Matthew Alexander Scott (born 15 September 1979 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a former English cricketer. Scott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. Scott was educated at St John's College in Southsea, Portsmouth and played his cricket alongside his education there, whilst playing at Waterloovile Cricket Club, before quickly breaking into the Hampshire Colts set up as an all-rounder, playing for Hampshire Under 11s. He continued through the colts sides, being an ever present all the way through the age groups up to Under 19s and into the Hampshire 2nd XI. Scott was drawn into the acclaimed annual Jersey Under 16s Cricket Festival as a fifteen year old and opened the batting and the bowling, where he and the team had great success. He returned the next year with the team h