InfoMatthew James Prior (born 26 February 1982) is an English cricketer who plays for England in Test cricket and domestic cricket for Sussex.more...He is a wicket-keeper, and his aggressive right-handed batting enables him to open the innings in ODI matches. With an international Test debut score of 126, Prior became the first English wicket-keeper to hit a century in his debut match in early 2007.
In his 17th over, he had Ian Bell caught behind by Ramdin.Next ball he had Matt Prior by the same route.A couple of balls later, on the same score he dismissed Liam Plunkett, caught by Bravo.…
He commenced his domestic career with Sussex in 2000, although he now plays for Warwickshire.He has represented England but lost his place to Matt Prior in 2009.Ambrose bats in the later middle order, in general, at number 7, as most wicket-keepers do, despite being moved to number 8 in the Edgbaston Test against South Africa in the summer of 2008.…
With the last ball before lunch on the final day, Ishant Sharma got Moeen Ali out to a bouncer; India continued to pepper England with relentless short-pitched bowling, and within an hour of play restarting, England were all out.After the match, England wicket-keeper Matt Prior announced that he would step down for the rest of the summer due to injury.This was India's first overseas Test win for three years.…
Kabir's performances in early 2005 were unspectacular, but nevertheless he was named in the 14-man squad for that summer's triangular one-day series with Australia and Bangladesh.He played in none of the games, however, and was replaced by Matt Prior for the three-game ODI series against Australia which immediately followed.Kabir was not in England contention during the 2006 season, and for the winter of 2006-07 he turned out for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy along with team-mate Vikram Solanki.…
In July 2007, he was named in the provisional 30 man squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship, to be held in South Africa, fighting for the wicket-keeper spot with Matt Prior.However, when the actual fifteen man squad was announced in August, Matt Prior was chosen as wicket-keeper for the tournament.He made his international debut in a Twenty20 match against Australia on 9 January 2007, scoring 31 not out - hitting two 4s and a 6 off just 22 balls, stumping Mike Hussey and running out Michael Clarke with Paul Collingwood, as England slumped to a 77 run loss.…
French enjoys mountaineering, and had a spell coaching wicket-keeping for the England cricket team.He coaches Matt Prior, the English wicket-keeper, and has been regarded as an excellent coach of high skills and knowledge.…
Pietersen was out soon after for 51 and was followed by Collingwood (8) and Bell (1).Matt Prior was then given out caught behind early in his innings; however, Dar called for the third umpire for a suspected no ball.This was confirmed and Prior continued to support Trott, eventually making 85 while Trott achieved his fifth Test century and eventually finished not out on 168 as England were bowled out for 513.…
He had a poor series, and was once hit in the mouth by a bouncer from Steve Harmison.Poor scores led Ambrose to be dropped and replaced by Matt Prior for the One Day International series against South Africa.…
For the subsequent one-day tournament, and the following World Cup, Read was overlooked for selection, with Paul Nixon taking over the wicketkeeper position.The following summer, the Test wicketkeeping position was given to Matt Prior, who scored a century on his Test debut and retained his place for the subsequent one-day matches.…
Five of Ajmal's dismissals were leg before wicket, a record achieved by only five others in Test history.England's only real resistance came from a 57-run partnership between Matt Prior and Graeme Swann.Prior finished the innings on 70 not out, with his team all out for 192.…
England had to win the game to have any realistic chance of going through to the quarter finals, and 243 all out looked like a difficult score to defend, especially with the poor fielding that had plagued England throughout the tournament.However, the West Indies collapsed to 225 all out, after a spectacluar run out by Matt Prior.This is Bangladesh's second lowest score in World Cup and sixth in their ODI history.…
Prior has been credited with being a catalyst of the return of batsman Kevin Pietersen to the England side after the latter was dropped following disputes within the team.Matt Prior was promoted to vice-captain of the test side following Andrew Strauss' retirement and Alastair Cook subsequently being made captain.Prior was in top form as England toured New Zealand at the back end of 2012.…
Himself a mediocre batsmen but skilled keeper, Taylor has continued to advocate the picking of capable wicket-keepers over those with lesser ability behind the stumps but greater talent with the bat.He has been vocal over English selection policies since retirement, particularly those of Geraint Jones, Chris Read and Matt Prior.…
He hit an unbeaten 62, and was well supported by Middlesex colleague Owais Shah.Morgan kept wicket for the first time in his professional career in the next match against South Africa, after regular wicket-keeper Matt Prior was struck down by illness.…
As a result, he'll miss the Third Test.England wicketkeeper Matt Prior was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council, after he broke a window in the dressing-room, following a run-out.This was the first ever Test match to be played at The Rose Bowl.…
England suffered further losses early on day 2, with Paul Collingwood shouldering arms to a straight delivery, and Stuart Broad failing as a batsman on his debut.Matt Prior batted very well for 79, and only fell when trying to accelerate the scoring with 9 wickets down.Before this, Ryan Sidebottom had provided him with good assistance with a partnership worth 74.…
Bell reached his half-century just after lunch, but was trapped LBW by Johnson five overs later.Matt Prior and Andrew Flintoff then developed a strong partnership, putting on 89 runs for the sixth wicket.Flintoff and Stuart Broad then combined for another 52 runs before Flintoff was caught out by a Nathan Hauritz ball that spat out of the rough and caught him on the glove.…
In 2011, a window in the pavilion was broken by England wicketkeeper, Matt Prior.When Lord's is hosting a Test match, only members of the MCC are permitted in the pavilion.…
The Englishmen were delighted to bat first, keen as they were to put themselves to the test in the total-setting stakes, and passed with something like aplomb.Swann was especially impressed with and pleased for Matt Prior, whose 87 he dubbed "brilliant".Prior had previously been picked apart for his persistent failure to convert starts into substantial scores.…
Solanki made history against Australia in 2005 when he became the first supersub in a One Day International, replacing Simon Jones to strengthen England's tail after a batting collapse; coming to the crease at no.8 with England 93/6, Solanki made 53 not out.He also took part in the final two matches of England's time in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship, replacing the injured Matt Prior.Keeping wicket and opening the batting in both of his matches in that tournament, he took two catches in the first, conceded no byes in either match, and scored 24 and 43.…
