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Full name Gregory John Mail
Born April 29, 1978, Penrith, New South Wales
Current age 30 years 166 days
Major teams New South Wales
Nickname Junk
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Height
1.91 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
65
120
5
3745
176
32.56
9841
38.05
8
17
61
0
List A
8
6
1
115
58
23.00
184
62.50
0
1
5
1
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
65
725
466
13
4/18
35.84
3.85
55.7
0
0
List A
8
1
4
0
-
-
-
24.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
List A span
2000/01 - 2004/05
Profile
A cautious and long-serving opening batsman, Greg Mail's most successful season came in 2003-04 when he hit three centuries and finished with 754 runs. He struggled to keep pace over the next three summers and had a horror 2006-07, when his five Pura Cup games brought 121 runs at 13.44 with a highest score of 27. However, he has consistently starred in Sydney's grade cricket and the 1225 runs he made for Sydney University two years ago broke an 87-year-old club record. In four Pura Cup appearances in 2007-08 he added another century, 125 versus Victoria, and attracted interest from South Australia. However, he decided to stay in Sydney to push for opportunities in the expected absences of Phil Jaques and Simon Katich.
Mail began his career in 1999-2000 after Mark Taylor and Rodney Davison had departed, and had regular opportunities to settle, but he has rarely been in the first-choice XI when the international players have returned. A fine fielder who was at the Academy in 1999, Mail has made only a handful of one-day appearances as his determined style is more suited to the longer games. Off the field, he has studied law and advanced science and his general knowledge makes some team-mates complain he knows everything. Cricinfo staff September 2008
