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Full name Mathew Stuart Sinclair
Born November 9, 1975, Katherine, Australia
Current age 32 years 259 days
Major teams New Zealand,Central Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
32
54
5
1595
214
32.55
3660
43.57
3
4
192
7
31
0
ODIs
53
49
4
1302
118*
28.93
2075
62.74
2
8
112
5
17
0
T20Is
2
2
0
0
0
0.00
5
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
139
236
23
9958
268
46.75
23
52
130
1
List A
189
180
20
4998
118*
31.23
5
35
85
2
Twenty20
18
18
2
282
58
17.62
223
126.45
0
2
22
10
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
32
1
24
13
0
-
-
-
3.25
-
0
0
0
ODIs
53
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
139
891
407
9
2/24
45.22
2.74
99.0
0
0
List A
189
112
136
3
1/15
1/15
45.33
7.28
37.3
0
0
0
Twenty20
18
1
6
13
0
-
-
-
13.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, Dec 26-29, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Feb 26, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Bangladesh at Queenstown, Dec 31, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1995/96
Last First-class
Central Districts v Northern Districts at Napier, Mar 30-Apr 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
Auckland v Central Districts at Auckland, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Central Districts v Northern Districts at New Plymouth, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
Profile
If ever the weight of two double-centuries scored so early in an international career - two in the first 12 Tests - has become a yoke, then that is the case for Mathew Sinclair. He scored 214 on his debut, against West Indies at Wellington in 1999, and followed that with 204 not out against Pakistan in the following summer. But despite this most promising of starts, Sinclair has struggled to gain a permanent place in both the Test and one-day sides after disappointing scores. He was recalled for the third Test against South Africa at Wellington in March 2004, but an impressive 74 in the first innings wasn't enough to get him picked on the tour of England in 2004. However, after Craig McMillan broke his finger in a tour match against Leicestershire, Sinclair, who was playing league cricket in East Anglia, was called up as cover. Similarly, Sinclair was drafted into the Bangladesh touring squad when Michael Papps dislocated his shoulder, and he duly struck 76 in the first Test. A luckless tour of Australia in 2004-05 lost him his place and his national contract, but he was signed up again in 2006 and played the home series against Sri Lanka in December. He was surprised to be dumped from the contract list in 2007 and indicated he had lost patience with New Zealand and was looking to continue his career overseas, but was offered a reprieve when Hamish Marshall left the scene. Sinclair might have been on the other side of the Tasman: he was born in Australia's Northern Territory, but his mother moved to New Zealand after Sinclair's father was killed in a car crash when he was only five. Lynn McConnell June 2007
