Matt Parkinson (cricketer)

Matthew William Parkinson (born 24 October 1996) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.[1] His twin brother, Callum, plays cricket for Leicestershire.[2]

This article is about the cricketer, born 1996. For the cricketer, born 1972, see Matthew Parkinson.

Matt Parkinson
Personal information
Full nameMatthew William Parkinson
Born (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996
Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
RelationsCallum Parkinson (twin-brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 256)4 February 2020 v South Africa
Last ODI7 February 2020 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 91)5 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I8 November 2019 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentLancashire (squad no. 28)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 2 2 20 27
Runs scored – – 90 43
Batting average – – 5.29 14.33
100s/50s –/– –/– 0/0 0/0
Top score – – 14 15*
Balls bowled 64 36 3,029 1,366
Wickets 0 5 62 42
Bowling average – 12.20 25.22 28.04
5 wickets in innings – 0 3 2
10 wickets in match – 0 1 0
Best bowling – 4/47 6/23 5/51
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 6/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 February 2020

Career

A leg-spin bowler, Matt Parkinson made his first-class debut on 20 June 2016 for Lancashire against Warwickshire in the 2016 County Championship, taking 5 for 49 in the first innings.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Lancashire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 16 July 2017.[4] He toured the West Indies with the England Lions in 2017-18, taking 4 for 26 in the final 50-over match against West Indies A and winning the player of the match award.[5]

In September 2019, he was named in England's Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against New Zealand.[6] He made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 5 November 2019.[7] The following month, Parkinson was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[8] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for England against South Africa.[9] Later the same month, Parkinson was also named in England's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[10]

On 29 May 2020, Parkinson was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] On 17 June 2020, Parkinson was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.[13][14] On 9 July 2020, Parkinson was also included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland.[15][16] However, on 21 July 2020 in the first intra-squad practice match, Parkinson suffered an ankle injury, and was ruled out of the ODI series.[17]

References
  1. "Matt Parkinson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. "Have three brothers ever played in the same first-class fixture?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. "Specsavers County Championship Division One, Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester, Jun 20-23, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. "NatWest t20 Blast, North Group: Lancashire v Derbyshire at Manchester, Jul 16, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. Richard Whitehead, "West Indies A v England Lions in 2017-18", Wisden 2019, pp. 1059–64.
  6. "Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  7. "3rd T20I, England tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Nov 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  8. "Buttler, Stokes and Archer back for South Africa T20Is, no room for Root". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  9. "1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Feb 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  10. "England announce squad for Test tour of Sri Lanka". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  12. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  13. "England announce 30-man training squad ahead of first West Indies Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  14. "Moeen Ali back in Test frame as England name 30-man training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  15. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  16. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  17. "Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali star in warm-up as Matt Parkinson is ruled out of series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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