Matt Lineker
Matthew Steven "Matt" Lineker (born 12 January 1985 in Derby, England) is an English cricketer, a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who played for Derbyshire; he is currently a free agent. 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]
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| Full name | Matthew Steven Lineker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1985 Derby, Derbyshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2012 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 23 August 2011 Derbyshire v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 29 August 2011 Derbyshire v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
County career
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 innings 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] He was released after just one season at Derbyshire.
Since then he has played for the Unicorns side in one-day cricket, scoring his maiden century in August 2013 against Yorkshire after notching his first half-century earlier in the season against Middlesex. He followed this up immediately with another century, this time going on to make 132 against Leicestershire at Leicester.
References
- "Derbyshire sign batsman Matt Lineker on summer deal". BBC Sport. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- "Derbyshire sign Matt Lineker for 2011". ESPN Cricinfo. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- "Derbyshire v Essex". ESPN Cricinfo. 23–26 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- "Derbyshire v Kent". ESPN Cricinfo. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.