| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Steven Lineker | |||
| Born | 22 January 1985 Derby, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2011–present | Derbyshire | |||
| First-class debut | 23 August 2011 Derbyshire v Essex | |||
| List A debut | 29 August 2011 Derbyshire v Kent | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | ||
| Matches | 1 | 1 | ||
| Runs scored | 16 | 13 | ||
| Batting average | 8.00 | 13.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 16 | 13 | ||
| Balls bowled | - | - | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 29 August 2011 | ||||
Matthew Steven "Matt" Lineker (born 12 January 1985, Derby, England) is an English cricketer, a left handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who currently plays for Derbyshire. He made his first class debut for Derbyshire against Essex in August 2011. Lineker signed a summer contract with Derbyshire in 2010 for the 2011 season. Lineker had been a regular scorer in the Derbyshire Premier League before signing for Derbyshire.[1][2]
Lineker made his first-class debut against Essex on 23 August 2011. He opened the Derbyshire innings along with Martin Guptill and went for a fourteen-ball duck as Derbyshire made only 132 in the innings. In the second innigs he performed slightly better hitting 16 runs from 39 balls in a drawn match at Chelmsford.[3] He made his one-day cricket debut three days later against Kent. He made 13 runs from 23 balls opening with Chesney Hughes as Derbyshire chased 209 for victory. Derbyshire won the match by 3 wickets.[4]
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