Matthew James John Critchley (born 13 August 1996) is an English

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er, playing for

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having signed for them from

Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falco ...

. He made his first-class debut on 3 May 2015 in the 2015 County Championship against Glamorgan. In his second game, he became the youngest player to score a century for Derbyshire. He made his

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debut on 21 May 2016 for Derbyshire against Lancashire Lightning in the

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. Critchley signed a two-year contract extension with Derbyshire in July 2020. In October 2021 it was announced that Critchley had joined

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on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. In April 2022, he was bought by the

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for the 2022 season of The Hundred. In 2023, Critchley played six games for the

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in the 2022-23 Big Bash. He was then drafted into

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to play for them in The 3rd Series of The Hundred 2023.

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* 1996 births Living people Cricketers from Preston, Lancashire Derbyshire cricketers English cricketers North v South cricketers Welsh Fire cricketers Essex cricketers Melbourne Renegades cricketers London Spirit cricketers 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub