Matthew William

Matthew William

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Arthur William
Born	(1976-12-31) 31 December 1976 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Off spin
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2004	Malaysia
Only FC	23 April 2004 Malaysia v Nepal
LA debut	17 March 1998 Malaysia v Pakistan International Airlines
Last LA	14 September 1998 Malaysia v Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition FC LA ICC T Matches 1 7 9 Runs scored 43 124 173 Batting average 21.50 17.71 24.71 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 Top score 27 45 58 Balls bowled 0 39 6 Wickets – 0 0 Bowling average – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling – – – Catches/stumpings 1/0 4/0 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 15 January 2008

Matthew Arthur William (born 31 December 1976) is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1995 and 2004.

Biography

Born in Sabah in 1976, Matthew William made his debut for Malaysia in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore in 1995. He did not play for them in 1996, returning for the same series in February 1997. He represented Malaysia at the 1997 ICC Trophy, which was played in Kuala Lumpur.

After playing in the Saudara Cup match for the only time in September 1997, he made his List A debut in 1998, playing four matches for Malaysia in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day tournament. Later in the year he represented Malaysia in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, hosted in Kuala Lumpur. After playing in the ACC Trophy in Nepal that year, he missed 1999, and played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series for the final time in 2000.

He also played in the ACC Trophy tournaments of 2000, 2002, and 2004. The 2004 tournament was the last time, to date, that he played for Malaysia. He played his only first-class match in 2004, an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Nepal.