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Mark Craig
Personal information
Full name
Mark Donald Craig
Born (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 265)8 June 2014 v West Indies
Last Test26 June 2014 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–presentOtago
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 3 24 3 16
Runs scored 128 705 42 15
Batting average 39.00 23.50 14.00 7.50
100s/50s 0/1 0/4 0/0 0/0
Top score 67 93 22 7
Balls bowled 426 3,769 132 228
Wickets 12 51 4 7
Bowling average 39.50 42.35 36.00 45.57
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/91 5/56 3/39 3/29
Catches/stumpings 2/– 20/– 2/– 10/–
Source: espncricinfo, 28 June 2014

Mark Donald Craig (born 23 March 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Otago. A spin bowler, he bowls right-arm off spin, and bats left-handed. He made his Test cricket debut for New Zealand against the West Indies in June 2014, winning the man of the match award for match bowling figures of 8 for 188.[1] Craig has also shown himself to be a handy batsman,contributing decent scores for his team in back to the wall situations,also becoming the first cricketer in Test cricket to hit his first ball faced for six with the bat.[2]

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand tour of West Indies, 1st Test: West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Jun 8-12, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Mark Craig and other batsmen who smashed six off first ball faced in an innings". Cricket County. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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