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Full name Matthew Hendrik Wessels
Born November 12, 1985, Australia
Current age 23 years 362 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
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 66 | 108 | 7 | 3037 | 109 | 30.06 | 4829 | 62.89 | 4 | 20 | 127 | 11 | ||
| List A | 69 | 65 | 7 | 1565 | 100 | 26.98 | 1632 | 95.89 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 668 | 66* | 23.03 | 509 | 131.23 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 66 | 18 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| List A | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twenty20 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class debut | 2004 |
| Last First-class | Northamptonshire v Leicestershire at Northampton, Sep 23-25, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2005 |
| Last List A | Kent v Northamptonshire at Canterbury, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Northamptonshire v Sussex at Birmingham, Aug 15, 2009 scorecard |
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.
- O'Brien and Wessels dominate Surrey (Sep 10, 2009)
- Trescothick and Kieswetter fight for Somerset (Aug 29, 2009)
- Swann soars as Notts romp to victory (May 29, 2009)
- O'Brien and Wessels commit to Northants (Nov 7, 2008)
- Warwickshire sign off with style (Sep 27, 2008)
Apr 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
© Getty Images
Jul 18, 2005
Graeme Smith and Ian Blackwell celebrate
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