- Matthew Gitsham
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Matthew Gitsham Personal information Full name Matthew Thomas Gitsham Born 1 February 1982
Truro, Cornwall, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm leg break Domestic team information Years Team 2008 Gloucestershire 2006–2009 Buckinghamshire 2001 Somerset Cricket Board Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 4 2 Runs scored 58 15 Batting average 14.50 15.00 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 35* 15 Balls bowled 573 – Wickets 3 – Bowling average 90.33 – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 1/12 – Catches/stumpings 1/– –/– Source: CricketArchive, 27 July 2008 Matthew Thomas Gitsham (born February 1, 1982) is an English cricketer. Primarily a leg break bowler, he has played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club having previously represented Somerset Cricket Board in 2001 and Buckinghamshire in Minor counties cricket in 2006.
After playing for the Somerset Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy in 2001 and 2002,[1] Gitsham had to wait six years for a first-class debut with Gloucestershire. He played in an early season friendly match against Loughborough UCCE bowling seven wicketless overs in the first innings and scoring an unbeaten 192 in Gloucestershire's second innings to help his side secure a two-wicket win.[2]
He went on to play three matches in the LV County Championship Division Two later in the season, dismissing Glamorgan's Simon Jones for his first wicket.[3] He was released by Gloucestershire at the end of the 2009 season along with Grant Hodnett.[4]
He has also played for overseas teams Wanneroo DC, in Perth, and Sturt Hill, Adelaide, in Australia.[5]
References
- ^ List A Matches Played By Matthew Gitsham, CricketArchive, July 27, 2008
- ^ Gloucestershire v Loughborough University Centre Of Cricketing Excellence in 2008, CricketArchive, July 27, 2008
- ^ Worcestershire v Gloucestershire in 2008, CricketArchive, July 27, 2008
- ^ "My dream has been shattered - Hodnett". This is Gloucestershire. 15 August 2009. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/dream-shattered-Hodnett/story-11875982-detail/story.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Chris Marshall (ed.). "The Cricketers' Who's Who 2008", Green Umbrella Publishing, 2008, p 235
External links
Categories:- 1982 births
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- English cricketers
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- People from Truro
- Somerset Cricket Board cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers
- English cricket biography, 1980s births stubs
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