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Full name | Craig Russell Matthews | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 15 February 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 25 January 2006 |
Craig Russell Matthews (born 15 February 1965 is a former South African cricketer who played in 18 Test matches and 56 One Day Internationals between 1991 and 1997. [1]
Matthews was born in Cape Town, Cape Province, and attended Pinelands High School. [2]
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