Full name Mattheus Hendrik Wessels
Born November 12, 1985, Australia
Current age 32 years 161 days
Major teams Abahani Limited, 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 | 186 | 306 | 27 | 10217 | 202* | 36.62 | 16063 | 63.60 | 22 | 51 | 299 | 16 | ||
List A | 162 | 151 | 14 | 4179 | 146 | 30.50 | 4238 | 98.60 | 4 | 22 | 111 | 0 | ||
T20s ![]() |
184 | 171 | 24 | 4382 | 110 | 29.80 | 3209 | 136.55 | 1 | 20 | 426 | 148 | 70 | 15 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 186 | 240 | 130 | 3 | 1/10 | 1/10 | 43.33 | 3.25 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List A | 162 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 48.00 | 5.87 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s ![]() |
184 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class debut | Marylebone Cricket Club v West Indians at Arundel, Jul 13-15, 2004 scorecard |
Last First-class | Lancashire v Nottinghamshire at Manchester, Apr 13-16, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Denmark v Northamptonshire at Brondby, May 3, 2005 scorecard |
Last List A | Nottinghamshire v Surrey at Lord's, Jul 1, 2017 scorecard |
T20s debut | Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard |
Last T20s | Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars at Sharjah, Mar 16, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44, 1* | Notts | v Lancashire | Manchester | 13 Apr 2018 | FC |
4 | Zalmi | v Qalandars | Sharjah | 16 Mar 2018 | T20 |
11, 0c/0s | Zalmi | v Karachi Kngs | Sharjah | 15 Mar 2018 | T20 |
31* | Zalmi | v Quetta Glad | Dubai (DSC) | 10 Mar 2018 | T20 |
22 | Zalmi | v Sultans | Dubai (DSC) | 6 Mar 2018 | T20 |
5, 0c/1s | HH Jaguars | v GGL | Mong Kok | 11 Feb 2018 | Other T20 |
5, 0c/1s | HH Jaguars | v HKI United | Mong Kok | 10 Feb 2018 | Other T20 |
37 | HH Jaguars | v GGL | Mong Kok | 9 Feb 2018 | Other T20 |
91* | HH Jaguars | v Kow Cantons | Mong Kok | 8 Feb 2018 | Other T20 |
0c/0s, 3 | HH Jaguars | v City Kaitak | Mong Kok | 6 Feb 2018 | Other T20 |
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.