Mathew William Hunter Inness (born 13 January 1978) is a former

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er, representing Australian domestic teams Victoria and

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and English county side

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. Born in

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, Victoria, Inness made his first-class debut for Victoria in the 1997/98 season, earning the nickname "Min". A right-handed lower-order batsmen and left-arm fast medium bowler, Inness could move the ball both ways in the air and can get plenty of cut off the seam. Inness had a series of injury setbacks throughout his career, keeping him on the fringe of his state teams. During the 2003/04 season Inness contracted a bout of

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, putting him out of action for the rest of the season. Inness transferred to Western Australia to continue his career and played in three one day matches and fourteen

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matches for Western Australia. He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season to become a conditioning coach for the Warriors. Inness is currently the strength and conditioning coach for

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(VFL) club Williamstown and is a

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candidate at Victoria University in Melbourne.

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Western Australia cricketers Victoria cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England 1978 births Living people Australian cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne People from East Melbourne {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub

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