Devon Malcolm

England

Full name Devon Eugene Malcolm

Born February 22, 1963, Kingston, Jamaica

Current age 50 years 87 days

Major teams England, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	40	58	19	236	29	6.05	515	45.82	0	31	7	7
ODIs	10	5	2	9	4	3.00	11	81.81	0	1	0	1
First-class	304	366	113	1985	51	7.84			2			45
List A	185	82	22	313	42	5.21			0			21

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	40	72	8480	4748	128	9/57	10/137	37.09	3.35	66.2	7	5	2
ODIs	10	10	526	404	16	3/40	3/40	25.25	4.60	32.8	0	0	0
First-class	304		53284	31973	1054	9/57		30.33	3.60	50.5		46	9
List A	185		8982	6876	249	7/35	7/35	27.61	4.59	36.0	7	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Australia at Nottingham, Aug 10-14, 1989 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 21-23, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v New Zealand at The Oval, May 25, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Feb 16, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1984
Last First-class	Leicestershire v Lancashire at Leicester, Jul 30-Aug 2, 2003 scorecard
List A span	1986-2002

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/19	Eng Masters	v Ind Masters	Bridgetown	9 Nov 2010	Other T20
0/20	Eng Masters	v Ind Masters	Bridgetown	7 Nov 2010	Other T20
1/24	Eng Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	6 Nov 2010	Other T20
3/17	Eng Masters	v SA Masters	Bridgetown	5 Dec 2009	Other T20
5*, 1/12	Eng Masters	v SA Masters	Bridgetown	4 Dec 2009	Other T20
1/22	Eng Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	3 Dec 2009	Other T20
1/17	PCA XI	v World Mast.	London	2 Sep 2009	Other T20
1/26	PCA XI	v Netherlands	Wormsley	29 May 2009	Other T20
0/12	PCA XI	v Yorks Acad	Sheffield	23 Jun 2008	Other OD
0/27	PCA XI	v Derbyshire	Derby	14 Sep 2007	Other T20

Profile

Wisden overview
Devon Malcolm was all about raw pace. When England went to the Caribbean in 1989-90 promising to fight fire with fire, he was most of the ammunition, angling the ball in at high speed and occasionally swinging it away. And after he was hit on the helmet at The Oval in 1994 he responded by reducing South Africa to shell-shocked wrecks. But that was about as good as his international career got. His control - and confidence - was apt to go awol, and since his infamous spat with Ray Illingworth at Cape Town in 1995-96, his cricket has been limited mainly to the East Midlands, with Derbyshire, Northants and finally Leicestershire, whom he joined at the venerable age of 37. When he finally announced his retirement three seasons later, he was still bowling as quickly as any man on the circuit. His batting and fielding were court-jester standard - which is part of the reason for his cult status around the world. Lawrence Booth

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