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Mark Gillespie (New Zealand cricketer)

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Mark Gillespie
Personal information
Full name
Mark Raymond Gillespie
Born (1979-10-17) 17 October 1979 (age 45)
Wanganui, New Zealand
Nickname"Dizzy"
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 235)16 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test11 December 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 145)28 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI13 January 2009 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–presentWellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 5 32 78 109
Runs scored 76 93 1367 447
Batting average 10.85 15.50 16.46 11.17
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/0
Top score 28 28 81* 31
Balls bowled 868 1,521 15,495 5,337
Wickets 22 37 326 173
Bowling average 28.68 37.00 27.11 26.68
5 wickets in innings 3 0 17 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 2 n/a
Best bowling 6/113 4/58 6/41 6/38
Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/– 18/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 June 2013
For the Irish cricketer also called Mark Gillespie, see Mark Gillespie (Irish cricketer)

Mark Raymond Gillespie (born 17 October 1979 in Wanganui) is a member of the New Zealand cricket team. 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.

Gillespie has the second best bowling figures in men's Twenty20 Internationals with 4/7, 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]

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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