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Matthew Short

Matthew Short

Australia | Batting All Rounder

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Full Name Matthew William Short
Born November 8, 1995
Birth Place Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia
Age 30 Y 212 Days
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.87 cm)
Batting Style Right handed
Bowling Style Right-arm off break
Playing Role Batting All Rounder
Jersey Number 5
Debut July 20, 2014

Family

Wife: Madison Wilson

Matthew Short Player Profile

Matthew Short is a batting allrounder from Australia who found his true form later in his career. He plays right-handed and bowls right-arm offbreak. For a while, Short struggled to settle with a team in the Big Bash League. But everything changed when the Adelaide Strikers asked him to open the batting in 2021. Since then, he has become one of the best players in the league. He won Player of the Tournament two years in a row. His T20 hundred against Hobart Hurricanes in 2023 came in a record chase of 230 runs. That performance helped him earn a spot in the IPL with Punjab Kings. Short made his Australia T20I debut in August 2023 and smashed 66 off just 30 balls in his second game. He also played in the 2025 Champions Trophy and scored his first ODI fifty against England. Short has shown promise in first-class cricket too, with a century for a Cricket Australia XI against England back in 2017. But injuries and his busy white-ball schedule have made it hard for him to focus on red-ball cricket.

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Teams

Australia
Victoria
Melbourne Renegades
Cricket Australia XI
Adelaide Strikers
Punjab Kings
Washington Freedom
Northern Superchargers
San Francisco Unicorns
Chennai Super Kings

Matthew Short Career Stats

Batting & Fielding
Format Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct
ODIs 8 8 1 211 69 30.14 269 78.43 0 1 16 1 2
T20Is 23 23 2 642 76 30.57 540 118.88 0 4 71 15 8
FC 25 44 4 1261 87 31.52 2447 51.53 0 8 166 8 21
List A 73 68 5 2105 257 33.41 2247 93.68 4 8 221 51 24
T20s 180 180 17 5401 122* 33.13 4138 130.52 2 39 561 178 74
Bowling
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w
ODIs 8 5 90 114 0 - - - 7.60 - 0 0 0
T20Is 23 9 114 151 3 1/13 1/13 50.33 7.94 38.0 0 0 0
FC 25 36 1819 1233 28 3/78 4/43 44.03 4.06 64.9 0 0 0
List A 73 55 1526 1586 38 3/53 3/53 41.73 6.23 40.1 0 0 0
T20s 180 114 1598 2239 68 5/21 5/21 32.92 8.40 23.5 1 1 0
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Debut / Last Matches

ODI Matches
Debut India vs Australia at Mohali - September 22, 2023
T20I Matches
Debut South Africa vs Australia at Durban - August 30, 2023
FC Matches
Debut CA XI vs N Zealanders at Sydney - October 29 - 31, 2015
List A Matches
Debut NPS vs SA A at Palmerston - July 20, 2014
T20 Matches
Debut Scorchers vs Renegades at W.A.C.A - December 26, 2014

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FAQs

He is a batting allrounder. That means he bats in the top order and also bowls handy offbreak spin when the team needs him.

He plays for the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He joined them as an injury replacement for Jonny Bairstow.

He made his T20I debut for Australia in August 2023 against South Africa in Durban. His ODI debut came the next month.

Some of his finest moments include a T20 hundred in a record BBL run chase of 230 runs, winning Player of the Tournament twice in a row, and scoring 66 off 30 balls in his second match for Australia.

He has played for the Adelaide Strikers and before that, the Melbourne Renegades. His career took off after he started opening for the Strikers in 2021.

He was born on November 8, 1995, which makes him 30 years old.