Matt Horne

This article is about the New Zealand cricketer. For the Canadian snowboarder, see Matt Horne (snowboarder). For the English actor, see Mathew Horne.

Matt Horne

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Jeffery Horne
Born	5 December 1970 (1970-12-05) (age 54) Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	Noelene Swinton (mother) Phil Horne (brother) Ben Horne (nephew)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1997–2003)
Test debut(cap  201)	14 February 1997 v  England
Last Test	3 May 2003 v  Sri Lanka
ODI debut(cap  99)	25 March 1997 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	27 April 2002 v  Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team

Representing   New Zealand
Men's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	List-A cricket

Matthew Jeffery Horne (born 5 December 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 35 Test matches and 50 One Day Internationals from 1997 to 2003. Horne was an attacking right-handed opening batsman who possessed an unusually high backlift.

Early life and family

Horne was born in Takapuna on 5 December 1970, ^[1] the son of Noelene Rae Horne (née Swinton), who represented New Zealand in the high jump, and Valentine Arthur Horne. ^{[2] [3]} His older brother Phil also played international cricket for New Zealand. ^[4]

Domestic career

In the 1995–96 Shell Trophy final he made 190 to hand Auckland the championship. The following season he moved to Otago and after a prolific season he was welcomed into the New Zealand side.

During the 2003–04 he and Aaron Barnes added a record 347* for the fifth wicket against Northern Districts at Eden Park.

International career

He made his Test debut in February 1997 and made his maiden Test hundred soon after, against Australia at Hobart in summer of 1997–98. He made 3 more hundreds in his international career, two against Zimbabwe and a vital one at Lord's in 1999 to help give them a rare away series win. After nine Tests without a half century he lost his place in the side and only played occasionally from there on in.

Horne, along with Nathan Astle, currently holds the record for a 4th wicket partnership for New Zealand totalling 243 runs against Zimbabwe in Auckland during the 1997–1998 season.

After cricket

He retired from all forms of competitive cricket in May 2006. He is currently a high performance coach with Auckland cricket. ^[5]

References

1. Matt Horne  at ESPNcricinfo
2. "Swinton Family Society" . Retrieved 11 August 2022.
3. "Noelene Swinton". New Zealand Olympic Committee.
4. Phil Horne  at ESPNcricinfo
5. "Auckland Cricket". aucklandcricket.co.nz. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

External links

• Matt Horne  at ESPNcricinfo
• Matt Horne at the New Zealand Olympic Committee