Matthew Mott

Matthew Peter Mott (born 3 October 1973 in Charleville, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian first-class cricket coach and a former Australian first-class cricketer. He is the current coach of Glamorgan County Cricket Club.

Playing career

Mott played for the Victorian Bushrangers and Queensland Bulls. He was part of the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide in 1995. A left-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut in 1994-95, playing for Queensland. He was in and out of the side but made a crucial 86 in Queensland's 1996-97 Sheffield Shield Final. He relocated to Victoria for the 1998-99 season and performed well, cementing his spot in the upper order. His first season included centuries against New South Wales and Western Australia. He made 841 first-class runs the following summer to help Victoria reach the final for the first time in nine years. A highlight of his career with Victoria was a 223 run opening partnership with Jason Arnberger.^[1] He finished his 66 game career in 2004 with 3723 runs at 33.84 with 7 hundreds.^[2]

Coaching career

Mott has been appointed coach of the New South Wales Blues for the 2007-08 after two years as assistant coach. ^[3] In his first season as coach, New South Wales won the Pura Cup. Mott is also the head coach of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders owned by actor Shahrukh Khan.

He signed a three year contract as the 1st XI coach of Glamorgan on 14 January 2011.

Personal life

In March 2007 Mott married girlfriend Taryn Ball in an outdoor ceremony at Salt Resort in NSW.

References

1. ^ The Age, "Openers rally Vics with 223-run stand" 3 February 2003
2. ^ Cricinfo "Matthew Mott"
3. ^ Foxsports "Mott new Blues coach" 19 June 2007

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