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Full name Matthew Jonathan Walker
Born January 2, 1974, Gravesend, Kent
Current age 34 years 205 days
Major teams Kent
Nickname Walks
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
5 ft 6 in
Education King's School, Rochester
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
182
299
32
9763
275*
36.56
25
40
121
0
List A
254
231
34
5599
117
28.42
3
34
69
0
Twenty20
40
38
6
765
58*
23.90
656
116.61
0
1
81
16
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
182
1876
1121
22
2/21
50.95
3.58
85.2
0
0
List A
254
886
740
30
4/24
4/24
24.66
5.01
29.5
1
0
0
Twenty20
40
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Career statistics
First-class debut
1992/93
Last First-class
Somerset v Kent at Taunton, Jul 16-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1994
Last List A
Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Jul 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Kent v Hampshire at Beckenham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Jul 9-10, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Matthew Walker made his Kent debut way back in 1992, and his early career was littered with promise. He captained England Under-19 in 1993 and in 1996 scored 275* against Somerset, the highest ever score by a Kent batsman at Canterbury. His career then stalled for several years, and it looked like Kent would release him, but he returned to form in 2001 and since then has been a lynchpin of the Kent middle order. He is also an outstanding fielder. 2006 was a vintage year for Walker as he scored 1419 runs in the Championship.
Sam Collins September 2006
