Full name Phillip Anthony Jason DeFreitas
Born February 18, 1966, Scotts Head, Dominica
Current age 53 years 294 days
Major teams England, Boland, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 44 | 68 | 5 | 934 | 88 | 14.82 | 1691 | 55.23 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
ODIs | 103 | 66 | 23 | 690 | 67 | 16.04 | 823 | 83.83 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 26 | 0 |
First-class | 372 | 533 | 50 | 10991 | 123* | 22.75 | 10 | 54 | 127 | 0 | ||||
List A | 479 | 346 | 67 | 5181 | 90 | 18.56 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 11 | 9 | 1 | 63 | 18 | 7.87 | 72 | 87.50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 44 | 76 | 9838 | 4700 | 140 | 7/70 | 9/165 | 33.57 | 2.86 | 70.2 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
ODIs | 103 | 103 | 5712 | 3775 | 115 | 4/35 | 4/35 | 32.82 | 3.96 | 49.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 372 | 72073 | 34809 | 1248 | 7/21 | 27.89 | 2.89 | 57.7 | 61 | 6 | |||
List A | 479 | 23007 | 15054 | 539 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 27.92 | 3.92 | 42.6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | |
T20s | 11 | 10 | 150 | 217 | 9 | 3/39 | 3/39 | 24.11 | 8.68 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v England at Brisbane, Nov 14-19, 1986 scorecard |
Last Test | England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 8-11, 1995 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Australia v England at Perth, Jan 1, 1987 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Australia at The Oval, May 24, 1997 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1985 |
Last First-class | Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, May 11-14, 2005 scorecard |
List A debut | 1985 |
Last List A | Leicestershire v Somerset at Leicester, Aug 29, 2004 scorecard |
T20s debut | Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard |
Last T20s | Faisalabad Wolves v PCA Masters XI at Leicester, Sep 17, 2005 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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0/13, 45 | Eng Masters | v Ind Masters | Bridgetown | 9 Nov 2010 | Other T20 |
31 | Eng Masters | v Ind Masters | Bridgetown | 7 Nov 2010 | Other T20 |
0 | Eng Masters | v SL Masters | Bridgetown | 6 Nov 2010 | Other T20 |
1/17 | Eng Masters | v WI Masters | Bridgetown | 5 Nov 2010 | Other T20 |
0/17, 2 | Eng Masters | v SA Masters | Bridgetown | 5 Dec 2009 | Other T20 |
9, 0/18 | Eng Masters | v SA Masters | Bridgetown | 4 Dec 2009 | Other T20 |
1/31 | Eng Masters | v WI Masters | Bridgetown | 30 Nov 2009 | Other T20 |
0/28, 0 | PCA XI | v Aus Masters | Wormsley | 8 Sep 2009 | Other T20 |
2, 0c/0s | PCA XI | v World Mast. | London | 2 Sep 2009 | Other T20 |
0/18 | PCA XI | v Scotland | Wormsley | 30 May 2009 | Other T20 |
With a side-on squint-cum-grimace, DeFreitas flings himself at the crease and throws both arms skywards at the same time. No matter that his action wouldn't win any beauty contests: at his peak, around 1991, he was one of England's most consistent seamers, combining away movement, inswing and legcutters. He would later add offbreaks to his repertoire. His early promise earned him a Test debut in Australia at the age of 20, but his lack of firepower on overseas pitches meant he rarely extended his run of appearances beyond an English summer, and when Dominic Cork arrived on the scene in 1995, DeFreitas's Test career was over. As a batsman he took an age to mature - failing to score a Test fifty until his 23rd appearance - but he can be destructive and turned games at The Oval in 1994 and Adelaide the following winter with some fluent hitting over the top. A tendency to self-destruct, however, meant he never became the post-Botham allrounder England craved. In the field, his strong arm makes him a natural cover sweeper. His long and prolific county career began at Leicestershire, blossomed at Lancashire, where he helped win several one-day trophies, before taking him to Derbyshire and finally back to Leicestershire. His career finished in 2005, where it had all started in 1985 - at Grace Road - after he appeared for the PCA Masters in the first International 20:20 Championships.
Lawrence Booth
Leicestershire 1985-1988 and 2000-date, Lancashire 1989-1993, Derbyshire 1994-1999, Boland 1993-94 to 1994-95