Mark Gillespie      

New Zealand

Full name Mark Raymond Gillespie

Born October 17, 1979, Wanganui

Current age 30 years 358 days

Major teams New Zealand, Wellington

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	3	5	1	25	16*	6.25	89	28.08	0	0	3	0	0	0
ODIs	32	14	8	93	28	15.50	118	78.81	0	0	8	1	6	0
T20Is	11	6	4	21	7	10.50	29	72.41	0	0	0	0	1	0
First-class	53	66	11	915	81*	16.63			0	3			8	0
List A	92	53	20	375	28	11.36			0	0			16	0
Twenty20	13	8	4	27	7	6.75	35	77.14	0	0	0	0	1	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	4	516	380	11	5/136	6/142	34.54	4.41	46.9	1	1	0
ODIs	32	31	1521	1369	37	4/58	4/58	37.00	5.40	41.1	1	0	0
T20Is	11	10	210	255	10	4/7	4/7	25.50	7.28	21.0	1	0	0
First-class	53		9796	5200	213	6/42		24.41	3.18	45.9		10	0
List A	92		4440	3825	131	5/35	5/35	29.19	5.16	33.8	4	1	0
Twenty20	13	12	256	323	13	4/7	4/7	24.84	7.57	19.6	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, Nov 16-18, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin, Dec 11-15, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Dec 28, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Jan 13, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	Central Districts v Wellington at Napier, Mar 12-15, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Canterbury v Wellington at Christchurch, Feb 9, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Wellington v Northern Districts at Wellington, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard

Profile

With a run-up reminiscent of Bob Willis or even Dennis Lillee - albeit without the pace of either - Gillespie has shone in New Zealand domestic cricket as a specialist bowler at the death. In Wellington's 2005-06 season he took 43 wickets at 23.16. The promise he has shown was nearly cut short in 2005 when he was struck below the eye, suffering multiple fractures and a smashed eye socket while batting against Canterbury. He represented New Zealand A in the Top-End series in 2006 and was rewarded with a place in New Zealand's Champions Trophy squad in October 2006 but was not given a chance to play. When he did get his opportunity, in the home series against Sri Lanka, he showed signs that his domestic form could translate to the international arena and his 3 for 39 from ten overs in New Zealand's 189-run loss at Auckland was especially impressive. He followed it up with a good, if at times inconsistent, tri-series in Australia, where he deceived some batsmen with his pace but leaked too many runs on a couple of occasions. A viral infection in his right shoulder restricted him to two wicketless outings at his first World Cup but his promising start was enough to earn him a national contract for 2007-08 and a place at the ICC World Twenty20 where he claimed six wickets and destroyed Kenya with 4 for 7. Yet another injury to Shane Bond handed Gillespie his first crack at Test cricket, and he responded with 5 for 136 in the second Test against South Africa at Centurion.thanks crickinfo.com