Matthew Scott Wade was born on 26 December 1987 and is an Australian cricketer.
31 Facts About Matthew Wade
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Matthew Wade has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper and batsman in all three forms of international cricket.
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Matthew Wade plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team, who he captains and plays domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Hobart Hurricanes.
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In December 2020, Matthew Wade captained Australia for the first time in international cricket.
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Matthew Wade is the son of Scott Wade, an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League, for Clarence and Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League, and served a long tenure as CEO of AFL Tasmania.
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Matthew Wade is the cousin of Collingwood Football Club defender Jeremy Howe.
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Matthew Wade represented Tasmania in junior cricket and junior football, vice-captaining the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup, where he played alongside future Australian Football League players Sam Lonergan, Grant Birchall and Jack Riewoldt.
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Matthew Wade represented Australia at the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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Matthew Wade has suffered difficulties on the field due to the colours of certain cricket balls.
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Victoria won the match by 457 runs and Matthew Wade was named man of the match.
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Matthew Wade was suspended and fined for pitch tampering in 2013 and in February 2015, scored 152 for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield, his highest first-class score to date.
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In January 2011, Matthew Wade signed with the Delhi Daredevils, going on to play three times for Delhi in the 2011 Indian Premier League.
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Matthew Wade assumed the first choice wicket keeper role with Tim Paine a member of the Test side, although Wade was selected as a specialist batsman when Paine returned from national duties.
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The move saw Matthew Wade traded from the Melbourne Renegades to the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash.
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Matthew Wade went on to be named in the Sheffield Shield team of the year in March 2018.
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In December 2022, Matthew Wade was drafted by the Karachi Kings as their Platinum Category round pick at the 2023 PSL draft.
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Matthew Wade won the Man of the Match award on debut, scoring 67 runs off 69 balls against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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However, after Test wicketkeeper Brad Haddin returned home before the Test matches because his daughter was ill, Matthew Wade was selected to replace him.
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Matthew Wade scored his second Test century in the third Test against Sri Lanka in Sydney.
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Matthew Wade retained his position as ODI wicketkeeper for a period of time, but was ultimately left out of the Australian 2015 Cricket World Cup squad for Haddin.
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On 13 January 2017, in the first ODI against Pakistan of a 5-match series, Matthew Wade scored his maiden ODI century, which came from 100 balls.
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Matthew Wade reached 100 on the final ball of Australia's innings, and his effort came when Australia was in trouble at 5 for 78 early in the innings.
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Matthew Wade was given out LBW earlier in his innings, but the decision was overturned after he asked for a review.
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Matthew Wade was not fit for the first ODI and ruled out from the squad.
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In July 2019, Matthew Wade was added to Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, as cover for Usman Khawaja, who was ruled out of the knock-out stage of the tournament with a hamstring injury.
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Matthew Wade played in all five matches, making 337 runs across 10 innings at an average 33.70, including two centuries.
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On 16 July 2020, Matthew Wade was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Matthew Wade included in the touring party.
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On 6 December 2020, Matthew Wade captained Australia for the first time, leading the side in a T20I match against India at the SCG after Aaron Finch was ruled out due to injury.
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Later the same month, Matthew Wade was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
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Matthew Wade has scored four centuries in Test matches and one in a One Day International.