik Wessels
Born November 12, 1985, Australia
Current age 34 years 26 days
Major teams Abahani Limited, Kandahar Knights, Khulna Royal Bengals, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mid West Rhinos, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire 2nd XI, Peshawar Zalmi
Nickname Blood
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 11 in
Relation Father - KC Wessels
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 212 | 351 | 31 | 11342 | 202* | 35.44 | 17707 | 64.05 | 23 | 58 | 332 | 16 | ||
List A | 179 | 168 | 14 | 4765 | 146 | 30.94 | 4714 | 101.08 | 5 | 26 | 121 | 0 | ||
T20s | 220 | 207 | 27 | 5305 | 110 | 29.47 | 3880 | 136.72 | 1 | 25 | 512 | 192 | 85 | 16 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 212 | 240 | 130 | 3 | 1/10 | 1/10 | 43.33 | 3.25 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List A | 179 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 48.00 | 5.87 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s | 220 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class debut | Marylebone Cricket Club v West Indians at Arundel, Jul 13-15, 2004 scorecard |
Last First-class | Sussex v Worcestershire at Hove, Sep 23-26, 2019 scorecard |
List A debut | Denmark v Northamptonshire at Brondby, May 3, 2005 scorecard |
Last List A | Worcestershire v Somerset at Worcester, May 10, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard |
Last T20s | Worcestershire v Essex at Birmingham, Sep 21, 2019 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Worcs | v Sussex | Hove | 23 Sep 2019 | FC |
31 | Worcs | v Essex | Birmingham | 21 Sep 2019 | T20 |
34 | Worcs | v Notts | Birmingham | 21 Sep 2019 | T20 |
72, 5 | Worcs | v Gloucs | Worcester | 16 Sep 2019 | FC |
45, 32 | Worcs | v Glamorgan | Worcester | 10 Sep 2019 | FC |
47 | Worcs | v Sussex | Hove | 6 Sep 2019 | T20 |
45 | Worcs | v Northants | Northampton | 30 Aug 2019 | T20 |
14 | Worcs | v Lancashire | Worcester | 25 Aug 2019 | T20 |
65* | Worcs | v Bears | Birmingham | 23 Aug 2019 | T20 |
6, 84* | Worcs | v Northants | Northampton | 18 Aug 2019 | FC |
Riki Wessels, an enterprising batsman-wicketkeeper capable of wreaking havoc, is the son of the former Australia and South Africa player and former Northants coach Kepler Wessels. He achieved British citizenship in 2016, but it came just as England assembled one of their most exciting batting line-ups for years in limited-overs cricket, tempering suggestions that he might win international honours.