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Mervyn Dillon
West Indies
Player profile
Full name Mervyn Dillon
Born June 5, 1974, Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad
Current age 34 years 129 days
Major teams West Indies, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago
Playing role Bowler
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 |
38 |
68 |
3 |
549 |
43 |
8.44 |
1381 |
39.75 |
0 |
0 |
76 |
7 |
16 |
0 |
| ODIs |
108 |
51 |
20 |
227 |
21* |
7.32 |
411 |
55.23 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
20 |
0 |
| First-class |
91 |
143 |
16 |
1052 |
52 |
8.28 |
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0 |
1 |
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35 |
0 |
| List A |
161 |
83 |
29 |
459 |
41 |
8.50 |
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0 |
0 |
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35 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
8* |
9.00 |
9 |
100.00 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
38 |
66 |
8704 |
4398 |
131 |
5/71 |
8/123 |
33.57 |
3.03 |
66.4 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| ODIs |
108 |
107 |
5480 |
4218 |
130 |
5/29 |
5/29 |
32.44 |
4.61 |
42.1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| First-class |
91 |
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17001 |
8500 |
291 |
6/40 |
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29.20 |
2.99 |
58.4 |
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7 |
0 |
| List A |
161 |
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7918 |
5713 |
188 |
5/29 |
5/29 |
30.38 |
4.32 |
42.1 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
8 |
7 |
126 |
136 |
6 |
3/30 |
3/30 |
22.66 |
6.47 |
21.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Mar 14-18, 1997 scorecard |
| Last Test |
South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, Jan 16-20, 2004 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
South Africa v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 3, 1997 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Jan 26, 2005 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1996/97 |
| Last First-class |
Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Kingston, Apr 24-26, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1996/97 |
| Last List A |
Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Bridgetown, Oct 28, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Cayman Islands v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Jul 25, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Feb 22, 2008 scorecard |
Mervyn Dillon has long been labelled as the natural successor to Courtney Walsh. His action has a hint of the same well-oiled efficiency, and he takes a high percentage of wickets with the ball that angles in then just holds its own. But Dillon has neither the deceptive pace of the young Walsh nor the matchless craft of the later model. He remains an adequate stock bowler who, in another era, would hardly qualify for the new ball. Nevertheless, he did everything that was asked of him during West Indies' series victory over India in 2001-02, leading the attack with a rarely-witnessed passion, and bowling his side to victory at Bridgetown and Kingston. His bowling fell away after that, and the emergence of a number of younger, quicker bowlers meant that Dillon's place was no longer secure. He was left out after the series in South Africa in 2003-04, but made it into the Champions Trophy squad, and took a career-best 5 for 29 against Bangladesh at the Rose Bowl, although injury ruled him out of the rest of the tournament.
Simon Briggs (September 2004)
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Portrait of Mervyn Dillon
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Dec 1, 2007 |
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Inzamam-ul-Haq bludgeons a Mervyn Dillon delivery
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Nov 25, 2007 |
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Brian Lara and Mervyn Dillon of the ICL Mumbai Champs address the media
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