Matthew Wade
Wicketkeeper
Did you know?
He overcame testicular cancer when he was just 16.
Matthew Wade
Wicketkeeper
Did you know?
He overcame testicular cancer when he was just 16.
Matthew Wade
Wicketkeeper
Did you know?
He overcame testicular cancer when he was just 16.
Wicketkeeper
Bats Left Hand.
Bowls Right Arm Medium
Hobart
Australia
TAS
Clarence
Bio
The son of former Hawthorn player Scott Wade and cousin of Melbourne AFL player Jeremy Howe, Matthew Wade was also a talented footballer growing up in Tasmania before he moved to Victoria to further his cricket career.
Having overcome testicular cancer when he was just 16, the wicketkeeper batsman arrived in Victoria with a fresh perspective on life and within two seasons he had established himself as the first choice wicketkeeper.
He made 83 and took six catches on first-class debut in 2007 and scored a crucial 96 to guide the Bushrangers to victory in the 2009-10 Sheffield Shield final.
He scored 677 runs that season and another 553 the following summer to earn an international Twenty20 call-up before he made his Test debut in the West Indies in 2012 after Brad Haddin returned home due to personal reasons.
Wade took his chance, scoring 106 in the third Test and then posting an unbeaten 102 against Sri Lanka in the 2013 New Year’s Test.
But he lost his Test spot after his form with bat and gloves dropped on the tour of India, with Haddin returning to the side as vice-captain for the Ashes series.
Test Stats
ODI Stats
T20 Intl Stats
Latest Videos
Wade smacks record-breaking ton in Townsville
Sit back and enjoy some scintillating batting from Tasmania's Matthew Wade in his record-breaking JLT One-Day Cup century in Townsville
Wade starts JLT Cup with a bang for Tasmania
Matthew Wade found form quickly against his former side as he smashed the fastest ever ODI century by a Tasmanian at domestic level
Wade reflects on classic domestic one-day run-out
Matthew Wade reflects on a stunning effort in the field during a domestic one-dayer - surely a contender for greatest run-out ever!
Latest News
World Cup in focus for in-form Wade
Discarded 'keeper-batsman offers casual reminder to selectors after stunning hundred
Test dream over, Wade eyes World Cup
Matthew Wade has his sights set on a limited-overs return, while he has revealed his days behind the stumps in first-class cricket are limited
'I hope we don't try and play like NZ': Wade
Tasmania keeper urges Australia not to lose their spirited edge in the fallout from the ball-tampering scandal
