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Matthew Cross
Personal information
Full name
Matthew Henry Cross
Born (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 32)
Aberdeen, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket keeper batter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 55)23 January 2014 v Canada
Last ODI31 October 2024 v United States
T20I debut (cap 34)4 July 2013 v Kenya
Last T20I7 September 2024 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2014Nottinghamshire
2013Loughborough MCCU
2016Essex
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 101 76 9 130
Runs scored 2,013 1,250 161 2,621
Batting average 23.40 23.14 14.63 23.82
100s/50s 2/10 0/5 0/0 2/13
Top score 114 66* 30 114
Catches/stumpings 125/9 43/16 21/0 154/16
Source: Cricinfo, 30 April 2025

Matthew Henry Cross (born 15 October 1992) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper batter and plays for Scotland national cricket team.

Born in Aberdeen, Cross played cricket and football during his early years. He became part of the Scotland cricket set-up in the junior age group and progressed up the ranks. He served as the vice-captain of the Scotland national under-19 cricket team in the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Cross made his international debut for the Scotland men's team next year in a T20 international against Kenya. Later, he made his One Day International debut against Canada in January 2014. Since then, he has represented the Scottish team in more than 175 international matches, and scored more than 3,000 runs. He was part of the Scotland squad for the 2021 and 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Early years

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Matthew Cross was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 15 October 1992. He played underage cricket and football during his school years. He became part of the Scotland cricket set-up in the junior age group.[1] He played for Aberdeenshire Cricket Club at the age of nine.[2] While studying engineering at Loughborough University, he represented the university team and rose up the ranks amongst the Scottish junior cricket teams.[1][2]

Cross served as the vice-captain of the Scotland national under-19 cricket team in the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[1][2] In 2013, Cross signed on to play for Nottinghamshire in the English county cricket. However, he played just one match for the team, scoring 47 runs against Bangladesh A in a tour match.[1] He represented the Nottinghamshire second XI and made his debut against Hampshire in the 2013 YB40 match staged at the Ageas Bowl.[2] He became part of the Young Cricketers Programme run by Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.[1]

International career

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In 2013, Cross got an opportunity with the Scotland squad. He was selected to represent the Twenty20 squad in the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier held in the United Arab Emirates.[2][3] However, Cross did not make it to the starting XI in the tournament.[4] He made his international debut against Kenya in a T20 match held in his home town Aberdeen on 4 July 2013.[5] He made his One day international debut against Canada in a 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in January 2014.[6][7] A week later, he recorded his first fifty plus score in his second ODI match against Kenya.[6]

Since his debut, Cross started consistently representing the Scottish team in international matches.[4][6] He scored his maiden half-century in T20Is against Ireland on 18 June 2015.[4] Cross scored his maiden international century against UAE at Dubai on 21 January 2018.[8] His only other international hundred came against the same opponents in March 2018.[6] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[9] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[10][11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[12]

Cross was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[13] In September 2021, Cross was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[14] At the World Cup, Cross made just 32 runs across three innings as Scotland lost two of the three matches and crashed out of the competition in the preliminary stage.[4][15] In May 2024, he was named in Scotland’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[16] In the 2024 edition, Scott made 33 runs in three innings, while Scotland won two matches.[4][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Player Profile: Matty Cross". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Matthew Cross". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Scotland squad, 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "T20I career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Kenya vs Scotland, 1st T20I". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "ODI career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Scotland vs Canada 18th Match, Group A 2013/14 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. ^ "U.A.E. vs Scotland, 5th Match at Dubai, Jan 21 2018 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Scotland's 15-Player Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  17. ^ "2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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