Matthew Wheeler


Matthew Benjamin Harold Wheeler is a former English cricketer. Wheeler was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Windlesham, Surrey and educated at Winchester College and the University of Exeter.
Wheeler made two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in 1985 against Leicestershire at Grace Road, Leicester, and the touring Australians at the County Ground, Northampton. In the match against Leicestershire he wasn't required to bat and went wicketless. Against the Australians he again wasn't required to bat, but did take the wicket of Kepler Wessels.
After his cricket career, he has developed a successful career in sports marketing, including participation in investments in DC United and Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2009 he became a non-executive director of the Professional Cricketers Association. He was appointed non-executive chairman of the PCA in 2015.