Matthew Fisher (cricketer)

Matthew Fisher
Personal information
Full name Matthew David Fisher
Born (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997
York, North Yorkshire, England
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–present Yorkshire
FC debut 19 April 2015 Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire
LA debut 9 June 2013 Yorkshire v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 9 34 22
Runs scored 131 228 24
Batting average 13.10 28.50 24.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 37 36* 17*
Balls bowled 1,430 1,384 413
Wickets 20 32 23
Bowling average 39.45 42.68 28.08
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 5/54 3/22 5/22
Catches/stumpings 3/– 10/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 September 2018

Matthew David Fisher (born 9 November 1997) is an English cricketer, contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[1] He made his debut on 9 June 2013 in the 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 against Leicestershire,[2] and at the age of 15 years and 212 days, became the youngest cricketer to play in a competitive county game.[3] The previous record was set in 1922 by the Welsh cricketer Royston Gabe-Jones.[3] In May 2015 on his debut in the T20 Blast, he took five wickets for Yorkshire against Derbyshire.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Five county players to make a mark". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Yorkshire v Leicestershire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Matthew Fisher: Yorkshire 15-year-old breaks 91-year-old record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Fisher sparkles under lights with debut five". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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