Mark Gillespie (New Zealand cricketer)

Mark Gillespie
Personal information
Full name Mark Raymond Gillespie
Born (1979-10-17) 17 October 1979
Wanganui, New Zealand
Nickname "Dizzy"
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting Right-handed batsman
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 235) 16 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test 23 March 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 145) 28 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 13 January 2009 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 20) 22 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I 13 June 2008 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–present Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I List A
Matches 5 32 11 103
Runs scored 76 93 21 430
Batting average 10.85 15.50 10.50 11.62
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 28 28 7 31
Balls bowled 868 1,521 210 5,046
Wickets 22 37 10 157
Bowling average 28.68 37.00 25.50 27.67
5 wickets in innings 3 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/113 4/58 0 5/35
Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/– 1/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2009

Mark Raymond Gillespie (born 17 October 1979 in Wanganui) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He came to the selectors attention in the 2005-06 season with 43 wickets at 23.16 for Wellington. He then played for New Zealand A in the Top-End series of 2006 before being included in New Zealand's squad of 14 for the Champions Trophy.

Domestic career

Gillespie's nickname is the Tawa Terror as he plays for the Tawa Cricket Club.

International career

Gillespie has the second best bowling figures in men's Twenty20 Internationals with 4/7 until 2009, during New Zealand's 9 wicket win over Kenya in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[1]

On his Test Match debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against South Africa at Centurion in 2007.[2]

International record

Test 5 Wicket hauls

#FiguresMatchOpponentVenueCityCountryYear
15/1361 South AfricaSuperSport ParkCenturionSouth Africa2007
25/594 South AfricaSeddon ParkHamiltonNew Zealand2012
36/1135 South AfricaBasin ReserveWellingtonNew Zealand2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Records - Twenty20 Internationals - Best figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  2. ↑ "2nd Test: South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, Nov 16-18, 2007". espncricinfo. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
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