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Full name Matthew Thomas Gray Elliott
Born September 28, 1971, Chelsea, Victoria
Current age 37 years 16 days
Major teams Australia,Chandigarh Lions,Glamorgan,ICL World XI,South Australia,Victoria,Yorkshire
Nickname Herb
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Height
1.88 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
36
1
1172
199
33.48
2637
44.44
3
4
155
4
14
0
ODIs
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
6
16.66
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
214
395
28
17251
203
47.00
50
84
230
0
List A
162
157
22
6211
156
46.00
17
35
61
0
Twenty20
11
11
1
303
52*
30.30
224
135.26
0
2
39
8
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
2
12
4
0
-
-
-
2.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
214
1242
754
13
3/68
58.00
3.64
95.5
0
0
List A
162
92
92
0
-
-
-
6.00
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 22-26, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Sri Lanka at Darwin, Jul 1-3, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
England v Australia at Lord's, May 25, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1992/93
Last First-class
South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Feb 8-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1992/93
Last List A
South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Feb 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Glamorgan v Warwickshire at Cardiff, Jul 19, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Jan 6, 2008 scorecard
Profile
He's Victorian, left-handed, technically watertight, big-beaked and bears a spooky resemblance to Bill Lawry. Where Lawry's international days finished with his sacking as both captain and opener, Matthew Elliott's Test career also had an unhappy ending. His triumphant summer of 2003-04 began with him proclaiming that, at age 32, he was "past it". It climaxed with 1381 Pura Cup runs - an all-time, all-comers record until eclipsed by Michael Bevan the following season - and his inclusion among Australia's 25 contracted players. Given a chance against Sri Lanka at Darwin that winter, he managed 1 and 0 and again slipped down the pecking order to finish with 21 Tests and a largely unfulfilled career. His entry in 1996-97 was startling and in his second Test, when not out on 78, he ploughed straight into Mark Waugh and mangled his knee. Two precocious, hook-laden centuries at Lord's and Headingley eased the pain, earmarking him as a surefooted, elegant yet powerful driver. Within two years he was on the sidelines again - this time, seemingly, for good. A naturally reserved character, the touring treadmill grated and he is rumoured to have had trouble fitting in with the dressing-room culture. Significantly, during his 2003-04 renaissance, he frequently led the Pura Cup-winning Victorians into their victory song. He put his success down to better relaxation and know-how. "I've sort of scunged a few runs," he said - enough, in fact, for him to be judged Pura Cup Player of the Year for a record third time. After 12 seasons with Victoria he lost motivation and fought a bitter battle for a move to South Australia as a player-coach at the end of 2004-05, succeeding only after winning a grievance tribunal appeal. His first year with the Redbacks was not happy either, a knee injury cutting into a season that finished with returns well below his lofty expectations. He was axed from the Pura Cup side in his second season at South Australia after a disastrous campaign that featured 193 runs at 13.78 from seven games, but his one-day form was superb. In 10 limited-overs appearances Elliott made 465 at 51.66, including two centuries, and he was named the Ford Ranger Cup Player of the Year. Elliott retired from Australian first-class cricket in February 2008 but signed up with the unofficial Indian Cricket League later in the month. Cricinfo staff February 2008
