Matthew Short

Australia|Top order Batter
Matthew Short
INTL CAREER: 2023 - 2025
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Full Name

Matthew William Short

Born

November 08, 1995

Age

29y 295d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Top order Batter

Matt Short's career was turbo-charged when he was elevated to open for the Adelaide Strikers for the 2021-22 BBL season, having previously struggled to find a consistent home for either Strikers or his previous club, Melbourne Renegades.

Since then he has become one of the most dominant performers in the league and earned Australia honours. In early 2023, he scored his maiden T20 hundred in a record BBL run chase of 230 against Hobart Hurricanes and was later named Player of the Tournament. A few months later he earned a maiden IPL deal with Punjab Kings as an injury replacement for Jonny Bairstow. The next year, Short picked up his second consecutive player-of-the-tournament honours in the BBL, comfortably leading the charts with 541 runs - nearly 200 clear of the next-best.

Short made his Australia T20I debut against South Africa in Durban in August 2023 and scored 66 off 30 balls in his second outing. An ODI debut came the following month but it was in 2024 that he found a more regular place in the side, and was part of the 2025 Champions Trophy squad, where he scored a maiden ODI fifty in a win against England.

Short has also had his moments in red-ball cricket. His maiden first-class century came for a CA XI against England in 2017-18 when he and Jason Sangha added 263 in Townsville. He had a particularly prolific domestic season in 2022-23 when he scored over 600 runs for Victoria, and was in contention for a Test spot. But after starting the following season with a century, he made three ducks in his next four innings, and since then his white-ball commitments and a run of injuries have limited his opportunities.

Matthew Short Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs151302806321.5328598.240232970
T20Is141302936622.53179163.68012915120
FC568982800134*34.56537552.0941731416640
List A75696203913432.36225290.5421218156360
T20s1331288334210927.852255148.20223285158750

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs151228825421/391/39127.005.29144.0000
T20Is145489175/225/2213.0011.376.8010
FC567430901576414/744/9838.433.0675.3200
List A755717161607273/443/4459.515.6163.5000
T20s1338912291580545/225/2229.257.7122.7010

Matthew Short T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Major League Cricket2 teams191906829135.89434157.1408564090
BBL2 teams85827218610929.141527143.1521417297470
Men's 100NSC-M151412167316.61144150.000128750
IPLPBKS6601173619.5092127.170015430

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Major League Cricket2 teams191019723510 3/12 3/1223.507.1519.7000
BBL2 teams8560865109433 3/14 3/1433.157.5826.2000
Men's 100NSC-M1511951354 2/9 2/933.758.5223.7000
IPLPBKS6324250 - --6.25-000
Matthew William Short

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Recent Matches of Matthew Short

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
SF vs New York63/2209-Jul-2025DallasT20
SF vs Los Angeles10/3106-Jul-2025LauderhillT20
SF vs Texas80--04-Jul-2025LauderhillT20
SF vs Seattle20/2101-Jul-2025LauderhillT20
SF vs Washington67--28-Jun-2025DallasT20

Photos of Matthew Short

Matthew Short sent back Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran in one over
Matthew Short batted from first ball to the last to lead Unicorns' batting effort
Matthew Short played another good innings up top
Matthew Short picked up 3 for 12 from his four overs
Matthew Short celebrates a fifty
Matthew Short slammed another quick half-century