Inducted Into The Hall Of Fame: A Tribute To The Amazing Christina Matthews
Christina Matthews was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on 30 January, 2025 minutes before the opening match of the Ashes Test. Read this article to know about the highlights of her career.

Christina Matthews, an Australian former cricketer and a long-time cricket administrator was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on January 30 just 30 minutes before the toss of the opening match of the Ashes Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground. She is an Honorary member and a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
“Thank you to all my teammates who have been part of making this happen, those coaches who helped me enormously”.
“I had a choice where it could be presented and I didn’t hesitate to choose this, such a historic occasion. And being from Melbourne myself, the MCG looms large as kind of the iconic ground in the world. So to be part of this and to be recognized in such a great environment is just incredible.
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“I did play the World Cup final here, which we won in 1988 and I think I spent the whole day just looking around. There’ll be plenty more people here today than there were then. But to get to play on this ground was an unbelievable dream.” Matthews said upon receiving the trophy.
With that being said, Matthews has had a phenomenal career since her debut in 1984 in both Tests and ODIs. Let’s look at the highlights of her career.
Christina Matthews: Career Highlights

Christina Matthews is a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. She holds the record for the most dismissals (58) by a wicketkeeper in Women’s Test Matches and she’s also Australia’s most capped female Test player. She has played the most Test matches for Australia which is 20 and played 47 ODIs.
Matthews played 2 World Cups for Australia in 1988 and 1993 out of which they won the 1988 World Cup title.
The Aussie is best known for her contribution as a leading administrator despite having a bunch of records under her name. She was a part of Australia’s women’s selection panel from 2007 to 2011. She was also the Chief Executive Officer Of WA Cricket in 2012 and had a marvellous success for about 12 years.
After stepping down as chief executive, she was elected as the first female president of the Australian Cricketers Association in 2024.
Career Stats
Competition | WTests | WODI | WFC | WLA |
Matches | 20 | 47 | 45 | 87 |
Runs Scored | 180 | 141 | 569 | 239 |