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Full name Matthew Jeffery Horne
Born December 5, 1970, Takapuna, Auckland
Current age 37 years 260 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Brother - PA Horne

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

1788

157

28.38

4384

40.78

210

ODIs

980

20.41

1515

64.68

First-class

128

219

8501

241

40.87

List A

138

135

3193

114

23.82

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

2.36

ODIs

First-class

128

1177

531

2/58

75.85

2.70

168.1

List A

138

884

678

3/17

37.66

4.60

49.1

Career statistics

Test debut

New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 14-18, 1997 scorecard

Last Test

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Kandy, May 3-7, 2003 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 25, 1997 scorecard

Last ODI

Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Apr 27, 2002 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1992/93

Last First-class

Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Mar 26-29, 2006 scorecard

List A debut

1992/93

Last List A

Central Districts v Auckland at Nelson, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard

An attacking opening batsman with a characteristic high backlift and helmet without a visor, Matthew Horne struggled with inconsistency throughout his Test career, often shunted in and out of the side in the quest to find a suitable opener. A proven performer in domestic cricket, Horne's defining moment came in the 1995-96 Shell Trophy final, where his blistering 190 steered Auckland to the title. A switch to Otago yielded more runs, and a Test cap against England the next summer. He had a reasonably good start to his Test career, which included a maiden hundred against Australia at Hobart in 1997-98, but his century at Lord's in 1999 sparked New Zealand's revival, which helped them clinch a famous away-series win. However, he failed to score a half-century in the next nine Tests, and his appearances after that were sporadic.He showed shades of his attacking instincts in his 50 ODIs but failed to convert any of his five half-centuries to three figures. He retired from first-class cricket in May 2006, while playing league cricket in Scotland.

Kanishkaa Balachandran (May 2006)

Mar 21, 2006

Matt Horne requests a new bat © Getty Images

Aug 5, 2003

Horne teaches students at the ACA winter academy © Auckland Cricket Association

Oct 15, 2002

Matt Horne - Portrait, September 2002 © New Zealand Cricket

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