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England

Full name Matthew Hendrik Wessels

Born November 12, 1985, Australia

Current age 23 years 234 days

Major teams Marylebone Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Northamptonshire 2nd XI

Nickname Blood

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Height 5 ft 11 in

Relation Father - KC Wessels

Matthew Hendrik Wessels
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 55 90 7 2387 107 28.75 3872 61.64 3 15 106 10
List A 63 59 6 1512 100 28.52 1557 97.10 1 8 48 0
Twenty20 43 35 8 636 66* 23.55 472 134.74 0 2 47 23 10 12
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 55 12 13 0 - - - 6.50 - 0 0 0
List A 63 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Twenty20 43 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
First-class debut 2004
Last First-class Northamptonshire v Essex at Northampton, May 6-9, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 2005
Last List A Northamptonshire v Essex at Northampton, May 17, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Northampton, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Rikki Wessels is the son of the former Australia and South Africa player and former Northants coach Kepler Wessels. He is an extremely talented gloveman who also possesses a decent range of strokes. Northamptonshire have high hopes for him, and he scored his maiden first-class century for them in 2005 against Somerset. He played ten times in the Championship in 2006, consolidating his position in the side.
September 2006

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Apr 15, 2009

Sam Cliff makes a mess of Riki Wessels' stumps, Leicestershire v Northamptonshire, County Championship Division Two, Grace Road, April 15, 2009

Sam Cliff makes a mess of Riki Wessels' stumps

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Jul 5, 2006

Cameron White is stumped by Riki Wessels, Somerset v Northants, Taunton, July 5, 2006

Cameron White is stumped by Riki Wessels

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Jul 18, 2005

Graeme Smith and Ian Blackwell celebrate the wicket of Rikki Wessels, Northants v Somerset, Twenty20, Northampton, July 18

Graeme Smith and Ian Blackwell celebrate

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Eng Lions v Australians at Worcester - Jul 1-4
Australians 358 & 365/4 Eng Lions 352
Eng Women v Aus Women at Wormsley
Jul 5 (10:45 local, 09:45 GMT)
Lancs v Hants at Manchester
Jul 5 (10:45 local, 09:45 GMT)
Sussex v Gloucs at Hove
Jul 5 (10:45 local, 09:45 GMT)
Eng U19s v B'desh U19s at Scarborough
Jul 6-9 (11:00 local, 10:00 GMT)
Middlesex v Rajasthan at Lord's
Jul 6 (16:30 local, 15:30 GMT)
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