Matthew Williams (cricketer)
Matthew Collin Lee Williams (born 28 June 1990) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer. He played four first-class cricket matches and three List A cricket matches in his career for Matabeleland Tuskers and Westerns.[1]
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| Full name | Matthew Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 28, 1990 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Collin Williams (father) Patricia McKillop (mother) Michael McKillop (step brother) Sean Williams (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Westerns cricket team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal life
His father, Collin Williams was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and a former field hockey coach and his mother, Patricia McKillop is a Zimbabwean woman field hockey player who was also a key member of the Zimbabwean field hockey team which claimed gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Matthew's step brother, Michael McKillop is a Zimbabwean field hockey player and served as the captain of the national field hockey team who also played first-class cricket for Matabeleland.[4] His elder brother, Sean Williams is also cricketer who later went onto play international cricket for Zimbabwe since 2005.[5][6]
References
- "Collin Williams". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Daily, The Zimbabwe (7 November 2015). "Willaims' Olympic pain". The Zimbabwe Daily. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "Golden Girl Buckle on Moscow 1980". www.sundaynews.co.zw. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "She powered Zim to Olympics glory". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- eDuzeNet. "Sean Williams to tie the knot in Bulawayo". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Kumar, Abhishek (26 September 2015). "Sean Williams: 8 interesting things to know about the Zimbabwean". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 January 2018.