Full name Matthew Jeffery Horne
Born December 5, 1970, Takapuna, Auckland
Current age 49 years 5 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relation Brother - PA Horne, Nephew - BJ Horne
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 35 | 65 | 2 | 1788 | 157 | 28.38 | 4384 | 40.78 | 4 | 5 | 210 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
ODIs | 50 | 48 | 0 | 980 | 74 | 20.41 | 1515 | 64.68 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
First-class | 128 | 219 | 11 | 8501 | 241 | 40.87 | 24 | 33 | 79 | 0 | ||||
List A | 138 | 135 | 1 | 3193 | 114 | 23.82 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 35 | 3 | 66 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.36 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 128 | 1177 | 531 | 7 | 2/58 | 75.85 | 2.70 | 168.1 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 138 | 884 | 678 | 18 | 3/17 | 3/17 | 37.66 | 4.60 | 49.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 14-18, 1997 scorecard |
Last Test | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Kandy, May 3-7, 2003 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 25, 1997 scorecard |
Last ODI | Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Apr 27, 2002 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1992/93 |
Last First-class | Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Mar 26-29, 2006 scorecard |
List A debut | 1992/93 |
Last List A | Central Districts v Auckland at Nelson, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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26 | NZCPA Masters XI | v NZ U19 | Hamilton | 23 Dec 2007 | Other T20 |
5*, 26 | Auckland | v Otago | Auckland | 26 Mar 2006 | FC |
19, 81 | Auckland | v Wellington | Auckland | 19 Mar 2006 | FC |
15, 51 | Auckland | v Central D | Palmerston North | 11 Mar 2006 | FC |
12, 52 | Auckland | v Wellington | Wellington | 27 Feb 2006 | FC |
0, 2 | Auckland | v Otago | Auckland | 20 Feb 2006 | FC |
0/11, 0 | Auckland | v Central D | Nelson | 13 Jan 2006 | LA |
4 | Auckland | v Wellington | Wellington | 4 Jan 2006 | LA |
17 | Auckland | v Otago | Alexandra | 29 Dec 2005 | LA |
10 | Auckland | v Northern D | Auckland | 19 Dec 2005 | FC |
An attacking opening batsman with a characteristic high backlift and helmet without a visor, Matthew Horne struggled with inconsistency throughout his Test career, often shunted in and out of the side in the quest to find a suitable opener. A proven performer in domestic cricket, Horne's defining moment came in the 1995-96 Shell Trophy final, where his blistering 190 steered Auckland to the title. A switch to Otago yielded more runs, and a Test cap against England the next summer. He had a reasonably good start to his Test career, which included a maiden hundred against Australia at Hobart in 1997-98, but his century at Lord's in 1999 sparked New Zealand's revival, which helped them clinch a famous away-series win. However, he failed to score a half-century in the next nine Tests, and his appearances after that were sporadic.He showed shades of his attacking instincts in his 50 ODIs but failed to convert any of his five half-centuries to three figures. He retired from first-class cricket in May 2006, while playing league cricket in Scotland.