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Matthew Wade 
Personal information Full name Matthew Scott Wade Born 26 December 1987
Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaNickname Wadey Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Batting style Left-hand bat Role WicketkeeperBatsman Domestic team information Years Team 2006 - 2007 Tasmania 2007 - Victoria 2011 - present Delhi Daredevils 2011 - present Melbourne Stars Career statistics Competition FC List A T20 Matches 45 30 27 Runs scored 2,121 1,005 349 Batting average 37.87 41.87 19.38 100s/50s 3/14 3/3 0/2 Top score 113* 105 80 Balls bowled - - - Wickets - - - Bowling average - - - 5 wickets in innings - - - 10 wickets in match - - - Best bowling - - - Catches/stumpings 168/5 29/2 13/2 Source: Cricinfo, 07 June 2011 Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers. He previously played a List A match for the Tasmanian Tigers.
Wade participated in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup for Australia and played club cricket for Clarence District Cricket Club. He previously had beat Ricky Ponting's run scoring record in this carnival.
Wade moved to Victoria for the 2007/08 season due to the emergence of Tim Paine in Tasmania. He joined the Camberwell Magpies in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. He later then joined Casey South Melbourne. He is seen to be the new prospect of Victorian cricket being just 20 years of age, after breaking into the state side at the expense of Adam Crosthwaite, by scoring 83 and taking 6 catches on his Pura Cup debut.
He is the son of Scott Wade, a former Hawthorn footballer and the General Manager of AFL Tasmania.
In 2010, Wade was selected for the Australia A team and in October 2011 made his T20 International debut against South Africa.
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Style
Batting
First-Class cricket
Wade has been an important batsman for the Bushrangers in the longer form of the game. He is known for putting a high price on his wicket and is a consistent run-scorer. His discipline when batting is seen as he often leaves deliveries outside his off stump and makes the bowler bowl at him. However, he is not shy to play the cut shot and it only has to be slightly short and wide for him to play what is his favourite shot.
Limited overs cricket
In the shorter forms of the game, Wade becomes a destructive batsman with a broad range of strokes. This is seen in the One Day Domestic competition and the Twenty20 Big Bash, where Wade has showcased his ability to score runs at a frenetic pace by playing both orthrodox and innovative shots. Despite his diminutive stature, Wade can hit the ball as long as most batsmen, often hitting sixes that easily clear the MCG boundary. Success in the lower-middle order has been greeted with a promotion as opener in the 2010-11 Ryobi Cup, which has been beneficial for Wade as his crisp hitting is at its full potential against the new ball and with the fielders up in the circle. Wade enjoys pace on the ball, is strong against the short ball and has the ability to either go over the field or pierce a tight off-side field with elegant cuts and drives.
Wicket keeping
Wade's talents with the bat often mean his keeping can understandably be seen as secondary. Despite this, he is still part of the Victorian team as a keeper first. This is highlighted whenever other keeper-batsmen are included in the team, such as Ryan Carters and Matt Prior, and are played as batsmen only. Wade is a reliable wicket keeper and his quick reflexes means he can pull off the odd stunning catch or leg-side save. He is also happy to stand up to the stumps, especially to Andrew McDonald when the conditions suit.
Domestic career
Perhaps Wade's best knock and certainly most crucial is the 96 he scored in the Sheffield Shield final (2009-10 season) against the Queensland Bulls, coming in at 5/60, Wade guided his team to a score of 305.[1] The Victorians ended up winning the final and thus achieving back to back Shield titles, a feat largely due to Wade's heroic efforts on the opening day of that match.
Indian Premier League
On the 9th of January 2011, Wade earned an IPL contract with the Delhi Daredevils,[2] he is currently the only wicket-keeper batsman in the squad (although Travis Birt who will also be involved with Delhi, occasionally keeps for Tasmania)
Career best performances
as of 17 January 2011
Batting Score Fixture Venue Season FC 108 Victoria v Tasmania Hobart 2011 LA 105 Victoria v New South Wales SCG 2010 T20 80 Australia A v Sri Lanka A Townsville 2010 References
External links
Categories:- 1987 births
- Australian cricketers
- Australian wicket-keepers
- Australia Twenty20 International cricketers
- Living people
- People from Hobart
- Tasmania cricketers
- Victoria cricketers
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