Matt Prior
On scorecards: MJ Prior
In-game rating: 87/99
BATTING
FIELDING
CAREER IN BRIEF
Matt Prior played 79 Tests for England in CricArcade's archive, from 2007 to 2014. The first came against West Indies at Lord's, with scores of 126 and 21, and the last against India at Lord's in 2014.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 2,709 runs at 39.3 in 54 Tests. The highest score in the archive is 131 not out from 198 balls against West Indies at Queen's Park Oval in 2009. In all: 7 hundreds, 28 fifties.
At home the average was 38.1 across 44 Tests; away it was 43.3 across 32 Tests. The most runs came against West Indies: 774 runs at 59.5 in 13 Tests. Lord's was the most frequent ground, with 14 Tests and 906 runs at 43.1. England won 33 of the Tests Matt Prior played and lost 20, with 26 drawn.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 79 Test scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131* | 198 | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval | 2009 | Drawn |
| 126* | 128 | West Indies | Lord's | 2007 | Drawn |
| 126 | 131 | Sri Lanka | Lord's | 2011 | Drawn |
| 118 | 130 | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2011 | Won |
| 110* | 182 | New Zealand | Eden Park | 2013 | Drawn |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 18 | 753 | 28.96 | 1/4 |
| India | 15 | 730 | 38.42 | 1/5 |
| West Indies | 13 | 774 | 59.54 | 2/5 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 | 493 | 37.92 | 1/3 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 384 | 48.00 | 1/2 |
| South Africa | 7 | 433 | 33.31 | 0/5 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 354 | 59.00 | 1/2 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 178 | 44.50 | 0/2 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 44 | 2,172 | 38.11 | 4/13 |
| Away | 32 | 1,777 | 43.34 | 3/14 |
| Neutral | 3 | 150 | 37.50 | 0/1 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25 | 1,390 | 42.12 | 2/11 |
| 2010s | 54 | 2,709 | 39.26 | 5/17 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord's | 14 | 906 | 43.14 | 3/4 |
| Kennington Oval | 6 | 288 | 41.14 | 0/2 |
| Trent Bridge | 6 | 253 | 28.11 | 1/1 |
| Headingley | 5 | 289 | 48.17 | 0/2 |
| Edgbaston | 4 | 61 | 20.33 | 0/0 |
| Old Trafford | 3 | 163 | 40.75 | 0/1 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v West Indies, 2007 at Lord's
- Latest in the archive: v India, 2014 at Lord's
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