Matthew Mott

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Matthew Peter Mott (born 3 October 1973 in Charleville, Queensland) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Victoria Bushrangers and Queensland Bulls. He was part of the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide in 1995.

A left handed batsman, he made his first-class debut in 1994-95, playing for Queensland. He was in and out of the side but made a crucial 86 in Queensland's 1996-97 Sheffield Shield Final. He relocated to Victoria for the 1998-99 season and performed well, cementing his spot in the upper order. His first season included centuries against New South Wales and Western Australia. He made 841 first-class runs the following summer to help Victoria reach the final for the first time in nine years. A highlight of his career with Victoria was a 223 run opening partnership with Jason Arnberger.^[1] He finished his 66 game career in 2004 with 3723 runs at 33.84 with 7 hundreds.^[2]

Mott has been appointed of the New South Wales Blues for the 2007-08 after two years as assistant coach. ^[3] In his first season as coach, NEw South Wales won the Pura Cup.

In March 2007 Mott married girlfriend Taryn Ball in a outdoor ceremony at Salt Resort in NSW.

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