Dirk Wellham

Australia

Full name Dirk MacDonald Wellham

Born March 13, 1959, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales

Current age 58 years 136 days

Major teams Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Batting style Right-hand bat

Relation Uncle - WA Wellham

Explore Dirk Wellham's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	11	0	257	103	23.36	768	33.46	1	0	27	0	5
ODIs	17	17	2	379	97	25.26	699	54.22	0	1	16	0	8
First-class	148	240	35	8662	167	42.25			16	53			68
List A	68	61	7	1624	97	30.07			0	13			25

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	148		54	25	1	1/11		25.00	2.77	54.0		0	0
List A	68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 27-Sep 1, 1981 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 10-15, 1987 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Dec 17, 1981 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v England at Sharjah, Apr 9, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1980/81 - 1993/94
List A span	1980/81 - 1993/94

Profile

One of only two men to score hundreds on first-class and Test debut, Dirk Wellham was a gifted young player thrust into the national team at 22 after five first-class matches for New South Wales. Picked for two Ashes tours, he played the sixth Test of his first trip in 1981, Wisden describing him as "sturdy, pugnacious and well organised". In the second innings at The Oval he was camped on 99 for 25 minutes, including being dropped by Geoffrey Boycott, before becoming the first Australian since Harry Graham in 1893 to reach a century on debut in England. It would remain his highest score in a six-Test career that also ended against England when he made 17 and 1 at the SCG in 1986-87.

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Apr 1, 1981