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Matthew Bacon

Cricket player · Bowler · New Zealand

Matthew Bacon

Matthew Bacon appears in 25 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (25 Oct 2025 to 1 Nov 2026). 119 runs in 16 innings. 39 wickets from 204.3 overs. 129 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
New Zealand
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Born
13 Apr 1993 Age 33
Recorded matches
12915 internationals

Matthew Bacon is a bowler from New Zealand with 129 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 15 internationals (15 ODIs).

Batting: 556 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in First-class cricket (271) and the highest recorded score is 47.

Bowling: 182 wickets in recorded matches, 83 of them in List A cricket, with 4 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Matthew Bacon: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
ODI1510701510.0064.20/01253.506.160
T20 (league and domestic)481351157.2987.90/05028.888.781
First-class16222714718.0759.00/03736.653.561
List A50281642011.7163.80/08322.725.332

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Matthew Bacon at a glance

FairPlay holds 25 complete scorecards featuring Matthew Bacon, most recently for Otago Volts (T20 and shorter, one-day, first-class).

In those matches Matthew Bacon batted 16 times for 119 runs at a strike rate of 65.75. The highest score was 32 off 39 balls against Wellington Firebirds.

With the ball: 39 wickets from 204.3 overs, an economy rate of 4.83. Best figures: 3 for 23 against Wellington Firebirds.

How the 10 dismissals happened: bowled 5, caught 2, LBW 2, run out 1.

These matches were played at 8 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
1661193211.9065.750/0
Bowling
27204.319988393/234.83

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
1 Nov 2026Otago Volts v Central StagsBat 15* (21) · Bowl 3/25 (8.5)
30 Oct 2026Wellington Firebirds v Otago VoltsBat – · Bowl 3/41 (9)
27 Mar 2026Otago Volts v Wellington FirebirdsBat 32 (39) · Bowl 3/23 (7.2) & 1/34 (9)
18 Mar 2026Otago Volts v Northern BraveBat – · Bowl 3/48 (17)
28 Feb 2026Canterbury Kings v Otago VoltsBat 13* (21) · Bowl 2/44 (10)
17 Feb 2026Otago Volts v Auckland AcesBat 7* (14) · Bowl 0/23 (5)
13 Feb 2026Central Stags v Otago VoltsBat – · Bowl –
7 Feb 2026Otago Volts v Wellington FirebirdsBat 7* (7) · Bowl 3/43 (10)
4 Feb 2026Otago Volts v Northern BraveBat 10 (18) · Bowl 1/54 (8)
24 Jan 2026Central Stags v Otago VoltsBat 9 (9) · Bowl 0/19 (4)
18 Jan 2026Otago Volts v Northern BraveBat – · Bowl 0/50 (4)
15 Jan 2026Otago Volts v Wellington FirebirdsBat – · Bowl 1/24 (3)
12 Jan 2026Otago Volts v Auckland AcesBat 0* (1) · Bowl 1/26 (4)
9 Jan 2026Wellington Firebirds v Otago VoltsBat – · Bowl 1/42 (4)
6 Jan 2026Auckland Aces v Otago VoltsBat 2 (2) · Bowl 2/30 (4)
4 Jan 2026Northern Brave v Otago VoltsBat – · Bowl 1/37 (4)
30 Dec 2025Otago Volts v Central StagsBat – · Bowl 1/36 (4)
28 Dec 2025Otago Volts v Canterbury KingsBat 0 (2) · Bowl 1/35 (4)
26 Nov 2025Otago Volts v Canterbury KingsBat 0 (1) · Bowl 1/67 (20) & 0/18 (3)
18 Nov 2025Wellington Firebirds v Otago VoltsBat 11* (12) · Bowl 1/17 (9) & 3/53 (13)
12 Nov 2025Northern Brave v Otago VoltsBat – · Bowl 0/29 (6)
8 Nov 2025Wellington Firebirds v Otago VoltsBat 1 (3) · Bowl 2/49 (9.2)
3 Nov 2025Otago Volts v Central StagsBat 8 (15) · Bowl 1/44 (10)
30 Oct 2025Auckland Aces v Otago VoltsBat 1 (12) · Bowl 3/43 (10)
25 Oct 2025Canterbury Kings v Otago VoltsBat 3 (4) · Bowl 1/34 (5)

Otago Volts's next match

Northern Brave v Otago Volts, The Ford Trophy, 8 Nov 2026 at Cobham Oval (New).

The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Matthew Bacon has been selected.

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