Date of birth: 09/06/1988
Based: Derbyshire
Cricketing History: I’m a self a confessed rabbit with the bat and pie chucker with the ball, so have very few proud moments actually playing the game, although bowling a ball that must have turned two foot at University (granted I was slightly drunk at the time so there is a possibility it only deviated slightly!) and hitting one miles on Blackpool Beach (again this maybe exaggerated) both have a special place in my heart.
Cricket writing: That lack of talent on the field is why I focus on the next best thing, writing about this intriguing mesmerising game. I’m a self-confessed cricket stat nerd who spends far too much of my life trawling through records and scorecards of the past. It also provides an alternative to driving the other half mad wittering on about the latest developments around the world.
On a more serious note that dream is to one day be able to leave the office grind and take up cricket writing permanently.
Allegiances: Having followed Derbyshire for almost 20 years now I can probably call myself a long-suffering fan – we just have to keep telling ourselves all the hard times make the few good times worth it, or something like that (or we were just very bad people in a past life!)
Other interests: Outside of cricket I’m a follower of most sports and I’m a sucker for pain, regularly running numerous half-marathons per year. I’m also a bit of a music festival junkie.
Allegations of choking have in many ways only serve as a vehicle to masking a series of altogether more obvious problems for South Africa, argues Matt Carter.
As impressive as New Zealand's win over Australia on Saturday evening was, there is an argument that it also served as a vehicle to highlight numerous flaws, argues Matt Carter.
One week into the Cricket World Cup 2015, Matt Carter asks whether the current format of the competition is doing the game any favours.
For so long unjustifiably in the shadows of the more celebrated Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan’s mauling of Australia arguably signified the seminal series in the career of Younus Khan.
As the build-up to next year's World Cup intensifies, Matt Carter begins a review of selected One-Day International series with a look back on South Africa's 2-0 win in New Zealand.
Alien conditions and ring rustiness undeniably played a part in Australia's first Test demise at the hands of Pakistan, nonetheless the humbling in Dubai reopened cracks that had previously been concealed.
Matt Carter gives his analysis of how Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire performed this season.
Matt Carter gives his analysis of how Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire and Leicestershire fared this season.
In their final county cricket Hot Spot discussion of the season, Matt Carter and John Pennington review the closing stages of the season and pick out some of their highlights of the year.
Middlesex survived, Lancashire didn't and Hampshire sealed promotion. Matt Carter rounds up the final round of County Championship action of the year.
Matt Carter reviews the penultimate round of LV= County Championship which saw some outstanding individual performances meaning there is still plenty to play for next week.
On Saturday, Durham will meet Warwickshire at Lord's to contest the county season’s final piece of silverware, with the latter targeting an unprecedented double and the former looking to cap a startling recent resurgence.