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Full name Matthew Jeffery Horne
Born December 5, 1970, Takapuna, Auckland
Current age 38 years 0 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Brother - PA Horne
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
35
65
2
1788
157
28.38
4384
40.78
4
5
210
11
17
0
ODIs
50
48
0
980
74
20.41
1515
64.68
0
5
99
5
12
0
First-class
128
219
11
8501
241
40.87
24
33
79
0
List A
138
135
1
3193
114
23.82
2
18
34
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
35
3
66
26
0
-
-
-
2.36
-
0
0
0
ODIs
50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
128
1177
531
7
2/58
75.85
2.70
168.1
0
0
List A
138
884
678
18
3/17
3/17
37.66
4.60
49.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 14-18, 1997 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Kandy, May 3-7, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 25, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Apr 27, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1992/93
Last First-class
Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Mar 26-29, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1992/93
Last List A
Central Districts v Auckland at Nelson, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard
Profile
An attacking opening batsman with a characteristic high backlift and helmet without a visor, Matthew Horne struggled with inconsistency throughout his Test career, often shunted in and out of the side in the quest to find a suitable opener. A proven performer in domestic cricket, Horne's defining moment came in the 1995-96 Shell Trophy final, where his blistering 190 steered Auckland to the title. A switch to Otago yielded more runs, and a Test cap against England the next summer. He had a reasonably good start to his Test career, which included a maiden hundred against Australia at Hobart in 1997-98, but his century at Lord's in 1999 sparked New Zealand's revival, which helped them clinch a famous away-series win. However, he failed to score a half-century in the next nine Tests, and his appearances after that were sporadic.He showed shades of his attacking instincts in his 50 ODIs but failed to convert any of his five half-centuries to three figures. He retired from first-class cricket in May 2006, while playing league cricket in Scotland.
