Matthew Hart

New Zealand

Full name Matthew Norman Hart

Born May 16, 1972, Hamilton, Waikato

Current age 41 years 6 days

Major teams New Zealand, Northern Districts

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Relation Brother - RG Hart

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	14	24	4	353	45	17.65	1045	33.77	0	0	45	0	9
ODIs	13	8	0	61	16	7.62	101	60.39	0	0	3	1	7
First-class	135	198	25	4418	201*	25.53			4	20			109
List A	128	111	13	2050	100	20.91			1	13			69

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	14	22	3086	1438	29	5/77	8/134	49.58	2.79	106.4	0	1
ODIs	13	12	572	373	13	5/22	5/22	28.69	3.91	44.0	0	1
First-class	135		16417	7424	212	6/73		35.01	2.71	77.4		7
List A	128		4965	3165	116	5/22	5/22	27.28	3.82	42.8	2	1

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Feb 17-20, 1994 scorecard
Last Test	India v New Zealand at Cuttack, Nov 8-12, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Mar 13, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v New Zealand at Gros Islet, Jun 9, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1990/91
Last First-class	Auckland v Northern Districts at Auckland, Mar 11-14, 2005 scorecard
List A debut	1990/91
Last List A	Central Districts v Northern Districts at New Plymouth, Feb 12, 2005 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2/13	NZCPA Masters XI	v NZ U19	Hamilton	23 Dec 2007	Other T20

Profile

A player who seemed on the verge of a distinctly promising international career when achieving the best bowling by a New Zealander in One-Day Internationals, against the West Indies in India when he took 5 for 22 in 1994/95, en route to South Africa, left-arm spinner Matt Hart has fallen into a selection vacuum. On that South African tour he helped bowl New Zealand to a significant first Test victory and from that time he struggled to regain favour with a variety of selection panels. The emergence in the meantime of Daniel Vettori also limited his opportunities. He has partly refashioned his career as a batsman and still comes under consideration when touring sides are selected. His last tour was to the West Indies in 2002.
Lynn McConnell (May 2003)

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