Matthew Pardoe

Matthew Pardoe

Personal information
Full name	Mathew Graham Pardoe
Born	5 January 1991 (1991-01-05) (age 20) Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling style	Left arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–	Worcestershire (squad no. 19)
First-class debut	8 April 2011 Worcestershire v Yorkshire
Only List A	17 May 2011 Worcestershire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	9	1
Runs scored	424	11
Batting average	23.55	11.00
100s/50s	0/4	0/0
Top score	74	11
Catches/stumpings	1/–	1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 July 2011

Matthew Graham Pardoe (born 5 January 1991, Stourbridge) is an English cricketer. A left-handed opening/middle order batsman, he plays for Worcestershire.

In Birmingham league cricket, Pardoe plays for Kidderminster Victoria. He went to Haybridge High school and having progressed through Worcestershire's academy system and played for Worcestershire's Second XI, Pardoe made his first-class debut against Yorkshire at New Road, Worcester at the start of the 2011 season, scoring 26 and 0.^[1] In his second first-class match, against Warwickshire at New Road, he scored 54, his maiden first-class half-century. He went on to make his second half century against Nottinghamshire finishing on 74 before being caught off the bowling of Samit Patel and is soon expecting his England call up. He added a 28 in his second innings taking his match total to over a hundred runs. Matthew Pardoe Enjoys Latin dancing and supports Wolverhampton Wanderers. Furthermore, Pardoe enjoys playing football which he learnt to play at good standard after inspiration from his best friend Holden Whitaker.

References

1. ^ Worcs v Yorks at Worcester, 2011

External Links

• Player Profile: Matthew Pardoe from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Matthew Pardoe from ESPNcricinfo