Matthew Short

Matthew Short

Australia
2023 - 2025
  • Date of Birth 1995-11-8
  • Role top-order batter
  • Batting Style right-hand bat
  • Bowling Style right-arm offbreak
Debut Matches
Format Match Date
ODI AUS vs IND 2023-09-22
T20 AUS vs SA 2023-08-30
TEST CAXI vs NZ 2015-10-29

Recent Performances

West Aust vs Victoria
2025-12-04
Batting: 62 & 62
Bowling: 0/26 & 4/57
Victoria vs West Aust
2025-12-02
Batting: 5
Bowling: 0/39
Victoria vs Queensland
2025-11-22
Batting: 25 & 54
Bowling: 1/9
India vs Australia
2025-11-08
Batting: -
Bowling: -
India vs Australia
2025-11-06
Batting: 25
Bowling: -
Australia vs India
2025-11-02
Batting: 26*
Bowling: 0/13
India vs Australia
2025-10-31
Batting: -
Bowling: -
Australia vs India
2025-10-25
Batting: 30
Bowling: 0/29
India vs Australia
2025-10-23
Batting: 74
Bowling: 0/23
India vs Australia
2025-10-19
Batting: 8
Bowling: 0/17

Batting Statistics

Matches 18
Innings 16
Runs 392
Average 24.5
Strike Rate 93.11
Highest Score 74
100s 0
50s 3
Fours 39
Sixes 11
Catches 7

Bowling Statistics

Matches 18
Innings 15
Wickets 2
Average 161.5
Economy 5.76
Strike Rate 168
Best Figure 1/39
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 336
Runs Conceded 323

Batting Statistics

Matches 21
Innings 19
Runs 382
Average 22.47
Strike Rate 155.28
Highest Score 66
100s 0
50s 1
Fours 36
Sixes 20
Catches 13

Bowling Statistics

Matches 21
Innings 7
Wickets 8
Average 17
Economy 11.33
Strike Rate 9
Best Figure 5/22
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 72
Runs Conceded 136

Batting Statistics

Matches 82
Innings 76
Runs 2188
Average 31.25
Strike Rate 89.59
Highest Score 134
100s 2
50s 13
Fours 195
Sixes 58
Catches 38

Bowling Statistics

Matches 82
Innings 62
Wickets 27
Average 64.29
Economy 5.67
Strike Rate 68
Best Figure 3/44
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 1836
Runs Conceded 1736

Batting Statistics

Matches 140
Innings 134
Runs 3431
Average 27.66
Strike Rate 147.76
Highest Score 109
100s 2
50s 23
Fours 292
Sixes 163
Catches 76

Bowling Statistics

Matches 140
Innings 91
Wickets 55
Average 29.54
Economy 7.78
Strike Rate 22.7
Best Figure 5/22
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 1253
Runs Conceded 1625
Matt Short's career was turbo-charged when he was elevated to open for the Adelaide Strikers for the 2021-22 BBL season, having previously struggled to find a consistent home for either Strikers or his previous club, Melbourne Renegades.
Since then he has become one of the most dominant performers in the league and earned Australia honours. In early 2023, he scored his maiden T20 hundred in a record BBL run chase of 230 against Hobart Hurricanes and was later named Player of the Tournament. A few months later he earned a maiden IPL deal with Punjab Kings as an injury replacement for Jonny Bairstow. The next year, Short picked up his second consecutive player-of-the-tournament honours in the BBL, comfortably leading the charts with 541 runs - nearly 200 clear of the next-best.
Short made his Australia T20I debut against South Africa in Durban in August 2023 and scored 66 off 30 balls in his second outing. An ODI debut came the following month but it was in 2024 that he found a more regular place in the side, and was part of the 2025 Champions Trophy squad, where he scored a maiden ODI fifty in a win against England.
Short has also had his moments in red-ball cricket. His maiden first-class century came for a CA XI against England in 2017-18 when he and Jason Sangha added 263 in Townsville. He had a particularly prolific domestic season in 2022-23 when he scored over 600 runs for Victoria, and was in contention for a Test spot. But after starting the following season with a century, he made three ducks in his next four innings, and since then his white-ball commitments and a run of injuries have limited his opportunities.