Matthew Graham Pardoe (born 5 January 1991) is an English
cricket
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er. A left-handed opening/middle order batsman, he played for
Worcestershire.
In
Birmingham league cricket
The Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League is the oldest club cricket league in the United Kingdom, formed in 1888. It was the first ECB Premier League, being designated such in 1998, and is one of the strongest of the ECB Premier Leagues ...
, Pardoe plays for
Kidderminster Victoria. He went to Haybridge High School and having progressed through Worcestershire's academy system and played for Worcestershire's Second XI, Pardoe made his first-class debut against
Yorkshire at
New Road, Worcester
New Road is a cricket ground in the English city of Worcester. It has been the home ground of Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1896. Since October 2017 the ground has been known for sponsorship purposes as Blackfinch New Road following ...
at the start of the 2011 season, scoring 26 and 0.
In his second first-class match, against
Warwickshire at New Road, he scored 54, his maiden first-class half-century. He went on to make his second half century against Nottinghamshire finishing on 74 before being caught off the bowling of
Samit Patel.
Pardoe scored his maiden first-class century against Glamorgan in a county championship game in 2013 scoring 102 off 235 balls before being caught off the bowling of
Dean Cosker.
He plays
Minor Counties cricket for
Herefordshire, and in 2017 was county captain.
References
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1991 births
English cricketers
Worcestershire cricketers
Living people
Sportspeople from Stourbridge
English cricketers of the 21st century
Herefordshire cricketers
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