Matthew Mott

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Matthew Peter Mott (born 3 October 1973 in Charleville, Queensland) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Victoria Bushrangers and Queensland Bulls. He was part of the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide in 1995.

A left handed batsman, he made his first-class debut in 1994-95, playing for Queensland. He was in and out of the side but made a crucial 86 in Queensland's 1996-97 Sheffield Shield Final. He relocated to Victoria for the 1998-99 season and performed well, cementing his spot in the upper order. His first season included centuries against New South Wales and Western Australia. He made 841 first-class runs the following summer to help Victoria reach the final for the first time in nine years. He finished his 66 game career with 3723 runs at 33.84 with 7 hundreds.

Mott has gone on become an assistant coach the Australian under-19 side