After a 13-year career, Australia’s captain for their most recent tour to India, Matthew Wade, announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday. However, the aggressive left-handed hitter would keep playing in international franchise leagues, the BBL, and domestic white-ball cricket. Wade has also made the decision to become a coach, and he has already been hired to train Australia’s fielding and wicket-keeping in the T20I series against Pakistan.
Matthew Wade, who was constantly vying for a berth in the starting lineup across all formats, ultimately solidified his position in Australia’s T20I squad by being instrumental in their first-ever T20 World Cup victory in the United Arab Emirates in 2021. Wade cemented his dominance as a finisher in the semi-final of that edition with a knock of 41* off 17 balls against Pakistan.
1. Matthew Wade 130* runs vs Adelaide Strikers
In the 2020 BBL season, Matthew Wade smashed 130 runs against Adelaide Strikers, which helped the Hobart Hurricanes win this game. After Hobart won the toss, captain Wade chose to bat first. He gave D’Arcy Short a huge opening partnership of 203 runs, proving that the choice was correct. Hobart scored 217 runs and ultimately won the game by 10 runs because of their outstanding opening partnership. The Hurricanes captain’s spectacular century earned him the title of player of the match.
2. Matthew Wade 93 runs vs Sydney Sixers
This was yet another challenge from skipper Wade, who gave his team a huge boost to defeat the Sydney Sixers. The narrative is strikingly identical to the previous innings, in which Wade chose to bat first after winning the toss for Hobart. With 111 runs for the first wicket, he and D’Arcy Short once again got the innings off to a strong start. With 93 runs out of those 111, Matthew Wade demonstrated complete dominance as the wicketkeeper-batter. Ultimately, Hobart prevailed by 44 runs (D/L method).
3. Matthew Wade 88 runs vs Adelaide Strikers
Matthew Wade enjoys batting against the Adelaide Strikers is this knock. In 2019, when the Hurricanes were batting first, he played this innings against the Strikers at Launceston. Once more, Wade took the lead and scored 88 runs and had partnership with other batters. Hobart was able to score 169 runs in the first innings thanks to his efforts, which they were ultimately unable to contain.
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