Matthew Richard Quinn (born 28 February 1993) is a New Zealand born

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er who plays for

Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Ke ...

. Quinn was born in New Zealand and played for

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, making his

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debut in February 2013 in the

2012–13 Ford Trophy The 2012–13 Ford Trophy was the 42nd season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the second in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 26 February 2013 to 30 Mar ...

. At the end of 2015, he signed a three-year contract with

Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex. Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 when ...

. Quinn has a

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so is not regarded as an overseas player. On 5 May 2021, Quinn joined

on loan for their next four matches in the

2021 County Championship The 2021 County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament, the teams were split into ...

. On 16 June 2021, Quinn signed a three-year contract with Kent to start from 2022 and also rejoined on loan for the remainder of the 2021 season.

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* 1993 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Auckland cricketers Cricketers from Auckland Essex cricketers English cricketers New Zealand emigrants to England New Zealand expatriate cricketers in England Kent cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1990s-stub