Matt Lineker

Matthew Steven "Matt" Lineker (born 12 January 1985 in Derby, England) is an English cricketer, a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who played for Derbyshire; he is currently a free agent. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire against Essex in August 2011. Lineker signed a summer contract with Derbyshire in 2010 for the 2011 season. Lineker had been a regular scorer in the Derbyshire Premier League before signing for Derbyshire.^[1][2]

Matt Lineker

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Steven Lineker
Born	(1985-01-22) 22 January 1985 (age 40) Derby, Derbyshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–2012	Derbyshire
First-class debut	23 August 2011 Derbyshire v Essex
List A debut	29 August 2011 Derbyshire v Kent
Career statistics
Competition FC LA Matches 10 6 Runs scored 326 362 Batting average 19.17 58.66 100s/50s 0/1 2/1 Top score 71 132 Balls bowled 12 - Wickets 0 - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 8/0 1/0
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2013

County career

Lineker made his first-class debut against Essex on 23 August 2011. He opened the Derbyshire innings along with Martin Guptill and went for a fourteen-ball duck as Derbyshire made only 132 in the innings. In the second innings he performed slightly better hitting 16 runs from 39 balls in a drawn match at Chelmsford.^[3] He made his one-day cricket debut three days later against Kent. He made 13 runs from 23 balls opening with Chesney Hughes as Derbyshire chased 209 for victory. Derbyshire won the match by 3 wickets.^[4] He was released after just one season at Derbyshire.

Since then he has played for the Unicorns side in one-day cricket, scoring his maiden century in August 2013 against Yorkshire after notching his first half-century earlier in the season against Middlesex. He followed this up immediately with another century, this time going on to make 132 against Leicestershire at Leicester.