Matt Poore

Matt Poore

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	14	61
Runs scored	355	2336
Batting average	15.43	23.12
100s/50s	0/0	2/11
Top score	45	142
Balls bowled	788	5134
Wickets	9	68
Bowling average	40.77	26.66
5 wickets in innings	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	2/28	5/27
Catches/stumpings	1/-	14/-
Source: Cricinfo,

Matt Beresford Poore (born 1 June, 1930) is a former international cricketer who played Tests for New Zealand in the 1950s. He was born in Christchurch.

A right-handed middle order batsman and handy off-spin bowler, Poore made his Test debut in March 1953 against South Africa at Auckland. He made 170 runs in the five Test series. Although he failed to make a Test half century in his 14 matches – and in fact holds the record for the longest Test career without a half-century or a three-wicket haul – he made 2 hundreds in first class cricket.^[1] He retired from cricket in 1956-57 following an unsuccessful summer where he made just 90 runs at 12.85. Four years later he made a comeback to first class cricket which lasted three matches.

Notes

1. ^ Basevi, Travis; George Binoy (October 14, 2009). "Fifty-three ODIs without a fifty or a three-for". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/429395.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 

External links

• Player profile: Matt Poore from ESPNcricinfo

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Name	Poore, Matt
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Date of birth	1930
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