Matthew Graham Pardoe (born 5 January 1991) is an English cricketer. A left-handed opening/middle order batsman, he played for Worcestershire.

Matthew Pardoe
Personal information
Full name
Mathew Graham Pardoe
Born (1991-01-05) 5 January 1991 (age 33)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2014Worcestershire (squad no. 19)
2012/13–2012/14Southern Rocks
2015–Herefordshire
FC debut8 April 2011 Worcestershire v Yorkshire
LA debut17 May 2011 Worcestershire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 56 5 1
Runs scored 2,291 118 1
Batting average 24.63 23.60 1.00
100s/50s 0/9 0/0 0/0
Top score 102 42 1
Balls bowled 299 18
Wickets 3 1
Bowling average 47.66 9
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/34 1/9
Catches/stumpings 27/– 3/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 May 2022

In Birmingham league cricket, Pardoe plays for Kidderminster Victoria. He went to Haybridge High School and having progressed through Worcestershire's academy system and played for Worcestershire's Second XI, Pardoe made his first-class debut against Yorkshire at New Road, Worcester at the start of the 2011 season, scoring 26 and 0.[1] In his second first-class match, against Warwickshire at New Road, he scored 54, his maiden first-class half-century. He went on to make his second half century against Nottinghamshire finishing on 74 before being caught off the bowling of Samit Patel.

Pardoe scored his maiden first-class century against Glamorgan in a county championship game in 2013 scoring 102 off 235 balls before being caught off the bowling of Dean Cosker.

He plays Minor Counties cricket for Herefordshire, and in 2017 was county captain.

References

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  1. ^ "Full Scorecard of Worcestershire vs Yorkshire, County Championship Division One, 2nd Innings - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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