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Full name Craig Murray Spearman
Born July 4, 1972, Auckland
Current age 36 years 49 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Central Districts,Gloucestershire
Nickname Spears
Batting style Right-hand bat
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Kelstone Boys High School, Auckland. Massey University, New Zealand
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
37
2
922
112
26.34
2212
41.68
1
3
115
4
21
0
ODIs
51
50
0
936
86
18.72
1202
77.87
0
5
123
9
15
0
First-class
195
351
16
12815
341
38.25
30
55
188
0
List A
274
271
9
7689
153
29.34
8
48
101
0
Twenty20
42
38
3
697
88
19.91
490
142.24
0
4
79
28
13
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
51
1
3
6
0
-
-
-
12.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
195
78
55
1
1/37
55.00
4.23
78.0
0
0
List A
274
33
43
0
-
-
-
7.81
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
42
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 8-12, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, Nov 30-Dec 4, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, Dec 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Feb 11, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1993/94
Last First-class
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Northampton, Jun 6-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1993/94
Last List A
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Milton Keynes, Jun 17, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Craig Spearman made his debut for New Zealand as an opening batsman in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch. Despite reasonable success over the years, he struggled to secure a top-order batting position, and was mainly preferred for one-day matches. He scored a solitary Test hundred, 112 against Zimbabwe, and an average of only 26 did his talent no justice. Despite being considered as something of a one-day specialist he only averaged 18.72 in that form of the game. Spearman, who has a business-studies degree, decided to give up his New Zealand career in 2001, after 19 Tests and 51 one-dayers, for a career in banking, which brought him to London. It was there that John Bracewell, Gloucestershire coach at the time, asked if he fancied a few games at Bristol. He has not looked back since, and after a fairly ordinary international career has become one of the county's most consistent batsmen. In June 2004 he scored 341 for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in the County Championship, eclipsing a 128-year-old record previously held by WG Grace for the highest score by a Gloucestershire player. He committed his future to the county by signing a four-year contract at the end of 2004, and scored 1370 runs in the Championship in the 2006 season.
Freddie Auld September 2006
